Pantry challenge day 3

I had to make a run to the store today, but I was fairly well behaved. We picked up two gallons of milk, a container of mayo, 10 lbs sugar, 20 lbs flour, and a container of store brand vanilla ice cream. I think the grocery portion of the bill ended up being around $27, a far cry from the $50-60 a week that it has been running.  We should be all set till next week. 


We were almost out of sugar (down to the last 1/2 cup) and hubby and I use it in our coffee/tea. I also noticed that I was getting low on flour.  As I buy both in bulk I thought getting them today would better prepare me for next week. 

Breakfast: hubby and I had the same old, same old, the boy had wheat toast and bacon

Lunch: crock pot Mac and cheese, which would have been done right when we got home if I had been able to work the outlet timer. Still yummy later. 

(Confession: the boy and I split a lemonade after we left the bowling alley).  

Dinner: right now I have 3 lbs of chicken wings cooking in the big crock pot (found them in the freezer--should have enough for leftovers). Once they're cooked I'll slather then with sticky glaze (maybe put some Frank's hot sauce on hubby's) and serve with rice and corn on the cob. 
 
Off to get my outside stuff done...

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Pantry Challenge: Day 2

Breakfast was actually a repeat of yesterday.  No big deal. 


Lunch: the boy requested a fluffernutter sandwich. I had egg salad, as I had hard boiled a couple extra eggs yesterday when I was making our salad. 

Dinner: we're going to have Mac and parm cheese, fried ham from freezer leftovers, and fruit. Since the boy had a frosty on our date yesterday and the hubby walke through the door with evidence of a peanut buster parfait, we didn't do the frappes last night. You can bet I'm doing them tonight, though. We have some light ice cream in the Grieg and 1% milk so I feel marginally less guilty.  Hubby has volleyball tonight, so I'm not sure if I'll be feeding him late tonight or not: often the guys order a pizza and share it. 

I do confess that when I went to dollar tree yesterday I picked up some tortilla shells and 4 packs of pepperoni, which I had $1/2 coupons for. Total spent: $3.  I like to have pepperoni on hand in case I make homemade pizza. Won't happen tonight though--too hot!

See ya tomorrow!

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Pantry challenge day 1

I'm participating in the pantry challenge over at Good Cheap Eats this week. My small freezer is filled to the top and I need to think about cleaning it out and defrosting it. Plus, it will be nice to only spend money on milk this week. I think I'll also need sugar but as far as I can tell, that's it. I'll probably carry it over to a second week at which point I'll pick up some fresh produce and milk. 



BREAKFAST: hubby makes himself an egg sandwich before work, my son had pop-tarts (a RARE treat) and some bacon (batch cooked it yesterday when the griddle was already dirty from breakfast--no grease this week!), and I had Carnation Instant breakfast. I have never been able to stomach solid food in the morning so my mother started giving it to me in 1st grade to fuel my mornings...and it still does!.

LUNCH: hubby has pasta salad with cut up turkey, some leftover cole slaw from a party Saturday, and banana bread that I made last night to use up 3 borderline bananas. I think he may have yogurt, too.  The Boy and I will be going to Wendy's for a quick lunch on the way to my parents house. This was a planned date for us. 

Snacks if needed: air popped popcorn. 

Supper: chicken Caesar salad for hubby and I. Not sure for the boy, perhaps some quick cheese quesadillas. Or grilled cheese if I don't have any tortillas. For dessert I'll pull out the blender and we can have some frappes. I'm not sure I've ever made them for the boy. It should be a fun treat. 

What's on your plate?

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