My grocery budget is absolutely out of control, so I'm doing what I can to try and make
meals out of pantry, fridge and freezer items.
First, create
meals out of your pantry or any stored food.
Not exact matches
How can I get a
meal out of pasta and a handful
of pantry items?
Each day, I opened the
pantry to grab ingredients I needed cook a
meal, and the can
of sardines called
out, «pick me, pick me.»
I cracked in a couple
of eggs to make it more
of a hearty breakfast
meal, and sprinkled a little sumac (my favorite spice in my
pantry) on top, and
out came a breakfast that was destined to be a new favorite
of mine.
Macaroni Tuna Skillet is a quick throw - together
meal that can come right
out of your
pantry!
But for my friend Joe's birthday, I decided to investigate cheaper means
of stocking my
pantry with these items, and the resulting
meal, more
of a take on Tabla (an upscale Gramercy Indian restaurant) than your local Tikka Masala joint, turned
out to be elegant, easy, adventure - filled, and the perfect play on my friend's favorite cuisine.
But pretty quickly, I was just looking at the
pantry and going from there because we were running
out of options for
meals.
Oneida County Youth Bureau Director Kevin Green has recognized youth volunteers from The Center for Family Life and Recovery, Cornell Cooperative Extension, The Neighborhood Center, Thea Bowman House, John Bosco House, Utica Safe Schools / Underground Café and Dodge Pratt Northam Art Community all performed community service that included assisting in a bicycle giveaway for Utica children, making Christmas cards to send to veterans and service members, soliciting donations, collecting money and walking in Utica's version
of America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, the Walk to end Alzheimer's,
Out of the Darkness Walk to Prevent Suicide, Making Strides to end Breast Cancer Walk, cleaning senior citizen's yards, preparing food and serving
meals at local food
pantries, youth mentoring and tutoring and other community activities.
Arlene Mobley author
of Flour On My Face - a Food & Lifestyle website where she shares easy recipes for busy families and helps them take the stress
out of the hectic dinner hour by stocking the freezer and
pantry full
of all the ingredients they'll need so they can prepare quick and easy
meals.
That will force you to create
meals out of items you already have in the
pantry.
When it comes to shopping for
pantry ingredients, I've learned that variety does not matter as much as making sure you've got those «secret weapon» ingredients, the can't - live - without -
out - them basics that usually don't cost much but can make a
meal appear
out of nowhere.
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meals and snacks, and maintained food and
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I have no
pantry, cook all
of our
meals (eat
out very infrequently) and 4 kids.