Summer Series 2026: Building a Pantry with $5 a Week ... #11

Summer Series 2026: Building a Pantry with $5 a week ... #11

I hope everyone is reading the comments; they are so inspiring.  Thank you to everyone who is sharing your selections!

            With each week's entry, we'll start out reviewing the rules ...

Total must be $5 or less each week not including taxes.

Must be a separate purchase ... in other words it cannot be hand-picked items from our weekly grocery haul that totals $5 or less.

All items must come from a grocery store, farmers market, etc.  In other words they must be purchased.  No running out to the garden and putting a grocery store price on items harvested or shared with us.  This challenge is meant to stretch us in utilizing a small amount of money to help build up and or restock our pantry.

Must be items we regularly use.  This will keep us from seeing a good deal on something 'we might like' and spending our 'challenge money' only to never get around to trying it or finding out we don't like it at all.  This challenge is for our tried and true pantry building basics.  Think mid - long term pantry stocking.

This challenge includes all things in our pantry:  food, toiletries, cleaning supplies, etc.

One more guideline ... no rolling money over from week to week.  We have to spend it or lose it!

This challenge will end on September 21st, the last day of summer.  

Here's what I added to my pantry for the sum total of  $3.98 before tax this week ...

Each of these bags of carrots were on sale for $1.99 each.  When I saw they were on sale, I knew instantly what I wanted to do with them ... make fermented carrots!  Fermented carrots have become one of my favorite snacks and or a sandwich accompaniment.  These two bags should make approximately 6 - 8 quarts that will last for several weeks in the refrigerator.

Okay, now it's your turn ... what did you spend your $5 on this week and if it's a food, how do you plan on using it?

We've got one more week in this challenge, let's see what we can do with the last $5 allocated for this challenge!!

Until the next time ...  

mrs. patsi @ A Working Pantry  

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