Eat from the Pantry Challenge Meal Plan

Before you can plan to eat our of your pantry, you have to know what’s in there! I knew we had lots of deer meat. We just picked up the meat last week so I know we’ve got plenty of meat to make it through the month, even with Phillip going low-carb. I took inventory today and this is what I found. (Watch out! It’s a long list!) And, if you have any ideas about how I should use the pureed foods (previously meant for Emily) or the mushy roast veggies (also meant for Emily), let me know!

Deep Freeze:

• 1 bag wheat flour
• 1 gallon whole milk (for Emily)
• 3 ½ gallons 1% milk
• 1 pan brownies (that I won at the church fall festival!)
• chocolate cupcakes (I may be taking these to MOPS!)
• 6 freezer meals from Angel Food (great for when Phillip’s gone!)
• 1 ½ C applesauce
• strawberry bread-small loaf
• pinto beans (2 containers)
• Spinach, Chicken & Cheese Calzone filling (2 containers)
• Veggie Mac & Cheese (really more veggies than mac & cheese)
• Ham & Cheese Potato Casserole
• Poppy Seed Chicken
• Lotta Beans
• spaghetti sauce
• 4 lb chicken thighs
• 6 lb chicken breasts
• 16 lb breakfast sausage (includes 14 lb deer sausage)
• 14 lb ground deer
• 4 lb ground beef
• 3 sirloins
• 8 hot dogs
• 2 pc salmon
• 11 deer steaks
• 3 ribeyes
• french fries
• sweet potatoes
• corn (1 ½ lb + a 5 lb bag!)
• green beans
• mixed fruit
• strawberries
• blueberries
• 22 C cheddar
• 16 C Monterey Jack
• Swiss
• Mozzarella
• chocolate chips
• 1 loaf homemade bread

Inside freezer:

• cinnamon bread
• banana bread
• zucchini bread
• strawberry bread
• corn tortillas
• brown rice
• white rice
• hamburger buns
• 1 C applesauce
• ½ C diced ham
• 2 C shredded carrots
• lime sherbet (Phillip brought this home from the homecoming dance...back in October...but it still tastes good!)
• chicken flavored rice
• french fries
• gravy
• broccoli
• lima beans
• 1 lb shrimp
• mushy roast veggies (leftover from making a roast)
• hamburger dip
• pinto beans
• sweet potatoes
• green beans
• ham
• sausage balls
• Puppy Chow
• frosting
• 4 oz tomato sauce
• chicken broth/stock
• lemon juice
• evaporated milk
• cream cheese
• pizza sauce
• corn
• Parmesan cheese
• pureed veggies: broccoli, Brussel sprouts, mixed veggies, carrots
• pureed chicken
• pureed fruits: mixed fruit, blueberries

Refrigerator:

• 8 doz eggs
• 2 deer steaks
• ground deer
• deer sausage
• 2 pcs fried chicken
• 3 ½ C vanilla yogurt
• hamburger dip
• cheese dip
• party weinies
• black eyed peas
• refried beans
• summer sausage
• 4 carrots
• 3 apples
• Monterey Jack
• Provolone
• Cheddar
• Mozzarella
• French onion soft cheese
• cheesecake bars
• Missouri cookies
• tiger butter
• peppermint bark

Pantry (there’s obviously more in my pantry, but these are the things I’d like to use up):

• couscous
• oatmeal
• cream of wheat
• corn meal
• rotini-1 1/3 box
• macaroni-1/2 C
• angel hair 1/4 box
• egg noodles
• spaghetti (more than 4 lb!)
• penne-1/3 box
• pineapple
• cream of chicken soup

With the help of SuperCook.com, here is my meal plan for the month:

• Breakfasts: cold cereal, oatmeal, cream of wheat, fruit & cinnamon breads

• Lunches: school provided meals (Phillip can bring home lunch for free any day he wants to), leftovers, Christmas party leftovers

• Suppers:

4-Spinach, Chicken & Cheese Calzones
5-Angel Food meal (Phillip has a basketball game)
6-deer steaks, veggie mac & cheese, baked apple
7-poppy seed chicken (for me and Emily), chicken breast (for Phillip), broccoli, corn
8-Angel Food meal (Phillip has a basketball game)
9-deer burgers, leftover veggie mac & cheese, french fries
10-leftovers (my kitchen is closed on Sundays)
11-leftovers (MOPS day...we don’t get home until 5:30 and Phillip has a basketball game)
12-Angel Food meal (Phillip has a basketball game)
13-Enchilada Stack, purple juice salad, corn
14-Sauteed Shrimp and Couscous Dinner, green beans (me and Emily), broccoli (Phillip), baked apple
15-spaghetti with meat sauce (me and Emily), ground meat (Phillip)
16-in Abilene
17-in Abilene
18-leftovers
19-Angel Food meal (Phillip has a basketball game)
20-Angel Hair Pasta Chicken, garlic toast
21-Angel Food meal (Phillip has a basketball game)
22-Lotta Beans
23-Chicken Risotto, blueberries/strawberries/pineapple, toast
24-leftovers (my kitchen is closed on Sundays)
25-leftovers (MOPS day...we don’t get home until 5:30 and Phillip has a basketball game)
26-Angel Food meal (Phillip has a basketball game)
27-sirloin, Allie’s Delicious Macaroni & Cheese, blueberries/strawberries/pineapple, toast
28-Italian dressing chicken, sweet potatoes, corn
29-penne with spaghetti sauce (me and Emily), ground meat (Phillip)
30-poached eggs and sausage balls
31-leftovers (my kitchen is closed on Sundays)