Monthly Menu ~ Eat from the Pantry Challenge

If you’ve been following along, Kelli from The Sustainable Couple and I are hosting a Spending Strike this January. As part of that strike, my family is eating about 80% from my freezer and pantry {I love following along with Jessica from Good, Cheat Eats & Life as Mom on her Eat from the Pantry Challenge}. I have one freezer stuffed to the gills, a fridge freezer that’s mostly a big mess, and a huge pantry full of wheat, beans, rice, sugar and oats. All I plan to buy this month is a bit of fresh fruit/salad fixings, and some dairy products. Everything else will be made with ingredients I already have on hand. Here’s what we’ll eat…

Monthly Menu ~ Eat from the Pantry

Breakfasts will be ~

1. Homemade granola and yogurt
2. German Pancakes
3. Eggy Breakfast Muffins
4. Scones
5. Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
6. Eggs & Bacon
7. Toast {on homemade bread} & Smoothies

Lunches will be ~

Left overs and sandwiches on homemade bread. We have a lot of lunch meat and cheese right now, but that will disappear quickly. Then it will be peanut butter and homemade jelly. 🙂

Dinners…In no particular order…

1. Sauteed Spinach and Cheese Ravioli {from Costco and in my freezer}  –> check
2. Turkey Pot Pie {from my freezer} -> check
3. Spaghetti {Roasted Tomato Sauce already prepped with meat and in my freezer} -> check
4. Italian Zucchini Pie {from my freezer}
5. Taco Soup for the Crockpot –> check
6. Beef Fajitas {from my freezer}
7. Spinach Mozzarella Meatloaf {from my freezer} with Roasted Veggie Medley -> check
8. Pork Chops & Home Canned Sauer Kraut -> check
9. Turkey {from my freezer} with Roasted Greek Potato Wedges
10. Turkey Tetrazzini {from Good Not Perfect blog}
11. Zuppa Toscana {adapted from The Sustainable Couple} -> check
12. Shrimp Scampi {scrimp from my freezer}
13. Salmon & Sauteed Veggie Pasta
14. Chicken Florentine Burgers {from my freezer}
15. Crock Pot Ham
16. Fried Rice with Ham & Peas {leftover ham}
17. Fried Potatoes & Sausage
18. Fried Potatoes & Bratwurst -> check
19. Round Steak & Mashed Potatoes -> check
20. Lasagna
21. Scalloped Potatoes & Bacon for the Crock Pot
22. Tacos {meat from my freezer} -> check
23. Skillet Sausage & Egg Hash

I’m leaving a few wild card spots for dinners to clean up any extra leftovers we may have {or food I find hidden in the freezer} or for me to re-group and change my mind as needed. Hopefully after this month, I have an emptier freezer and a cleaner and better organized pantry! I’m looking forward to cleaning up a bunch of food that needs to be eaten!

How about you? What will you eat this month?

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