We’ve been babysitting 4 year old twins most of the week so my pantry building didn’t get a lot of attention, but that’s okay!
Here’s what I got done …
I canned 11 quarts of pears. The
pears came from our pear tree. We love
these fried up with a little butter and sweetener.
I took the peelings and cores from the pears I canned and turned them
into 4 pints of pear juice which I will freeze.
I will make pear jelly with it when things are a little less busy at my
house!
I got the bread I was air drying last week turned into bread crumbs and
added 1 pint to my pantry.
I asked at the bakery section of Sam’s Club if they had any empty
frosting buckets for free. I was told
that I could have only one … and only occasionally could I get one! I don’t know if this is the policy at all
Sam’s Club’s or not but I felt like I had been thoroughly grilled by the time I
got the bucket. It’s just a bucket and
it’s the first one I had asked for … I don’t know why I was given the 3rd
degree … I’m not sure I’ll go through that again for a bucket! Has anyone else experienced this kind of
treatment? Maybe the lady was having a
bad day!
My husband and I had been out mowing and doing yard work one afternoon
and when we came in it was supper time! I
reached into the freezer and pulled out 2 of my homemade freezer dinners (made
from leftovers and frozen in divided plates made for freezing, microwave heating
and eating), micro waved them and sat down to a delicious, nutritious dinner! I love having homemade freezer meals on hand
for times like this!
I started the task of cleaning out our raised beds and getting them ready for winter.
I shopped a few sales this week and found:
2 (3 bars to a package) packages of Ivory soap which I paid $.47/package for
after coupons.
This package of 2 bottles of dressing on clearance for $.41 at Sam’s
Club. We purchased one package. We’ll use it for marinating purposes.
We saw this sprouted 7 grain bread on sale for $.51 a package in the
freezer section of Sam’s Club but didn’t purchase any as we don’t eat much
bread anymore. (About the only bread we use anymore is Joseph's Bread or I make Gwen's Bread)
Here’s my
pantry to-do list for the upcoming week:
Harvest herbs
Make Gwen’s bread
Get a jar of cider fire started
Make some elderberry syrup for cold and flu season
Shop sales and loss leaders
Harvest rest of okra and lay out to dry for next year's seeds
Now it’s
your turn, what have you done to build up your pantry or live frugally?
Patsi
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