I’m always trying to do better with saving money. My husband and I want to buy a house someday, so every dollar saved gets us closer to our goal. Sometimes, however, it seems like saving money is so hard, but recently we discovered a simple way to save a few bucks every week: Eat from your pantry or freezer once a week.
Here’s how to do it:
- Check out what’s in your freezer and pantry.
- Dig out your cookbooks and find your favorite recipes online.
- Create a menu for the week by incorporating what your already have in your freezer and/or pantry. Keep your favorite recipes in mind for inspiration and get creative with your meals!
- Create a grocery list with the ingredients that you need to complete your weekly meal plan.
- Head to the grocery store and stick to your list.
Eating from our pantry or freezer once a week gives us a chance to save a little extra money as well as experiment to discover some new recipes.
What’s your favorite freezer or pantry meal? Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win a NuVal t-shirt!
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Love this idea! I save pre-portioned ground beef in the freezer, so I’ll make a quick pasta and meatballs. Yum!
actually, my favorite pantry meal is pancakes. we always have all the ingredients and it’s so fun to have breakfast for dinner – like a treat
so quick and easy too. even healthy if i make them whole wheat
My favorite pantry meal is tuna noodle casserole. It has very few ingredients, and they’re are almost always in my pantry
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My favorite pantry meal is whole wheat pasta, leftover chicken or a garden veggie pattie, feta, whatever veggies are on hand, & ready made pesto.
A huge pot of soup or stew. It is the easiest way to use of almost-gone veggies, pasta, rice, beans–really whatever you have.
This is definitely something I need improving on. My favorite pantry meals are a can of chickpeas with cheddar, spinach, and dried fruit, or a tuna salad with fresh broccoli
oh my gosh, is that really your freezer??? Mine is packed to the brim with who knows what so I should really work on this!
Chili! We usually have ground turkey or lean ground beef in the freezer and I always keep canned tomatoes and beans in the pantry. Throw in some spices and a basic, filling chili is ready to go!
I always have frozen spinach and broccoli in my freezer and chick peas and whole-wheat pasta in my pantry. I love to throw them all together with some garlic, olive oil, and parmesan cheese. It’s delish!
my favorite pantry meal involves cans of beans to throw into a quick chili!
The best pantry/freezer meal for me is a quick crock pot mexican chicken soup! Beans, frozen chicken, canned tomatoes, canned green chiles, whatever fresh veg I have, and I am it up with frozen spinach, tons of frozen peppers, and peas. I always love mexican, so this is pretty healthy AND delicious and satisfies the craving for SPICY!!
My favorite freezer/pantry meal is pasta and tomato sauce mixed with beans, or pasta mixed with frozen veggies.
My favorite pantry meal is whole wheat pasta with whatever cans I have hanging out in my cabinets. This usually ends up being some sort of chickpea, kidney bean, diced tomato dish.
By far the simplest quick lunch/dinner idea ever: heat up some frozen broccoli. Add pasta sauce and lots of parmesan cheese. Devour! I guess its pantry and freezer, but this is such a filling combination and really is amazing!! plus it lends itself to adding more things (veggies, cheeses, even sausage) really well!
My favorite pantry meal is Omelette… there is no limit of stuff the you can add to omelette, so always work out great with some random pantry finds… =)
Angel hair pasta with garlic, olive oil and Parmesan cheese, and parsley if we have it.
A cup of low sodium Amy’s soup with a veggie burger and fresh sliced tomato, love it!!
My favorite panty meal is refried bean tortillas with veggies I have on hand. Sometimes I’ll even add cheese and heat it up like a quesadia.
is that really your freezer? If yes I am jealous – mine is a disaster!
my favorite pantry meal is so easy it is pathetic BUT it is a vegetable bullion cube (I like the yellow box one) with chickpeas in it (a can makes 4 soups) it is actually what I am having for breakfast right now
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