I decided to join the Pantry Challenge hosted by Good Cheap Eats! My goal for the month is just to use up stuff that has been in my pantry for awhile and save some money for the month!! I will be posting recipe links to this post throughout the month, so keep checking back!! :)
My pantry:
Yes, we can definitely do some cleaning up in there!!
What I've made:
Week One
Week One
Recipe #1 (1/2/12) Chicken, Pesto, and Sun Dried Tomato Pasta
Recipe #2 (1/3/12) Chicken Rice a Roni Casserole
Recipe #3 (1/4/12) Cabbage Roll Casserole
Recipe #4 (1/6/12) Homemade Chicken Rice a Roni
Recipe #5 (1/6/12) Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots
Week one update:
The only grocery store purchases I made this week were bread and milk for a total of $5.00! I usually spend about $40 a week so it was a successful week!
Week two:
Recipe #6 (1/9/12) Hootenanny (served with scrambled eggs and sausage)
Recipe #7 (1/11/12) Ground Chicken Chili
The only items needed from the grocery store were green pepper and shredded cheddar!
Recipe #8 (1/13/12) Potato Chip Chicken
Recipe #9 (1/14/12) Bean & Cheese Taquitos
Recipe #10 (1/14/12) Homemade Ground Beef Tacos
Recipe #11 (1/14/12) Homemade Spanish Rice
Week two update:
I didn't keep track as much as I should've, but I spent about $20.00 on fresh ingredients for this weeks and next weeks recipes! Still great though compared to normal!
Week 3:
Recipe #12 (1/18/12) Turkey Burger Hobo Packets
How cool is this!!!!! What a great challenge!
ReplyDeleteI thought so too! I think anyone could benefit from this challenge and it's fun to see what you can come up with!
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