This month two blogs that I frequent (in the button above) are hosting an eat from the pantry challenge for the month of January. Our pantry and freezer are overflowing, and since my inlaws gave us a deep freeze for Christmas, (wahoo!) I thought I'd take stock, eat everything, and start fresh. As a matter of fact, after seeing just how much we have, I'm wondering if we'll be able to extend the challenge in our house into February! In any case, our usual grocery budget is $50 per week, or roughly $200 a month. I'm going to attempt to spend just $50 total in January, mostly on produce and dairy. So far, we've bought 2 gallons of milk, a dozen eggs, and a head of romaine lettuce. Seriously, we have so much food that I actually think this will be doable.
I'm late getting my post up this week (sigh), but here's how we're doing...
What we've eaten this week:
Blue Cheese Stuffed Pork Loin
Veggie Beef Stew with Homemade Artisan Bread
PF Chang's Knock-Off Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Healthy "Fried" Rice and Glazed Carrots
Italian Pear Pork with Mac n' Cheese and Apple/Pear Sauce
Overnight French Toast from leftover homemade bread
Banana Bread
I'll admit to not being a strict meal planner. I usually just make a list and pick and choose depending on what I feel like that morning. So I just made a list of meals we have the ingredients for/ have in the freezer and then we'll get creative when we run out!
Future Meal Choices:
Mexican Chicken
Asian Lemon Chicken
Sweet Potato Manicotti (loosely based on this recipe)
BBQ Pork Sandwiches
Chicken and Dumplings
Lasagna
Top-Your-Own Flatbread Pizza
BBQ Feta Flatbreads
Cheesy Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes
White Chili with Corn Bread
Breakfasts and Snacks (mostly from the freezer):
Chocolate Banana Muffins
Sweet Potato, Zucchini and/or Pumpkin Bread
2 comments:
Once again, Tori, your cooking (crafting, sewing, etc.) but me to shame. $50 a week....how??! We don't have a pantry OR a deep freeze so our food fills up 2 cupboards & a fridge/freezer. Hubby isn't home for dinners & I work several evenings a week so that makes it hard to cook. Sigh. Oh well, I enjoy learning from both you & Anjanette!
Oh Amy, she definitely puts me to shame, too! :) Love the ideas Tori - and kudos to you for the great food budget!!! I can't wait to have a deep freeze!
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