Boy have I gotten behind on blogging. I guess that's what happens when you move though. As you might know, I had a personal challenge to use up as much as I could from my fridge and freezer before we moved. It's pretty hard actually, so I focused on using up anything with meat in it, veggies and any cupboard item that was going to expire in the next couple of months (or anything I could find to make that I didn't need to buy anything else to make a meal). Here's what I came up with:
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BBQ chicken, corn and a pasta dish from a box! |
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Berry Cobbler, except I used up all the blackberries for some of them and then used blueberries in the rest.
Both were delicious. Recipe: Here |
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Blueberry Cobbler Minis |
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Blackberry Cobbler Minis |
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Chicken Nuggets and Waffle Fries: We bought these about 10 days before we moved which fed us for 2 meals. I ended up throwing a few of the chicken nuggets we didn't use away. |
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Sloppy Joes! Some people are against them, I happen to like them, mostly because of the pickles and cheese! |
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We used up the last pound of ground beef, and the rest of the pickles and cheese for this meal,
although we did have to buy the buns. |
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BBQ Chicken again (it's a staple in our family) used up the rest of the chicken on hand, cheesy veggies, and a southwestern corn/rice freezer dish. |
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Cinnamon blueberry pancakes, used most of the blueberries, most of the pancake mix, and most of the syrup. The rest went in the garbage. |
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I'm not usually a big pancake fan, but these were very good. |
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Chicken Nuggets, waffle fries, and macaroni and cheese |
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The state of our kitchen as I was making the above dinner. |
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Yep, packing is not fun at all. |
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Baked potatoes used up 2 or the 4 potatoes we had, cheese, sour cream and the last package of cheesy veggies. |
Also in this time, we bought Papa Murphey's pizza one night and Subway sandwiches the last night before we moved. Most of what I ended up throwing away were odd and ends of things, like the leftover butter or half a package of frozen spinach, plus all the condiments. As for all the non-perishable items, I ended up buing a couple of smaller storage bins to keep them in for the move. I would say it was a successful food-use-up. Though I still did feel bad about throwing away what was left!
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