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Meal Plan: Freezer & Pantry Challenge

I hope y’all don’t tire of freezer and pantry challenges because they sure are a money saver. It is a bit of time investment upfront to assess, to face the freezer and pantry. But this handy inventory print out from Once a Month Mom helps with the planning. Click freezer inventory.

Plus, a freezer and pantry challenge helps me to see just how blessed we already are. Many of these are standard Hodgepodge favorites I’ve built this two week plan around.

Middle girl made Hodgepodgedad’s birthday cake all on her own. She picked out the boxed mix from the cook box, followed the directions. I was just there for supervision and help  🙂

And, we’ll be planning some time for Cooking Fun. (Some links lead to our archived site. Still working on pulling recipes over to our new Hodgepodge  🙂

  • Lime Cake, pictured above
  • Sunbutter cookies
  • microwave fudge
  • morning bars for…

Breakfasts:

  • Oatmeal, grits, cereal, cheese toast, cinnamon toast, fruit and grain bars
  • From batch cooking sessions: whole wheat pancakes, muffins

Snacks/Tea Time:

  • apples, microwave popcorn, Sunbutter crackers, Sunbutter with apple, our favorite Oatmeal Flax Cookie, chocolate milk, cheese slice

Lunches:

  • Pizza Bites, nibble trays, Sunbutter sandwiches, quesadillas, tortilla wraps, mac and cheese, salad with avocado and apple, stromboli, Cheesy Pasta

Fast Food for Slow Sundays: Slow Cooker BBQ chicken, Slow Cooker Spinach Lasagna

Suppers:

  • Forget It Chicken
  • Pizza x 2
  • Spaghetti x 2 (Jenny’s Pink Sauce one night), salad, homemade bread
  • Tacos
  • Slow Cooker Mac and Cheese, veggies, cornbread
  • Breakfast for supper x 2: pancakes, turkey bacon one night. Hashbrown casserole, fruit, biscuits and gravy another.
  • Slow Cooker Tilapia (a few filets left in the freezer) plus the rest of a bag of fish sticks

  • Sandwiches with Homemade Bread

*all Hodgepodge meals prepared with care due to our Trials and Triumphs with allergies

How about you? Have you held a pantry and freezer challenge before?

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Tricia faces a daily dose of chaos homeschooling five children. The biggest lesson she’s learned? At the end of the day – when the dishes are put away and the children are tucked in bed – truly what matters is each child’s relationship with the Lord. Raising children is a God-given privilege and, folks, the time is short.

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  1. Alea says

    February 20, 2011 at 10:54 PM

    I never get tired of discovering methods to save time and money, so keep the challenges coming!

    Your daughter did a wonderful job on the cake – now I’m craving lime cake. 🙂

    BTW, I love the look of your new site.

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  2. Kim A. says

    March 3, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    Trying slow cooker tilapia for first time tonight. Sounds delicious! Will add sides of rice and green veg and will let you know how it goes.
    =)

    Reply
  3. Hodgepodgemom says

    March 4, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    Do let me know Kim! This is definitely my new favorite way to fix fish. Delicious!

    Reply

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