Eat From Your Pantry Wrap-Up

Here it is a whole week into February already and I haven't even posted an update on Life As Mom's Eat From the Pantry challenge. It was a great challenge and -- had I been able to keep the rest of my family out of the grocery store -- I think I could have cleared out the entire pantry.

A few things I learned along the way...

My family is addicted to the clearance rack at the grocery store. Evidently if something is junk-food, or of no use to us at all, it's okay to buy if it cost less than a dollar. I'm just sayin'.

With the right spices, my family can be tricked into eating things that have pureed veggies hidden inside: spaghetti sauce, muffins, hamburgers. Mwah ha ha ha ha ha ha! (That's my evil mom laugh.)

No one likes leftover Thanksgiving turkey turned turkey noodle casserole. No one.

When something gets pushed to the back of the fridge, freezer or pantry, it is quickly forgotten. Once found, it's hard to tell what it was originally.

In the month of January, we went through all of the canned veggies and most of the boxed pasta and side dishes in our pantry. We also went through a lot of frozen meat and veggies. At one point, our pantry was down to about half full (or half empty, depending on how you like to look at it), but then Mr. Greenhab stopped at the grocery store to pick up milk and ended up coming home with 6 bags of groceries.

I'm very happy about the progress we made during the month and I hope to continue eating from the pantry as much as possible.