For Such A Time As This, part 16: We can't always have what we want!

When it comes to meal planning, I try really hard to work with what I have in my pantry. 

Here's my method ...  

First, I go to my pantry (not the grocery store).

I look at what I've got and at what needs to be used whether it's in the refrigerator, freezer or on a pantry shelf.

I make out the menu based on the above and if there's anything I don't have that I need, I try to find a substitute or change the menu.

That's it.

I work hard at maintaining a pantry where I can menu plan using this method.  Eighty percent of the time when we go to the grocery store, we shop for loss leaders and or items to stock up on.

Being able to purchase items as loss leaders or in bulk helps us beat the rising costs of food.  Does that sometimes mean we need to forego something we would like to have?  Yes, sometimes that does happen, but that's okay as it doesn't hurt us to wait.

For such a time as this, we need to realize that we can't always have what we want, when we want it!

(picture: fresh 'cut off the cobb' corn ready for preservation)

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Until the next post,

patsi

A Working Pantry

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