Pantry Building Challenge 2022: #4

 Last week our challenge sent us back to the basics ... it looked like this ...

Our challenge for next week has us thinking about basics as in beans ... yes, beans!

Any kind of bean will do, it can be dry beans, home canned beans, store bought beans, etc just as long as its beans.  The amount is up to you!  The goal is to get some beans in your pantry.

If you or your family don't eat beans, choose another 'basic' item as a substitute.

Here's what I did ...

I purchased this bag of pinto beans; I didn't really need any but I'm doing this challenge right along with everyone else, so I stopped at a local store the next time I went by it and bought myself a bag of beans for $1.   

I brought them home and vacuum sealed them!  That's it!  That's all I did for this week's challenge!  I thought about adding some more beans to this one lone bag and canning them. I even thought about adding two other varieties and canning up some more 3-bean meals in jars.  But I decided that I didn't really need to do that either as I still have some on my pantry shelf from the last time I canned jars of 3-beans, so I just vacuum sealed them up, wrote the date on the package and added them to the long-term storage area part of my pantry.

Sometimes the best thing to do is keep it simple!

Thus far we've looked at gaining some pantry storage space under the bed and on the bottom shelf of a bookcase.  Today, we're going to assess our closet spaces.  Do you have closets that can be cleaned out and combined leaving one empty for pantry storage?  Or maybe you can clear out some space at the top or bottom of your closets?  Don't just shrug this option off, you'll be surprised how much space you can free up by decluttering and better organizing what you're keeping.  If you manage to free up a closet, add some shelves to it and viola ... you have some great pantry space ready to fill!  

Our challenge for next week has us doing some math!

What is the current temperature where you live?  If you don't have an outside thermometer, check online for your area.

Once you have your current outside temperature, subtract the smaller number from the larger.  For example, if the current temperature is 83, 8 - 3 = 5.  Add 5 items to your pantry.  

Whatever your number is, add that number of items to your pantry this week in whatever form you desire.

How's your pantry looking, is it starting to build?

Until next time, 

patsi      

Sharing 42 years' experience of frugal living and pantry building (if you include my frugal childhood, well that would add a few more years to my experience!)

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