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This week I’m joining in on the “Eating Down the Fridge” challenge from food writer Kim O’Donnel at the Washington Post.
It’s perfect timing for me: my husband is in the midst of doing some work on my Suburban, so it remains parked at his shop until all is finished. He has to fit in car-fixing before and after his 10-hour workdays. I’ve kept my schedule open this week and don’t actually have to go out until Thursday; I also have multiple work and household projects I need to catch up on after being sick and then simply unmotivated.
So. All is well, then this morning I realize I need groceries! I usually do a grocery run early in the week, Monday or Tuesday. I grabbed diapers over the weekend, but had neither the time, inclination, nor menu plan to do grocery shopping. Then I saw the link to the Fridge challenge on orgjunkie’s Twitter update…
Aand the rest, as they say… well, you know what they say.
Join in! Save some money. Get creative. I’m always more creative when I have less to work with; funny how that goes, isn’t it. I’ll have to check my cupboards to see what materials I have to work with. I think we’ll be doing some vegetarian meals. I don’t have much meat in the freezer. Off the top of my head, our menu for the week will probably be something like this:
Monday: pasta al forno (carry over from last week)
Tuesday: brats and home made rolls
Wednesday: rice and beans
Thursday: grilled cheese sandwiches, soup
Friday: eeeeehhh… something creative…
Saturday/Sunday: ditto Friday for the weekend. Or I might hit the grocery store on Friday.