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6 Days in...

The pantry living is going well.  Friday the 1st I spent prepping meals for the weekend--baked chicken breasts, spaghetti sauce and chicken parmesan...I worked all weekend so it was important to have meals made for the family.  I also made cinnamon rolls to take in to work.   I also went shopping for fresh produce and dairy products.  I spent $40, using a $25 Albertsons gift card to help pay for the groceries--$15 out of pocket.  I purchased some salads to eat at work as well.  The only things I purchased that weren't "allowed" were some nuts for my husband to eat at work and a bottle of salad dressing.  We ended up not eating formal meals all weekend--everyone was busy and they just grabbed what they could find in the fridge.  Tonight we had the chicken parmesan and the spaghetti.  I had gone to Winco this morning to get some fresh broccoli and more fruit.  I got a honeydew melon, strawberries, grapes, nectarines, bananas, blueberries and apples.  I made blueberry muffins for the kids for breakfast.  I had a bunch of carrots that needed to get used so I grated them up and used some to make a carrot cake and froze the rest to make carrot cake in the future.  I also steamed some of the carrots to go with dinner.  I used the bread machine to make a loaf of french bread--yum!  I grated up abrick of colby-jack cheese and a wedge of paremsan also.

Doing well so far--tomorrow will be another food prep day because I have to work 12 hour shifts on Wednesday and Thursday.