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 21 of the Pantry Challenge!
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I ran over to Ralphs this morning to grab apples on their sale before it ends today. $0.99/pound for pink ladies is nothing to sneeze at.
While there, I found amazing clearance deals, including butter for $1/pound! Since there was room in the freezer, I felt free to take advantage of the markdowns that I know will be helpful later on.
The college kids went back to school so our routine is within reach! FishChick16 starts a community college class next Monday, so she and I will be gone Mondays and Wednesdays until June.
I will definitely need to step up my meal prep as our squishy month comes to a close.
What We Ate
Breakfast – I had instant oatmeal from the stocking stuffers. My daughter had yogurt and cereal.
Lunch – Those of us at home had omelets with Sautéed Mushrooms and Onions since we had a lot to use up. With a salad, it felt very fancy.
College kids are back to school so FishChick18 prepped meals for them all last night.
Dinner – I cooked a double batch of Easy Homemade Taco Meat to make this Bean and Meat Crockpot Enchilada. I kept some aside so that I could make a Turkey Taco Salad for myself.
How did Day 21 go for you?
Kathryn M
Breakfast – caffeine fix
Lunch – sloppy joe and the rest of the cooked onion rings
Dinner – Nachoes. Got rid of some more of the refried beans. I added shredded cheese, salsa, green onion that I bought today, and a mini cup of guacamole. Also added just a few pickled jalapenos – I have a small jar in the fridge that I made during pickle making season….
Snack – made a single ham&cheese slider. in the afternoon. I was hungry after coming back from an appointment but didn’t want to do dinner too early.
I stopped in to walmart and bought some salad produce and a couple other items ($15). I am going to make a salad for work lunch on Thursday. I am also thawing some soup from the freezer for either Wed dinner or to take to work Thursday.
Maureen
We had homemade pizza (extra dough from Sunday) for lunch. I had dinner plans with friends, but made homemade mac and cheese for everyone to eat with hotdogs (freezer) and salad. The girls snacked a bit on odds and ends. I told them I’m not replacing favorites until we’ve made some space in the freezer and pantry, so I’m not worried about keeping track.
Heather M
Maureen, I am doing very much the same with our “snack cupboard”, where granola bars, chips, crackers, nuts, my latest favorite yogis, all the random things like that reside. It feels like it’s been so out of control and things getting buried until they go stale, etc. I’m not buying much of anything for it until it’s mostly cleared out. I did break down today and bought 1 smallish bag of chex mix on sale for our son, but that’s it. We need to get through all this random stuff first. I know that bag won’t last him very long, so he’ll be back hunting down random crackers and such, lol.