We are continuing to race forward in the Spring season.\u00a0 I was able to do a major restock of our staple pantry items this weekend. I am now confident that we have enough\u00a0to last without a major grocery trip for at least 5 weeks.\u00a0 I am going to continue make a list of items we are out of and also purchase fresh fruit and veggies as I go.\u00a0 I have gotten back to making bread and am trying to make all the bread products we are using but we will definitely see how that goes.\u00a0 I am also very hopeful that I can reduce the overall spending we are doing on groceries this month.<\/p>\n
Breakfast- Saturday- bacon and eggs Sunday-muffins Monday- treat of overnight oats that were purchased.\u00a0 \u00a0 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday\u2013 find it (breakfast burritos, bagel thins (previously purchased on sale) oatmeal, omelets, cereal and milk, , sausage, pop-tarts, and eggs.<\/p>\n
Lunch- Saturday- Left-overs Sunday-Time Square Pizza Monday- eat out as this is a workday.\u00a0 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday- left-overs.\u00a0 Friday- eat out.<\/p>\n
Dinner- Saturday- Lily cooked! Animal Kingdom inspired pulled pork, cole slaw and mac and cheese with Tres leche cake. I added homemade biscuits.\u00a0 \u00a0Sunday- Rotisserie Chicken from Costco with stuffing and cranberry sauce.\u00a0 Monday- Hamburger and French fries, this will be my first attempt at making homemade buns. Tuesday- Game food or left-overs, Wednesday-Grilled chicken and green beans.\u00a0 Thursday- Chicken – Attempt number 3 at chicken pot pie from freezer (we have ended up eating left-overs on the previous two attempts).<\/p>\n
Pantry Challenge<\/p>\n
1. Use at least one \u201cmeal\/meat portion of the meal\u201d from the stand-up freezer each week. (This is where most of the meals are)\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Both the hamburger patties and grilled chicken. We are continuing to race forward in the Spring season.\u00a0 I was able to do a major restock of our staple pantry items this weekend. I am now confident that we have enough\u00a0to last without a major grocery trip for … Continue reading
\n2. Use at least 3 jars a week from the canning pantry.\u00a0<\/strong>I used 1 jar of broth from the fridge for stuffing and we opened a jar of cranberry sauce.\u00a0 First week in a long time that we have not met this one.
\n3. Use one item a week from the connivence freezer in my room.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Frozen chicken pot pie is hopefully coming from the freezer as well as chicken tacos
\n4. Each Monday after\u00a0menu<\/span>\u00a0planning provide a list of how I followed the guidelines for the week.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"