This month, we’re shopping our kitchen in order to use up what we have so we can save money and clear kitchen clutter.
Here we go with Day 17 of the Pantry Challenge! Happy Birthday, Allie from Ontario!
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Unlike years past, I didn’t start the month with a surplus of meats in the freezer. With 7 adults eating every night, we’re a 2-pound family for most meals, more for burgers, etc.
Today I popped into Ralphs with the hopes that there would be some good clearance finds. Clearance is pretty much the main way we’re eating anything besides chicken breast or ground turkey, the only things that go on a decent sale.
I found some ground beef marked down as well as some lunch meat and breakfast sausage, but the biggest score was eggs for $4.39/dozen. They’re medium, not large, but I’ll take what I can get when ALDI is selling eggs for twice that.
Since the egg shortage is expected to last until May, my plan is to buy what I can under $5/dozen and try to do without where we can. Good thing I know how to bake without eggs.
What We Ate
Breakfast – I had an egg sandwich. Not sure what the others had.
Lunch – My good friend Jessika was in town so she came over for a bit. I made us big salads with garbanzo beans since she eats vegan.
Dinner – It’s pizza night, so we had our standard Grilled Pizza for dinner.
How did Day 17 go for you? Only 2 weeks left!
Karen J
Jessica, is that your friend Jessika of the absolutely delicious chocolate chip recipe from your site that I’ve made at least a dozen times? If so, give her a big thank you from my family!
B-pancakes, one egg (rationing 🙂 and bacon
L-half a croissant with chicken salad-we like the easy version of canned chicken from Costco for convenience, plus we like the taste too
D- Plan A was ham slices from the freezer with scalloped potatoes and green beans. Then we found out we had the little grandkids so I switched to Plan B-pizza. I had pepperoni, grated mozzarella and two Boboli pizza crusts in the freezer. Easy way to make them happy. Also had sliced apples to go along with. Kid food dinner. We will have the ham for an upcoming breakfast.
Heather M
That costco canned chicken really does work for things. I also love it for chicken salads. And, it’s so convenient.
Kathryn M
17th.
My usual quick caffeine breakfast as I needed to get out the door for errands before the storm hit.
lunch – a sandwich and drink out at Charley”s cheesesteaks.
Dinner – sloppy joes and onion rings. I picked up hamburger buns, since I didn’t have anything in the way of bread. There are a couple servings left for me to take to work Sunday and Monday.
I bought a 3.5 lb ham on sale to add to my meat choices. My logic being that I had extra buns to make sandwiches and it was a good deal ($9 marked down from $17)..
DH is making chili for Saturday night because that is what he wants for work lunches.