Penny Pinching Pantry Raid Updated Food List
July 29, 2009 | Print | E-mail | Filed under PPPR
Now that the Penny Pinching Pantry Raid is over, I thought I’d go through and update my food list just for fun. Here’s what we have now!
Freezer:
- 8 3 packages frozen vegetables
- 1 package cheese tortellini
- 1 bag chicken Voila!
- 2 Ziploc bags of rhubarb
- 1 package shrimp
- 1 package crab meat
- 1 box ice cream sandwiches
- 1/2 box fudge bars
- 2 1 homemade pie crust
- 1.5 lbs steak
- 2 1 package bacon
- 1 polish sausage
- 1 package hot dogs
- 3 salmon fillets
- 6 chicken breasts
- 3 hot sausage links
- 4 2 lbs ground beef
Fridge:
- Milk
- Butter
- Eggs
- Iced tea
- Bread dough
- 4 packages cream cheese
- Fat free sour cream
- Sun butter
- 4 2 cups yogurt
- Strawberries
- Leftover pizza
- 1 can crescent rolls
- 1 package flour tortillas
- 1 package tomato basil tortillas
- 1 package corn tortillas
- Assorted bricks of cheese 1 brick of mozzarella cheese and 1/2 brick of swiss
- Sliced pepperoni
- Heavy cream
- Yeast
- Assorted condiments, dressings, and syrups
- Coffee creamer
- 3 1 onion
- 1 head lettuce
- Carrots (1/2 of what was there)
- Garlic
- Baby spinach
- 2 1 zucchini
- Potatoes (1/2 of what was there)
- Celery
- 1 lime
- New: 1/2 can green chili peppers
- New: Green onions
- New: Mushrooms
- New: 1/2 jar pizza sauce
Pantry:
- Baking supplies and spices
- 1/2 box cereal
- 2 boxes Special K breakfast bars
- 1 box hot chocolate
- 1 box popcorn
- 3 boxes crackers
- 1 package Twizzlers
- 2 packages rice cakes
- 3 boxes thin spaghetti
- 3 boxes linguine
- 1 box lasagna noodles
- 3 2 boxes Kraft macaroni and cheese
- 1/2 bag rice
- 1 box wild rice
- 1 box penne
- 1 box elbow macaroni
- 1 box rotini
- 1 box stuffing
- 1 box au gratin potatoes
- Beef broth
- Chicken broth
- 1 can pineapple
- 1 can chick peas
- 1 2 cans tomato sauce
- 1 can tuna
- 1 can artichokes
- 2 cans kidney beans
- 1 can corn
- 1 can pinto beans
- 2 1 can black beans
- 1 can sauerkraut
- 2 cans cream of mushroom soup
- 1 can cream of potato soup
- 3 cans cream of chicken soup
- 2 cans green beans
- 1 can chili beans
- 1 can olives
- 1 can pumpkin
- 2 jars BBQ sauce
- 1 package 100 calorie hostess cinnamon strusel coffee cakes
- 1 bunch bananas
- 1 can iced tea mix
- 1/2 can lemonade mix
- 1/2 bag tortilla chips
- 1/2 box velveeta
- 1/2 bag egg noodles
- 1/2 can oats
- 2 cans soup
- Tea and coffee
- New: Oatmeal
As you can see, we still have a lot of food left! Although I probably could have done a better job using more of it, I’m happy to see that living on $100 for the month doesn’t mean that you end up clearing out your entire stock, only to have to spend a ton of money replenishing it again when you’re done. Even though we spent $103.59 instead of $100, compared to our usual monthly grocery bill I still consider our pantry raiding adventure a success. I’d like to thank Susan again for being such a great host, all my fellow penny pinchers for their encouragement, and of course my hubby for being a good sport and playing along!
July 29th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Congrats! You did a great job! It was a fun challenge!
July 29th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
What a great job with the challenge! In the end, I think the experience was more about learning about my cooking/shopping habits than about the total amount I spent at the end of the month. I, too, was amazed that I didn’t totally clean out my pantry/fridge/freezer while sticking to my budget.
July 29th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
You did AWESOME! I too can’t believe how much stuff we have left! Maybe we didn’t challenge ourselves enough? Maybe we should do one week of NO money? Only eating what we have? Honestly, I think both you and I could do that with no issue. How are we ever going to clean out those pantries?
Thanks so much for joining me this month. i appreciate you doing it, and maybe you’ll cohost again in September? (Hint, Hint)
July 30th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Maria – Thanks! I agree; it was a lot of fun, and totally worth it!
Jen – I totally agree. I don’t know what to do with all this extra stuff now, haha!
Susan – Thanks, and thanks for being such a great hostess! I have no idea how I’m going to clean out all the stuff left in our pantry. Keep me updated if you do another one in September!