Pantry Livin'

Want to save a little cash for the Christmas season? DUUUUUHHHHH right?

Well, take a little challange with me... our house will be Pantry Livin' for the Month October 25th - November 25th. This means trips to the grocery store will be for fresh fruits and veggies along with Dairy items of Milk, eggs and minimal amounts of cheese. Seems like over the year we accumulate many pantry items that end up partially used or not touched at all. This Pantry Livin' exersize will accomplish two things, clean out my pantry, and save MONEY!!!!! We all have a multitude of items in our panrty that can come together to make wonderful meals. Breakfast and Lunch seem to come together pretty easily but dinner is where you want everyone eating the same thing at the same time so here is what we had so far!

Day One:
Frozen Pizza: 2 Freschetta Pizzas for the family of 5 with leftovers for lunch the next day!




Day Two:
Pasta Florentine: Leftover onion, baby spinach, and red bell pepper that my brother in law used over the weekend to make eggs. Saute the peppers and onions with some minced garlic until softened and add 1/2 of your fresh spinach until wilted then the other half. I used olive oil and some Italian seasoning to get a nice full flavor. I cooked bowtie pasta to the package directions, drained and tossed with the Sauted items. Dished up and sprinkled with Parmesan Cheese. Nice glass of White wine mmmm mmmm good!



Day three:
Blueberry pancakes: I took a blueberry muffin mix and decided to make it up increasing the water and cook it like pancakes, PERFECTION....after the first 4 that I burned! hehehehe I have never really made pancakes so I didn't realize how low you need to have the heat! Learned to make perfect pancakes and used up a muffin mix that has been sitting in there for what seemed like forever! Gone too fast for a picture sorry!

Well pretty good start I would say, 27 days to go!!! If you are stumped or just don't feel confident to start combining stuff then use one of the many recipe sites to look up recipes that contain one of your main ingredients then alter what you find to include items you have in the fridge and pantry!!! Happy Cooking!