How many of us actually KNOW the contents of our food storage/pantry? If you do, you get a gold star. Me? Not so much.
For example...
This week I was planning on buying a whole new package of gallon freezer bags because I was CERTAIN I was out of them (had been using quart size for about three weeks and was done. done. done. using quart size) Well, the time came to pick them up and money ran a little tight, so I bought the food over the ziplock bags. When I came home and was putting food away in our food storage area I was moving things around to better organize it... and viola! What's in there? TWO unopened boxes of gallon bags. Yup. I would have bought something I already had. I've done this before with brown sugar, jello, crackers, yeast, etc.
How often do we buy things we already have in our pantry?
More than we should.
This month's challenge:
By the end of the month: Go through your entire pantry, kitchen cupboards, and food storage area cataloging EVERYTHING in it, however you want. Once you KNOW what you have you can start COOKING with what you have instead of continuing to buy things that you don't necessarily need. Trust me, it's going to save you and me a lot of money.
You in? I am.
Oh my heck.. can I tell you I have done that same thing so many times! We got a new shelf and boxes of food for Christmas from my in-laws. I cleaned out our other shelves and re-organized a couple days after Christmas and found so many things. Such a great idea to keep track of stuff like that.
ReplyDeleteDo we have to take a picture of the pantry? ha ha ha!! Good challenge. Count me in.
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