Pantry Challenge Update

Week three, here we go!

It was a successful week, despite losing my house keys, a sick child that had me averaging 4 hours of sleep a night, and performance reviews due at work.

Here's a typical lunch for me.  Salad with feta, strawberries, almonds and field greens topped with homemade Greek dressing.  I also packed yogurt and homemade granola.

Here's an atypical lunch I enjoyed when I was working from home one day -- nachos made with leftover taco meat, and topped with salsa and the last bit of sour cream.  Yum.

Beer bread was a nice (and quick) addition to our daily meals.

On Saturday I made a big turkey, and I'll spend the day today making the leftovers into freezer meals.  I already have three big containers full of turkey stock made.  I think I'm going to try a few recipes from Jessica's book, Not Your Mother's Make-Ahead and Freeze Cookbook (NYM Series).

We've had a rainy and gray week, so I couldn't resist picking up these lovelies at Trader Joe's.  These plus some dairy and veg left me with a $32 grocery bill for the week.  Can't complain about that!

I also picked up our crop share, which had some great Florida peppers, corn and strawberries.  We're eating like kings around here this week.

Wondering what this whole thing is about? Check out my inspiration on Good Cheap Eats, and my goals here.

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Updated to add: I eventually found my keys in a container of chicken bullion.  That's life with a 2 year old!