Comments on: Meal Plan: 1 December through 7 December

By: Mary (Mary's Nest)

Mary (Mary's Nest) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:38:24 +0000

Your meal plan is absolutely amazing. You have inspired me!!! I am late to the pantry challenge but I will do my pantry inventory tomorrow and plan meals by Sunday so that I can join in.

Thank you so much for doing this – - – I really need to get a handle on what I have on hand and start eating from the pantry to reduce my grocery bill.

All the best,

Mary

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By: Noelle

Noelle — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:35:26 +0000

How do you do your butternut squash souffle? I have some delicatas, sweet dumplings and carnival squashes that I need to do something with. Noelle's last post: 3 down.

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:47:29 +0000

We are excited about trying this challenge. Here is the list of menu’s for this week.
Monday: (we ate) Breakfast: zucchini/raspberry muffins, fruit, leftover egg pie (with hash brown crust)
Lunch: Turkey enchiladas, green beans
Dinner: Leftovers from Thanksgiving
Tuesday: Breakfast: Muffins, home-canned fruit (applesauce, cherries, peaches)
Lunch: Tacos with leftover fillings from Sunday (whole wheat tortillas, cheese, meat, sour cream), home-canned fruit
Dinner: white bean/smoked turkey soup, maple syrup cornbread with honey
Wednesday: Breakfast: scrambled eggs (chickens still laying, yea!) whole wheat toast, home-canned fruit
Lunch: Leftover turkey-noodle soup from Saturday, fruit
Dinner: Crock-pot beef stew (beef, carrots, potatoes, etc.), salad
Thursday: Breakfast: Pancakes, fruit
Lunch: leftover stew, banana bread or squash muffins
Dinner: Spaghetti with whole wheat noodles, green beans (home-canned),
Friday: Breakfast: oatmeal, banana bread or muffins, fruit
Lunch: chili from freezer, cornbread
Dinner: roasted chicken, carrots, pumpkin rolls
Saturday: Breakfast:egg pie (like a quiche with a hashbrown crust and spinich and cheese on top), fruit
Lunch: chicken/noodle casserole (leftover chicken), leftover muffins or banana bread, green beans
Dinner: potluck: I will take a hamburger/green bean casserole, rolls, fruit crisp
Sunday: Breakfast: leftover egg pie, fruit
Lunch: roast beef in crock pot, potatoes, carrots (cook while we are gone to church)
Dinner: leftovers
A couple of notes: We bought a half of grass-fed beef, so we have a lot of that. The chickens are organic,and quite large, so might even give enough for a soup as well as the 2 meals listed here. I can and freeze a lot, and currently still have over 90 quarts of green beans (some stuff didn’t grow, but they did!) So, we are going to work on eating beans a little (a lot!) at this time. I also understand canned isn’t as good as fresh or frozen, but my 3 freezers are already full of meat, berries, other veggies, etc., so we can these. You may also notice I let the kids fill up on canned fruit for most breakfasts and lunches, as much as they want, since I have tons of those things, too.

$ spent: $12 on Monday for our 2 gallons of raw milk. This is a weekly committment, so it will show up each week.

I made up some yogurt Monday, and some ice cream mix that I will make during the next couple of days. I find that when I go through these time periods where I am trying to use up my stored foods, when I add in treats or “special” foods, most family members actually enjoy the process more and no one feels deprived or “poor”.

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By: Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good?

Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good? — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:52:54 +0000

My goodness! So thorough. I'm lucky if I choose a recipe to shop for at the beginning of the week. What is SauerrÃ¼ben? Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good?'s last post: Seitan: don't have to pronounce it to love it.