Today between nursing, cuddling and changing poopy diapers I have been working on taking stock of what we have stored up in our pantry. Since becoming a stay-at-home/work-at-home mom our budget has taken a little bit of a hit considering I now do not have a consistent monthly income and am only doing freelance work. As a result we have to make few changes when it comes to dining out and grocery shopping. Long gone are the days of leisurely dinners out ordering whatever we’d like and enjoying expensive beers. Also long gone are the days of filling my shopping cart with most anything that my heart desires.
So now it’s time to get back to meal planning and to do that it all starts with evaluating my pantry first. Here is what I found:
So now I need to figure out what to make with all these ingredients! We have our CSA coming today and although we are able to pick the 10 items that we want it doesn’t always workout that we get until it arrives (and honestly I forgot what we picked besides heirloom tomatoes and tomatillos).
So now I am looking for your help- what should I make with the ingredients we have?
it’s csa night for us as well – we don’t get to choose though so it’s always a surprise! i’ll probably make a throw together cold asian noodle dish with whatever greens, peas, beans, etc we get plus some grilled tofu & a tahini-miso sauce. yum, yum!
It looks like you have most of the makings for enchiladas, just missing the tortilla shells. If you had flour, you could make them from scratch. Yum!
Pasta and garlic bread and baked squash.
Are you able to go to the store this week? I love making a soba noodle dish with soba noodles, bok choy, mushrooms, garlic, a bit of miso. And then some sushi to go with it. I make mine with nori wrappers, sushi rice, cucumber, and avocado. Ooh, now I’m craving sushi. 😉
Good luck with your meal planning!
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