I’ve decided that I’m joining in with Crystal and Jessica for an Eat from the Pantry Challenge in January! At first I was not sure that we could eat from the pantry and freezer for a month, but once I sat down and and wrote out a menu I was able to come up with 23 meals! With leftovers, our date night and cooking a few of these meals twice (that I have the ingredients for) I figure this list of 23 meals will get us through the 31 days of January!

My “rules”:

1. I can purchase milk, cheese, eggs, sour cream & produce

2. Spend $50 or less during the month of January

3.  Put the remaining $110 of our grocery budget in our home improvement fund!

Meals:

1. Country Ham with Pinto Beans, Greens & Cornbread

2. Chicken & Dumplins

3. Chicken Noodle Soup

4. Fried Chicken Legs with Mashed Potatoes & Gravy

5. Chili with Red Beans

6. Vegetable Soup with Corn, Green Beans, Potatoes & Purple Hull Peas

7. Meatloaf with Sweet and Sour Sauce, Shells and Cheese & Bread

8. Lasagna

9. Steak Fajitas

10. Fried Steak & Gravy with Hashbrown Casserole

11. Roast

12. Chili (In freezer)

13. Baked Country Style Ribs with Pintos & Cornbread

14. Mom’s Scalloped Potatoes

15. Sausage & Pepperoni Pizza

16. Baked Pork Chops with Chicken Pasta Sides

17. Monterrey Chicken Quesadillas

18. Baked Potatoes loaded with Sour Cream, Bacon, Mushrooms & Cheese

19. Potato Soup

20. Chicken Tacos

21. Cajun Pork Chops with Mashed Potatoes

22. Chicken, Onion & Potato Bake

23. Lemon Pepper Chicken with Cheddar Broccoli Rice