One week down on our Eat out of the Pantry March Challange..
DH’s Thoughts:
- Grocery Shopping was super quick, as we only got stuff for the critters this week, Thank goodness nothing was really on sale this week, less tempation.
- I’m not looking forward to running out of fresh fruit which is going to happen Soon..
- Perfectly fine when home, there is no tempation, no way to cheat, if one wanted to cheat, grocery stores are out of site and out of mind. Moral of the story, stay away from the stores.
- I’m being to prepare a menu for April 1st, planning a huge apple fritter for breakfast.
FG Thoughts
- Had mild panic when thought I was going to be out of corn starch, until I went digging in the pantry and found new containers full.
- Think that by the end of the month that those canned crisp pears are going to be as close as we get to fresh fruit
- I miss fresh Mushrooms already! I love my mushrooms and dried and canned are just not the same, sigh..
- I think we are going to end up with sprout salads because I am already craving a big bowl of fresh green salad, but cabbage will have to do for a while.
So girls how are you doing on your first week, drop me a note and let me know what you are missing already?
Just another Day on the Farm 
The shopping. That’s what I miss. The hunt for great sales.
We’re soon going to run out of ghee. We have no honey, and I didn’t manage to get to Costco to get some before the beginning of March. Now it seems like I want honey in everything!
And bacon … I want bacon.
Do you have other safe fats in the house? I hope so, as I know that the little ones have issues with certain things.. You can still shop for sale, just can’t eat them 🙂
I found a pound of shortening in the back of the fridge. Completely unopened. Plus I have a full bottle of canola oil.
They don’t taste so good on bread, though! LOL
Ditto to the shopping – see here http://backyardfarmsto.blogspot.com/2011/03/pancakes-and-self-denial.html
Also pop but that’s not a surprise.
Full write up tomorrow!
Thanks for the link, great read and look forward to the full post today..
How big your storage space must be! I’m really jealous. What kind of freezer(s) do you have? We have just one 400 litres freezer, which I think is not much for a family of 9. But most people around here have less.
I have lots of storage space, I have two freezers, one is the meat freezer and one is the veggie/fruit freezer, I don’t know how big they are, I will check the next time I go out and measure them, but they are big, the one fits in the house but the other one is so big that it can’t go though the doors and is out in the little barn. I also have a number of fridges, most of the year they are off and unused but during harvest time, they all get plugged in and started up, it helps greatly to have them when needed.