Comments on: Eat from The Pantry Every Day for the Rest of Your Life: A Guest Post http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/eat-from-the-pantry-every-day-for-the-rest-of-your-life-a-guest-post.html On the Road to Joyful Motherhood Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Prudent Homemaker http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/eat-from-the-pantry-every-day-for-the-rest-of-your-life-a-guest-post.html#comment-11642 The Prudent Homemaker Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:01:59 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1788#comment-11642 Cheryl, Thanks for linking to your interview with me! We stopped shopping again after December 18th (and on that day all I bought was sugar). Since then, I had a chance to go shopping once and spend $30 last week--and that's it. I was bummed that I couldn't go more often, but, honestly, the sales haven't been that good here, so my lack of money hasn't had me feeling too bad, because things aren't at their lowest prices, anyway! My bread making skills are continuing to improve, and I'm still trying out new recipes, even though I've done this before for 2 years. I expect a tight budget for quite some time. If I get to go shopping again this month, or next month at all, it will be great! If not, it will still be great! We still have plenty of variety to eat. Our garden is starting to come in (several months late, but this time I've got empty jelly canning jars over my seedlings to protct them from being munched!), and we're looking forward to the new vegetables. Having more than a month's worth of food is a great blessing when income levels drop. Cheryl,

Thanks for linking to your interview with me!

We stopped shopping again after December 18th (and on that day all I bought was sugar). Since then, I had a chance to go shopping once and spend $30 last week–and that’s it.

I was bummed that I couldn’t go more often, but, honestly, the sales haven’t been that good here, so my lack of money hasn’t had me feeling too bad, because things aren’t at their lowest prices, anyway!

My bread making skills are continuing to improve, and I’m still trying out new recipes, even though I’ve done this before for 2 years.

I expect a tight budget for quite some time. If I get to go shopping again this month, or next month at all, it will be great! If not, it will still be great! We still have plenty of variety to eat. Our garden is starting to come in (several months late, but this time I’ve got empty jelly canning jars over my seedlings to protct them from being munched!), and we’re looking forward to the new vegetables.

Having more than a month’s worth of food is a great blessing when income levels drop.

]]> By: Augustus http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/eat-from-the-pantry-every-day-for-the-rest-of-your-life-a-guest-post.html#comment-11606 Augustus Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:36:03 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1788#comment-11606 I was searching for a good book to help me get through my diet. In the end I googled it and found this site http://www.hungryforweightloss.com. They are giving away a free ebook called "365 tips for healthy living". I didn't expect it to be any good because it's free but it's actually brilliant so I thought i'd share it here :) I was searching for a good book to help me get through my diet. In the end I googled it and found this site http://www.hungryforweightloss.com.

They are giving away a free ebook called “365 tips for healthy living”. I didn’t expect it to be any good because it’s free but it’s actually brilliant so I thought i’d share it here :)

]]> By: Michele http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/eat-from-the-pantry-every-day-for-the-rest-of-your-life-a-guest-post.html#comment-11602 Michele Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:01:26 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1788#comment-11602 I am glad I did not do the pantry challenge because at the end of the month we DID have emergency-like conditions. I live in the DC areas and we were hit with 30 inches of snow. The stores were cleaned out of many items just before the storm. Now we are getting another storm today! Now I need to live from the pantry for real so it's good I didn't do it when I didn't need to! I am glad I did not do the pantry challenge because at the end of the month we DID have emergency-like conditions. I live in the DC areas and we were hit with 30 inches of snow. The stores were cleaned out of many items just before the storm. Now we are getting another storm today! Now I need to live from the pantry for real so it’s good I didn’t do it when I didn’t need to!

]]> By: nicole http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/eat-from-the-pantry-every-day-for-the-rest-of-your-life-a-guest-post.html#comment-11592 nicole Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:22:59 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1788#comment-11592 Wonderful thank you so much for the post. At times I feel like a failure when it comes to keeping the pantry stocked. I feel like everyone else has endless supplies of everything, and because of my budget I don't. I know it may sound weird but that is how I feel. Now I feel like I am a normal person filling the pantry each week ... one week at a time!!! Wonderful thank you so much for the post. At times I feel like a failure when it comes to keeping the pantry stocked. I feel like everyone else has endless supplies of everything, and because of my budget I don’t. I know it may sound weird but that is how I feel. Now I feel like I am a normal person filling the pantry each week … one week at a time!!!

]]> By: cristina thornburg photography http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/eat-from-the-pantry-every-day-for-the-rest-of-your-life-a-guest-post.html#comment-11589 cristina thornburg photography Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:42:10 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1788#comment-11589 Great read; this is just my style. Different strokes for different folks, right? :) Great read; this is just my style. Different strokes for different folks, right? :)

]]> By: M http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/eat-from-the-pantry-every-day-for-the-rest-of-your-life-a-guest-post.html#comment-11550 M Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:52:03 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1788#comment-11550 I love this post! I didn't have a pantry or freezer full of food to feed my family for a month, but what I did was take a good look at what we did have and plan 15 meals I could use without buying any additional ingredients from the store. Each week, I tried to incorporate one or two of those meals so that I was only buy additional ingredients for the remaining 5 or so meals each week. It was great! We still used our $50 weekly budget in full, but most of it went to stocking up. Now, we have several boxes of cereal, oatmeal, granola bars and many jars of pasta sauce, mayo, etc. In fact the next week or two all I'll need to buy for food is milk & fresh produce. It was great challenging myself in a way I knew we could do it. We don't have a deep freeze or meals made ahead of time, but from one large bag of chicken breasts I bought on sale, we got a lot of meals planned! I've been learning a lot from all these sites and I am truly grateful (as is our bank account) :) I love this post! I didn’t have a pantry or freezer full of food to feed my family for a month, but what I did was take a good look at what we did have and plan 15 meals I could use without buying any additional ingredients from the store. Each week, I tried to incorporate one or two of those meals so that I was only buy additional ingredients for the remaining 5 or so meals each week.

It was great! We still used our $50 weekly budget in full, but most of it went to stocking up. Now, we have several boxes of cereal, oatmeal, granola bars and many jars of pasta sauce, mayo, etc. In fact the next week or two all I’ll need to buy for food is milk & fresh produce. It was great challenging myself in a way I knew we could do it. We don’t have a deep freeze or meals made ahead of time, but from one large bag of chicken breasts I bought on sale, we got a lot of meals planned!

I’ve been learning a lot from all these sites and I am truly grateful (as is our bank account) :)

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