Eat From The Pantry! January 3, 2010

I mentioned in my last post the Eat From the Pantry Challenge. I’m not officially “in”, but I want to do something similar. So I guess I should have some goals or something. It’s just two of us in the house, but we only want to eat out once a week and I take my lunch to work every day and sometimes Hubadub comes home for lunch. I eat breakfast at home every day…Hubadub not so much. This means we keep more food in the house than one would expect two people to have. (An aside: Hubadub used to be 150 pounds heavier and I’m vegan…honestly, I think he and I have psychological food-is-love issues…or something. We really do obsess quite a bit over our meals and what we eat.)

I don’t really have any goals right now other than to go as long as possible between grocery trips and keep up with how much I spend in January and then maybe continue the challenge thru February (when I might be able to say something like “don’t spend more than $X.)

This morning I made a list of dishes I could make just with what I have in the house. The freezer is stuffed with frozen veggies that can be steamed to add to a meal.

Breakfasts

• Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal (Note to self: write up and share this recipe)
• Apple Strudel Quinoa
• Peanut Butter and Facon Pitas
• Homefries
• Pancakes

Lunch/Dinner

• Couscous with Tomatoes (Note to self: write up and share this recipe, too)
• Carrabba’s Tagliarini Picchi Pacchiu Knock off
• Baked Bean Pasta Bake
• Soups (canned and frozen)
• Aloo Palak
• Black Beans and Rice
• Black Eyed Peas and Tomatoes
• “Chik’n” and rice soup
• Boca Chik patties
• Manwiches

(FYI: one of my January Goals is to phase out meat analogs and processed foods.)

I wonder how long I can go before I have to break down and go to the grocery store. I kind of wonder if the ladies who began the challenge have pets. With four cats, I feel like I’m always having to run out for food or kitty litter.

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