Week 1 of the Pantry Challenge was (mostly) successful! I posted my goals & menu plan earlier in the week so that I would have some guidelines to follow.
Shopping
One of the guidelines of my challenge was to spend $20 or less each week. Unfortunately I went a wee bit over spending $21.43 between shopping trips to Kroger ($1.98 OOP), CVS ($0 OOP) and Dollar General Market ($19.45). I didn't get a picture of the DG trip but it was mostly produce and a couple of markdowns I found.
Menu
The menu plan took a little creative twist on Wednesday. DH was supposed to make sloppy joes but upon checking the cabinet the Manwich I thought was there wasn't so I quickly turned to Google searching for a simple "homemade" recipe. He already had browned the hamburger so anything that called for cooking onions or peppers with the meat was ruled out. In the end I combined a few recipes adding a little of this & that. Our sloppy joes turned out good - not the same as Manwich - but tasty enough to take the leftovers for lunch the next day.
We also had guests over on Friday night for dinner (chicken pot pie, salad, cheesecake squares) proving that a Pantry Challenge can be fun!
Organize
Organize fridge/freezer upstairsDONE!- As you can see from the picture above (should have taken a "before" shot!) I organized & inventoried the freezer upstairs. I found a few mystery dishes in there that got trashed along with a few things that were waaaaay in the back like a bag of frozen blueberries and enchilada sauce.
- Organize freezer downstairs WORK IN PROGRESS!
- I am still working on this one so it will be back on the list for next week.
- Organize kitchen cabinets WORK IN PROGRESS!
- I am still working on this one so it will be back on the list for next week.
Plan & make breakfast each morning(I always forget to bring breakfast to work!)DONE!- I managed to have breakfast every day this week even if it wasn't your typical "breakfast" fare since I had leftover scalloped potatoes one morning. ;-)
All in all week 1 went really well! Tomorrow I'll share our menu plan & goals for Week 2.
Until then share your progress with me! How did your week go?
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