Friday, January 14, 2011

Setting goals & cleaning cupboards...

Here we are halfway through the month of January (!?) and I'm completely slacking on the Clean Out the Cupboards challenge. Unless I put something down on paper, I fear I'll crash and burn on this one. So my goal for this weekend is to take an inventory of my cupboards and freezer and make some meal plans for the next two weeks...not all at once though...I'm not that crazy, er, ambitious. I'd like for 50% of each meal for the rest of the month to come from the cupboard or freezer(s).

So...who has a recipe that includes coconut milk and a can of pork & beans? And who put pork & beans in my cupboard anyway? Seriously, not something I would buy.


I did make two meals this week that should score me a few COTC points: chicken enchiladas (chicken from the freezer, enchilada sauce from the cupboard) and chili. The chili was perfect for the cold weather and included ground beef from the freezer, a can of tomato sauce and dried kidney beans from the cupboard and a random onion that somehow managed to survive in our garden. Okay, and half a jar of spaghetti sauce from the fridge. I never said I was a purist.



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2 comments:

Alison said...

Coconut rice with pork and beans on top: cook rice in the coconut milk (add water to match the normal 1 cup rice, 2 cups water ratio, and a pinch of salt). Serve pork and beans on top. Ha!

I just somehow got my husband to organize our misc. food cupboard (not quite big enough to be a pantry) and WOW! what did he find. I have some beans and coconut milk that I need to use...

panamamama said...

I've got my cupboards pretty much down now and got rid of my little freezer. I am doing really good this month and we've only eaten out 2 times which is a major improvement! Yay!