I’m participating in a Pantry Challenge this month so my menus may look a tad odd. There will be lots of chicken and turkey because that’s what in my freezers and not so much beef. We only have a few packs of hamburger left from half cow we bought last year. We will probably try to get another half cow in February. Hopefully the farm where we get it has some ready in February.

And, yes, I know it’s Tuesday, I had a couple of doctor appointments yesterday and didn’t get it posted then. 🙂

Monday
Pizza, carrot sticks and tomoatoes

Tuesday
Baked Chicken, baked potatoes, broccoli

Wednesday
Roasted Turkey, stuffing, green beans

Thursday
Turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans

Friday
Chili Beef and Cabbage **corrected link

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I’m going to participate in the Eat From Your Pantry Challenge over at Money Saving Mom.

Here are my goals for the challenge:

1.I will try to only buy fruits, veggies, dairy.

I will have to buy some stuff for my husbands lunches, but I have talked him into changing his lunch menu this month to include more of what we already have. I also will have to buy more flour, sugar, etc. before the month is up. As I don’t normally keep a large amount of these.

2. My goal is to spend no more than $50.00 a week on food.

There are 6 of us, with out oldest son eating here sometimes, too. Our budget for the last 5 months has been $150. a week, as I have been sick, and unable to deal shop. My husband has been doing the shopping. Hopefully, I can take it over again soon.

That’s it! Just 2 goals. They do sound a little tough to me, though. Well, I will be able to stick to it, I’m just not sure how the rest of the family is going to like it!

I’m up for the challenge, though! I inventoried my freezers last week. I threw out a few odds and ends, and a couple of things that had been buried in the back and were to old to use.

I haven’t inventoried my cabinets, yet. There aren’t very many surprises in there. I don’t think, anyway!