After planning my week of meals to be primarily chicken-based, my husband informed me Monday (as he graciously started the crockpot for me) that we are out of chicken. I said, "No! I just bought a bag, it's in the freezer." He looks and instead of boneless, skinless chicken breasts, I brought home a bag of frozen hot wings. Yuck. I don't even know what to do with them.
So until the next pay period, I have to make do with what I have in my cabinets. What sort of cheap meals do you do when you don't have any ingredients?
This is what I can think of:
-oatmeal
-rice and beans
-eggs and toast
-canned soup
-meatless spaghetti
-cereal
-peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
I'm sure there are other meals out there (that don't require chicken) that I can make, but I can't really think of much. Oh, and I'm out of milk. Can't wait for payday!! (I know milk is only $2 but I'm sticking to my budget!)
Do you have cheese? Grilled cheese sandwiches are good. Salsa, tortillas & cheese (=quesadilla) are bare pantry staples at our house. I also try to keep cans of tuna and boxes of macaroni (=tuna mac casserole) for such times as these. When I run out of groceries before I run out of month, I immediately start to menu plan like crazy and make a detailed grocery list for the next time I can go to the store. Making a menu of normal dinners and the shopping list to go with it stirs my creativity. While I'm making the list I'll remember things I have in the pantry that I don't need to buy, and come up with ideas to use them.
ReplyDeleteLots of people like hot wings, save them for a potluck!
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