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Pantry Challenge: Italian!

It is day two of my personal pantry challenge. Last night, the helper enchiladas went over pretty well. In my pantry challenge, my goal is to use up items in my pantry and freezer for our family meals. To learn more about what I’m doing, see my earlier blog, What is a Pantry Challenge? Here is what we are using up today. Breakfast was english muffins thawed last night from the freezer. I toasted them and topped them with peanut butter, and we had some very ripe strawberries on the side. I’m glad of this challenge, because the strawberries might … Continue reading →

How to Store Your Pantry Meals

If you have decided that pantry cooking food storage is a good option for you, you may really love this method for storing your “pantry meals.” Even if you do a different type of food storage, you may like to adapt this method of storage to the foods that you have. If you store your food by individual ingredients (like putting all of your jars of peanut butter in one place) you will have a few difficulties. First, you will have to keep a meticulous inventory of how many of each item you currently have. This requires a great deal … Continue reading →

Storing Your Stockpile

How do you store your stockpile? Good storage of your stockpile allows you to take advantage of great deals without having your house overwhelmed with cereal boxes falling from the top of the fridge or soup cans falling on your foot. I’m always curious as to how people store their stockpiles. Does your stockpile have its own designated space or do you just fit things in where you can? We struggled with our stockpile for a bit before we found a solution that works for us. Here in Pennsylvania, I am about and hour-and-a-half from Lancaster and Amish country. The … Continue reading →

Organizing the Pantry? Mission Possible?

While the old mission impossible might have been the name of a famous television show, one of the new mission impossibles, if you are anything like me that is, concerns the organization of the kitchen pantry! What do I mean by this, those of you organized people out there in blogger land might ask? Well, the question deserves an answer and hold your nose because here goes. Let’s talk about spices first. Are you alphabetical or random? If you are not sure, consider how you organize your address book. If for example, you list your cat’s vet as “Fluffy’s Friend” … Continue reading →

Homemade Frugal Pantry Items

Stocking your pantry and refrigerator with all types of foods is essentially a great way to both save money and be more organized. These are two things that everyone strives to work at. Over time I have compiled a great list of substitutions and items you can use in place of others, or make yourself. I’d like to share them so that you can utilize these time and money savers in your own kitchen. Soup If you need chicken broth, try using the drippings and broth from a boiled chicken. You will not only have your chicken broth, but you … Continue reading →