Eat from the Pantry Challenge

A Pantry Challenge is when you are intentional to shop your kitchen with the intention of reducing waste and saving money on food costs. In doing so, you also identify changes to your household eating habits and can adjust your grocery shopping to save more money going forward. If you don't buy it, you won't have to deal with it in a pantry challenge.

Over the years, 1000s of people in the Good Cheap Eats Community have participated in our yearly January Pantry Challenge. As a result, they've saved 100s of dollars.

Each January, I post a daily diary of what we're doing to shop the kitchen. You'll find these logs here as well as what other Good Cheap Eaters are doing to use things up.

You can save money with a pantry challenge, too! Head to the Pantry Challenge How-to section to learn more.