Nourished Kitchen

Announcement: Vintage Cookbook Winners

January 20, 2009 By Jenny 1 Comment

The readers have chosen, the random number generated has generated a random number and we have our two winners of the vintage cookbooks offered for December’s Pantry Challenge! Kathy earned the readers choice for her great stick-to-itiveness in December’s challenge and has so earned a vintage copy of the Cooking of the British Isles. Chris [...]

Choose the Vintage Cookbook Winner!

January 8, 2009 By Jenny Leave a Comment

The participants have been talleyed, and now it’s time for you to determine who did the best job at keeping to the goals of December’s Pantry Challenge. The person you select will win a copy of The Cooking of the British Isles from my library of vintage cookbooks, further I will draw another name [...]

December Pantry Challenge! The End!

January 1, 2009 By Jenny 5 Comments

Well … December’s over and we’re on to a new year! We spent $10.10 this last week, bringing our December pantry challenge total to $68.80. Toward the end of the month, it got a little tough–we ate ground beef about five nights in a row, squash every night and usually potatoes too. I think that [...]

Crazy Busy! Pantry Challenge Update.

December 17, 2008 By Jenny 2 Comments

I missed last week. My husband and I had to make a last minute trip out of town on farmers marketing business (well … it was his business, and I was just along for the ride.) That trip, of course, put a bit of a damper on our pantry challenge success as it [...]

Meal Plan: 1 December through 7 December

December 1, 2008 By Jenny 6 Comments

So this is the plan for our first week of our pantry challenge. The menu is fairly varied, and I’m interested to see how the rest of the month goes! Monday Breakfast: Oats with Raisins, Green Tea Lunch: Leftover Buffalo Pot Roast, Greens Dinner: Butternut Squash Souffle, Mixed Green Salad, Fermented Beets To Do: [...]

Don’t Forget: December’s Pantry Challenge

November 28, 2008 By Jenny 3 Comments

Don’t forget: Monday begins our Pantry Challenge for the month of December! There’s still time to sign up for the challenge and win one of two vintage cookbooks. So stock up your pantries, brush of your old tried-and-true meal plans and get ready for the pantry challenge.

Foodie Event: Pantry Challenge

November 17, 2008 By Jenny 16 Comments

Times are tough at the end of the year. Food and heating costs are soaring, yet we all have to make a little room in our budgets to save for the holiday season – even a simple season. So, it’s time for a pantry challenge! The harvest season is finished, and your pantries, [...]