Friday, May 30, 2014

Inventory .... Pantry and Fridge

Here is part 2 of my inventory.

Pantry:
8 lbs angel hair pasta
4 boxes mac and cheese
assorted other pastas
brown rice
assorted instant potatoes
pasta salad mix
barley
1 box Ritz crackers
pancake syrup
4 jars spaghetti sauce plus many jars of home canned
instant oatmeal
10 boxes tea bags
pasta sides
muffin mixes
Ramen noodles
assorted salad dressings
2 bottles of chili sauce
chipotle mayo
soy sauce
rye flour
oatmeal
taco shells
stuffing mix
assorted cereals
popcorn
white sugar
brown sugar
ketchup
almonds
shake n bake for chicken and pork
coating mix for fish
honey
3 cans of pumpkin
4 cans of fruit
13 cans of soup
16 cans of tuna
5 boxes of chicken stock
8 cans of veggies
lots of dried pinto beans
white dried beans
macaroni noodles
white rice
6 cans of beans
11 cans diced tomatoes
3 cans of Rotel
6 cans of tomato paste
2 cans tomato sauce
3 cans of cranberry sauce
1 box of velevetta cheese
1 can of chicken


Fridge:
leftover ham
lots of fresh veggies
assorted condiments
yeast
hot dogs
precooked bacon
assorted shredded cheeses
walnuts
pecans
string cheese
tortillas
pie crust
kielbasa (for tonights dinner)

This is my list.  I am sure I have missed some items.  I do have quite a few spices, baking supplies.  I will post my menu when I have it completed.

Inventory ..... Frozen Foods

Yesterday I started my inventory in order to better assess what I have and what I need, not want.  I am going to start with the frozen foods.  We have an upright freezer, a chest freezer and the freezer par tot the fridge.


Proteins:
2 pkgs turkey bacon
3 pounds ground turkey
1 pound ground beef
4 pkgs chicken leg quarters
1 pkg skinless boneless chicken breasts
1 single serve white fish
1.5 big bags of chunked white fish
1 pkg turkey breakfast sausage
1 portion country ham
1 bag of cooked chicken
1 whole ham
1 pork roast
29 hamburger patties
1 pkg chicken breakfast sausage
1 roll of breakfast sausage
1 pkgs cubed ham
2 pkgs hot dogs

2 pkgs sliced cheese
1 pkg pizza cheese
1 pkg cheddar cheese, shredded


Starches:
2 bags french fries
2 bags sweet potato fries
1 pkg hot dog buns
1 loaf white bread
1.5 pkgs Mediterranean cheese bread
white rice

Veggies:
lots of frozen peppers, peas, corn from our garden
shredded and sliced zucchini and summer squash
about a dozen bags of frozen veggies from grocery store

Other:
bread flour
yeast
butter
strawberries
blueberries
pecans
cranberries

This is the end of the frozen section.  I will list the pantry and fridge items in another post.  I have more frozen then I thought I did.  I definitely have more protein than I thought.

Thursday, May 29, 2014

It's been a while ......

Life is finally returning back to "normal" a little bit.  My houseguests have moved out this week and my daughter is talking about moving this summer.  With just 3 adults living in the house now and the 3rd not eating with us very often, I can resume my goal of just $40 a week in groceries starting next week.

My dh will be home for the summer starting on Tuesday so he will be eating 3 meals a day at home until the end of July.  Dd normally just eats breakfast and sometimes lunch at home (even though she works from home she tends to buy her own food to keep in a little fridge in her room) and my crazy work schedule (some weeks 23 hours some weeks 36) it will still be a challenge.  The big challenge will be to keep dh out of McDonald's drive thru while I am at work. :)

I will inventory this coming weekend to see where I stand before I plan.  I just had a toss a kitchen size garbage bag of food out that a mouse got into.  grrrrrr

Stay tuned .....