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 27 of the Pantry Challenge!
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Today was a beautiful day of sunshine and warm weather, such a nice respite from the rain that is returning next week.
What We Ate
Since I had planned on being in Sacramento today, I didn’t have a meal plan. I did a deep dive into the freezer for meat and bread.
Breakfast – FC15 made pancakes again for the fam. I had Skyr, muesli, and bluberries.
Lunch – I thawed ham and rye bread so we had a melange of sandwiches, leftover pizza, and spam rice bowls.
Dinner – I thawed both Italian sausage and chicken tenders for Bryan to grill. Then I roasted potatoes, cooked quinoa, sautéed a bag of green beans, and made a green salad.
How did Day 27 go for you?
Kathryn M
Lunch Leftover ravioli at work for lunch.
I came home early from work and grabbed a 2 pack frozen of Red Baron mini pizzas on the way. Had one and stuffed the other in the freezer for later.
Krista
B I had creamed eggs on sourdough, DD made a sandwich, DH had LO macaroni, weird choice for Bfast…
L Pimiento toast, LO last bowl of pumpkin soup, sweet potato fries
D Turkey lemon rice soup and crackers for me and my parents, DH and DD were at home and BBQ’d chops, mini potatoes and the last of the burgers, using buns from freezer. I had been looking forward to a few of those potatoes when I got home from visiting my parents, but they were all gone :(, all except 1 small potato that I guess got missed by my family. Oh well.
Lynn from NC Outer Banks
1/27
B toast and coffee for both
L turkey havarti sandwiches with raw carrots for both
D picked the smallest bulk meat in the freezer, a pork butt, to fix in the crock pot. On our way home from our trip DH had gotten fried chicken. He got slaw with it, but didn’t eat it. I added some grated carrots to stretch it for 2. We had pork on buns with slaw and mixed fruits.
S popped corn from a bag in the pantry from LONG ago. It tasted good and I think we’ll use that as a snack to finish out the month, tho DH may want some special food for the football playoffs.
PS we’ll see if this post goes in the correct place this time!
Karen J
Hey Lynn, it wasn’t until I’d visited relatives on the east coast (I’m from north of Seattle) that I’d ever had pulled pork with coleslaw on buns. Now it’s the favorite way we like it. My aunt also introduced me to ham salad. Got to love that salty goodness! I’m not sure if these are east coast foods or just that I’d never experienced them.
Lynn from NC Outer Banks
Karen, I can’t speak to the more northern east coast (or Texas with their beef bbq) but here in the south we love slaw on buns with our pork! Adding veggies to our meat! 🙂 My aunt also made ham salad from leftovers. I haven’t made that in some time. Hmmm..I’ve still got a big ol’ ham to be eaten at some point which will yield many leftovers. I’ll have to put ham salad on the list:) Thanks for the reminder and a sweet memory.
Also, visiting your part of the country is on my To Do list. I missed the northwest corner when I was out that way many years ago.
Tasty
January 27
B: hubby grabbed a yogurt and headed for thè gym I had a yogurt.and aslice of toast.
L: l /o pork in sandwiches
S: hubby was taking part in a 24 hour curlathon so we had supper at the club watched a game then headed home so he could grab some sleep before his 4 am game and then another one at 10 a.m. Makes for a long weekend.
Karen J
Breakfast-out
Lunch-skipped I think or just snacked
Dinner-last of the turkey in the freezer, LO turkey gravy from the freezer, boxed mashed potatoes and frozen peas It’s so nice to see space!
I made a mixed berry crisp with frozen berries and we still had some peanut butter blossoms that used up the Christmas leftover Hershey kisses. I took out six muffins from who knows when. Not sure if they survived as I haven’t tried them yet. I will need to diet after this month.
Allie from Ontario
First off – heartfelt thanks for all the kinds thoughts after the loss of our freiend…it is greatly appreciated.
Jan 27
Brunch – We thawed burgers + buns on Friday that we didn’t eat so we had them for
a late lunch on Saturday.
Dinner – We sous-vided 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts before finishing them on the BBQ smeared with homemade BBQ sauce. I also made a small salad using up some homemade dressing from the fridge.
Allie from Ontario
Ouch…I guess I should have read my comment before posting – typos!
Diinaus
B:skiped
L: lo risotto from night b4 or Sandwhiches, banana smoothies
D: haystacks and a big Salas for me using up odds and ends..
Heather M
Also, Jessica, I’m so sorry you had to cancel your trip. January not behaving well at all.
Jessica Fisher
Not at all. Thanks!
Heather M
Jan 26 & 27: Friday was quiet for me, busy for L. Saturday was fun for a change- we went to a movie, stopped by a thing for someone from church, and ended the day at a party and had a great time. Saturday was my first day eliminating most good food in prep for a colonoscopy. It’s all refined white flour this, protein that, no veg or fruit or whole grains or anything fun.
26:
B: we both skipped
L: L ate at work with colleagues; I had lunch out with a group of women and had some veggie pizza
D: chili- I used the rest of the ground turkey from the other day’s salad(from the freezer), and the leftover black and beans.and kidney beans in the fridge, among other things. Turned out great and was a small batch so no leftovers.
27:
Brunch: made pancakes- L had them with blackberries, I had them with canned peaches cuz they’re allowed; turkey breakfast sausage and bacon
Dinner: we ate random things at the two events- which wasn’t great pickings for me, so I had a piece of toast with cream cheese when we got home.
Karen J
Your Saturday does sound busy and fun!
Fingers crossed for good testing results.
Heather M
Thanks! 🙂
Danielle Zecher
Breakfast: I picked up a donut and latte from Dunkin Donuts on the way to work. I think Nick also got some kind of fast food.
Lunch: I had tuna and crackers. I think Nick got fast food.
Dinner: After a long week, we decided to go see a movie and got popcorn there. We were both hungry afterwards, so got Chic-Fil-A on the way home.
I’m really hoping to continue/actually do the Pantry Challenge in February when things will be a little more calm at work.
Heather M
I’ll be continuing too. I need to clear out the freezer and cupboards a bit. The freezer has some space now, but I need to use up the things that have been hanging around too long and then slowly restock with things we actually use regularly and not some of those random things. And the cupboards are the same. There is just a lot in there that needs rotating out before it’s too old.