2012 Pantry Inventory and Menu Challenge

**peanut** · 01-02-2012, 08:00 PM

Hey, KimZ, how about borscht (beet soup)? There are all kinds of versions of it. I have one without meat somewhere. Personally we'd just heat them up and eat them with a little butter, salt and pepper.

Tonight I had the clam sauce on spaghetti squash. Used up the last can of clams, a pound of frozen tomatoes, and a package of frozen spaghetti squash. Also made a coleslaw using some leftover napa cabbage, carrots and golden raisins.

**frugal-fannie** · 01-02-2012, 08:10 PM

I used up 6 boxes of Hamburger helper. 2 boxes of stuffing I made another turkey for post Christmas and 1 can of corn and veggies for turkey fried rice.

**zakity** · 01-02-2012, 08:29 PM

We used up:

a container of salsa
a package of tortillas

**qsaver704** · 01-02-2012, 09:30 PM

I was going to have chicken quesadillas and spice the chicken with salsa, but DH has eaten most of the salsa. I made it with a packet of taco seasoning and the rest of the jar of taco sauce instead. So...
Used:shredded chicken, taco sauce, taco seasoning, more leftovers

**auntie2many** · 01-03-2012, 10:48 AM

Yesterday, I finished up a lb. of hamburger from the freezer. A can of sloppy joe mix, all but 2 hamburger buns. Today, I finished up the last of a pot of pumpkin spice coffee which also finished off the bag of coffee. Oh, and I just noticed that we finished the bag of chips that I served with the sloppy joes.

Little by little, the fridge, freezer and pantry are getting used up.

A2M

**tervsforme** · 01-03-2012, 12:03 PM

Having some soup from the freezer for lunch, will have the other serving for lunch tomorrow. Going to make some roasted potatoes and onions tonight, will have that with a couple of scrambled eggs for supper.

**Laney** · 01-03-2012, 01:45 PM

using up left-over veggies from the fridge to go in a pot of soup tonight. will probably make toast from the bread dh gets free from the bread man.

**zakity** · 01-03-2012, 03:22 PM

Dinner is soup from leftover roast bits from several meals and a handful of potatoes and carrots. We will have leftover breadsticks on the side.

Lunch was pizza bagels using leftover spaghetti sauce and leftover mozzarella.

**MakeADollarHollar** · 01-03-2012, 06:49 PM

*Very* cold for us today so for lunch we used:
2 cans soup

For dinner:
A baggie of Spaghetti Sauce from the freezer

1 can Diced Tomatoes

About 2 ounces of Italian Sausage from the freezer for DH's portion

The last hunk of French Bread from the freezer

Spread the last couple of tablespoons of Spinach Dip from Saturday on one of the slices of bread (and toasted in the oven)

Finished off a bag of croutons

**auntie2many** · 01-03-2012, 07:28 PM

I used up the last package of cheese tortellini from the freezer and a jar of pasta sauce tonight.

A2M

**peanut** · 01-03-2012, 08:35 PM

I used up two bags of black turtle beans from the freezer. Also leftovers from the fridge. And the last of the rice tortillas.

**frugal-fannie** · 01-03-2012, 11:06 PM

I used up 2 cans of mushroom soup, 1 ham, 2 cans of tuna, and 1# of pasta.

**Laney** · 01-04-2012, 08:54 AM

will use up the last of the french fried onions today, a pack of chicken from the freezer, rice, and more bread for dinner. I'll eat the leftover soup from last night for lunch.

**NicJean** · 01-04-2012, 09:00 AM

Used half the home-grown sprouts along with random loose veggies from fridge, feta and a can of black olives for dinner last evening... so good I think we'll repeat tonight, maybe with some soup - it's FREEZING today. Taking leftover casserole for lunch.

**ilovechocolate** · 01-04-2012, 11:07 AM

Last night I used a bag (expiration date October 2011) of mixed vegetables from the freezer. They were fine. Of course, if DS had seen the exp. date he would have refused to eat them, so I made sure the bag was trashed before he came in the kitchen....