![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/cansofsoup.jpg\" "\\"cansofsoup\\"")
<\/a>So I’ll grab a few cans, boxes, jars and then I’m always prepared.<\/p>\nThe solution? It’s time to eat through our pantry\/freezer. Not only will it save us time (no more shopping for awhile) it will save us a lot of money!<\/p>\n I discussed the Challenge with Michael and he agreed. The only things we will go to the store for are things that expire: veggies, fruit, proteins, grains.<\/p>\n Michael teased me about having tons of jams, jars of pears and pickled things. Like–what am I going to do with a jar of pickled green beans? I have no idea!<\/p>\n QUESTION: Do you overstock your pantry? How do you find recipes to use the random items in your pantry? And what the heck should I do with pickled green beans? I’m one of those shoppers that will see something on sale and think, “Well I don’t need this NOW but some day I WILL need it and it’s on sale now!” So I’ll grab a few cans, boxes, jars and then I’m always prepared. The downside? Our pantry is out of control full. And disorganized! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[315,104],"tags":[8599,1509,8628,1510,1508,1511],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6282"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6303,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6282\/revisions\/6303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>The downside? Our pantry is out of control full. And disorganized! I hate disorganization.<\/p>\n<\/a>Michael does our Costco shopping. We always have a supply of frozen salmon, turkey burgers, Boca burgers and other frozen goods. The downside? Our freezer is small and it’s packed full.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Why do we need a ton of boxes of Mac n Cheese? Especially a brand we didn’t really like much.<\/p>\n<\/a>And 8 cans of black beans?<\/p>\n<\/a>I keep buying brownie mixes even though I haven’t made brownies (and don’t really keep stuff like that in the house).<\/p>\n<\/a>Are we the only ones with more jars of mustard that actual food?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Michael took it to another level by suggesting we do meals with one of each: pantry, freezer and then fresh produce.<\/p>\n<\/a>He also said that NOT eating out will also save us a lot of money (which I whole-heartedly agree with). We have a few Groupons we need to use before they expire but I think we can do it.<\/p>\n<\/a>He also teased me about how we are supposed to make meals out of all these things. I think it’s doable. I found a website for matching Recipes <\/a>by their ingredients. I think we can create some interesting dishes for dinners and I think we can do it for a month. And no, Michael, that does not mean Mac n’ Cheese 4 nights in a row!<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"