I am in the process of making a spreadsheet with all of this food and will use it to plan my menus for the next month. The kids are very afraid. Very afraid they are going to actually have to eat all of this stuff until it is gone and then we can go shopping again. I'm afraid too! Afraid they are right!
From the condiments/staples/ and baking cabinets:
12 Jars of Peanut Butter
2 Bottles Kraft Barbecue Sauce
2 Bottles A1 Marinade
2 Bottles Canola Oil
2 Jars Mayonnaise
1 bottle soy sauce
10 lbs. all purpose flour
10 lbs. sugar
5 lbs. corn meal
baking powder
baking soda
salt
pepper
confectioner's sugar
chocolate chips
butterscotch chips
food coloring dye
food coloring paste
3 pie crusts
6 cake mixes
1 cookie mix
1 muffin mix
2 cake frostings
1 brownie mix
spices
4 lbs. brown sugar
1 bear of honey
1 jar molasses
Crisco
3 kinds of vinegar
various cookie sprinkles
In the outside freezer:
2 whole turkeys
1 whole chicken
13 packs of ground venison
4 packs ground beef
3 packs whole chicken breasts
5 packs cubed steak
5 bags frozen brocolli (does brocolli have 2 l's or 2 c's or both or neither? I never remember!)
2 bags frozen stir fry veggies
1 bag frozen lima beans
1 bag frozen mixed veggies
4 bags of frozen banana bread
2 bags of frozen pumpkin bread
2 frozen pizzas
2 Sara Lee cheesecakes
In the bottom of refrigerator freezer:
This where I keep stuff for just grabbing and eating or grabbing and fixin' fast.
1 container of already made taco meat which at anytime can be defrosted and used for a quick meal of tacos or chili.
1 container of frozen spaghetti sauce with meat. Again I purposefully make extra and then use it up when I need a quick meal.
3 bags of cooked ground beef crumbles
1 container for leftover bit of veggies for veggie soup
2 bags of pancakes. I make these from scratch and usually make a ton of them once every other month or so. I flash freeze them and then we just pop them into the microwave.
1 bag of waffles. Same as the pancakes.
1 bag of tater tots
10 bags of Steamfresh veggies
Banana Pudding ice cream (my dh's)
2 packs Italian sausage
2 packs chicken drumettes
1 pack frozen shrimp
various leftover breads which I will make into croutons
1 bag boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 pot roasts (should be moved to outside freezer
In the refrigerator:
Normal frig stuff. Nothing really stockpiled except cheese! I have tons of live active cheese and Breakstone's cottage cheese singles.
Oh, and I have a lot of individual puddings and jello in there too!
Fresh stuff on hand:
valencia oranges
white grapefruit
red and green grapes
lettuce
2 bagged salads
cucumbers
baby carrots
apples
bananas (turning brown)
celery
green onions
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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Sounds like y'all should be eating quite well! First thing I'd do is put that molasses to good use in cookies. Start everyone out on a sweet note.
B-r-o-c-c-o-l-i, my son's second favorite veggie(spinach is his first), mmmmmmm, might have to have broccoli and cheese tomorrow. Seeing all your jars of peanut butter makes me want some peanut butter cookies :)
It's OK if you all have your menu planned... as long as you still post about the Winn Dixie and Publix deals! :D Well, as long as Camryn is OK with that! =)
You've probably heard of allrecipes.com? Where you can enter the ingredients you have and then a list of different recipes will come up that work.
Planning a menu from the pantry is one of my favorite things to do. It is so satisfying to make meals with the food that was purchased for sale prices. Also not having to shop at the store as often. It's great to get the creative juices going and helps me to be thankful for what I have been blessed with. Good job on the inventory!
I just removed a posting because I was wishing there was a website where you could type in your food in the pantry and POOF up comes a list of workable recipes. Then after I posted the wish I looked up at the next comment and there was day by day's comment making my wish come true! I had no idea allrecipes.com did that. I am on my way there right now!
12 jars of peanut butter?!?! My kids would love eating at your house!
I wish I had that much stuff and could avoid going to the grocery for a couple weeks!
Glad you enjoyed that tip, here is another site I often use:
"Taste of Homes - Simple & Delicious;
Quick, Easy, and Everyday Ingredients"
http://www.bestsimplerecipes.com/
Stocking up on sales really makes a difference. Right now, I still have about 15 boxes of cereal in my pantry. I'm excited to see how you put this food to use.
I need to do this, too. I made a list last week and thought, "well, we'll be eating a lot of cake." Then I gave up. Can't wait to see what you're going to do. I need some ideas.
You are not alone in having extraordinary amounts of pantry goods. I recently discovered that I had 29 boxes of dry cereal!! The deals were too good to pass up. If Fruity Cheerios were a new currency, we'd be rich.
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