Well folks, I'm out of town on a business trip, and this is the first time I've had a free moment to write. I really am not totally enamoured with traveling, people all seem to love traveling.
I do travel a good bit internationally due to the demands of my work. I tend to be a very happy and cheerful person, so I am loving exactly where my feet are planted. Just enjoying the moment.
I did take the week end to meet up with my best friend who lives in Milan Italy. We had some quality girl time, and that was such a blessing. Such a pleasure. A little chalenging having a best friend who lives on another continent.
Presently I am in Amsterdam, It's a great city, I love the history and the art, culture. But I come here all the time, so it is not new to me, but over and over again, I ADORE the museums. Looking forward to getting home though.
Some of the perks of business travel are eating out at phenomenal restaurants, and no house work :). I am thoroughly enjoying being away from my "projects", yes I am.
These trips make it quite easy to stay on my newly adopted "unemployment budget" because I can live extravagantly for FREE. Does not get much more frugal than that does it? So this too is a frugal pleasure.
Well bye-bye for now, till I'm back state side.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Action Plan - Check-in
Once again posting my action plan has proven to be a fairly successful strategy for accomplishing my goals. My cleaning that was scheduled to take 1 hour 15 mins. actually took the better part of the day. I decided that a couple of spots needed love, namely my stove top and grates, my fridge, and my walls, my whole kitchen actually. Then I decided my master bath also needed deep love.
So I spent a good bit of time in the kitchen, but now it sparkles as it really should, and there is not one teensy weency bit of clutter. Have I mentioned that I detest clutter? This includes the ever popular "decorative clutter". More on that later.
Every square inch of my kitchen is as I want it to be. I even scrubbed my kitchen floor. Every drawer is organized, every cupboard neat, my pantry usable. There are a few minor improvements I want to make in there, but that's for another topic.
Oh, almost forgot, I still need a permanent place for my microwave, and on top of a counter is not an option, this is something I detest. I need to figure out where it can be built in. I will lose a drawer or 1/2 a cupboard, but that is ok with me. For now it rests as the endcap of one counter, not bad, looks sort of "built in".
My master bath received a very deep cleaning, and the closet was finally organized - yippie - that closet has been my nemisis for a long time.
I did not stick to my timeline, but I got more accomplished than I'd planned, so I'd say the weekend of work was a success.
I also have all my material for my Italian test down to a science, and I even relaxed quite a bit with family celebrating carnaval.
Taxes were not completed due to some missing docs, and healthcare spending account organizing also did not happen.
I did cook, but nothing very special, I'd say this weekend was mostly cleaning and organizing, and I am super happy about that. I also did a good bit of "me time", which I need and crave, and relaxing.
So I spent a good bit of time in the kitchen, but now it sparkles as it really should, and there is not one teensy weency bit of clutter. Have I mentioned that I detest clutter? This includes the ever popular "decorative clutter". More on that later.
Every square inch of my kitchen is as I want it to be. I even scrubbed my kitchen floor. Every drawer is organized, every cupboard neat, my pantry usable. There are a few minor improvements I want to make in there, but that's for another topic.
Oh, almost forgot, I still need a permanent place for my microwave, and on top of a counter is not an option, this is something I detest. I need to figure out where it can be built in. I will lose a drawer or 1/2 a cupboard, but that is ok with me. For now it rests as the endcap of one counter, not bad, looks sort of "built in".
My master bath received a very deep cleaning, and the closet was finally organized - yippie - that closet has been my nemisis for a long time.
I did not stick to my timeline, but I got more accomplished than I'd planned, so I'd say the weekend of work was a success.
I also have all my material for my Italian test down to a science, and I even relaxed quite a bit with family celebrating carnaval.
Taxes were not completed due to some missing docs, and healthcare spending account organizing also did not happen.
I did cook, but nothing very special, I'd say this weekend was mostly cleaning and organizing, and I am super happy about that. I also did a good bit of "me time", which I need and crave, and relaxing.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Action Plan for Weekend 3
Today:
Coffee (having it now - relaxed planning & writing)
laundry to basement -- start load
Afternoon
- these 3 items will take 2-3 hours
- finish assembling glass inserts - kitchen cabinets
- mount cabinet doors
- fill cabinets w' stemwear/ vases/ glasses
frozen eggplant parm into oven
yoga class @ 4:30
home 6:30PM
dinner of eggplant parm & salade
1 hour of Italian
8:30 -til - - exhausted - - - - SEWING
SUNDAY:
Coffee (having it now - relaxed planning & writing)
laundry to basement -- start load
- speed clean my home (use a timer)
- redistribute "stuff" that's left its home (7- mins)
- swish all toilets w' cleaner
- spray all sinks & tubs (2 - mins)
- make my bed (3 - mins)
- feather dust bedroom/ LR/ DR (7 - mins)
- clean baths & shine (15 - mins)
- vacuum upstairs & stairs (10 - mins)
- vacuum downstairs & beat rugs (15- mins)
- spray and shine stove top (7 - mins)
- wipe down and shine counters (5 - mins)
- scrub kitchen sink (5 - mins)
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- DONE = 1 hour 16 minutes
Afternoon
- these 3 items will take 2-3 hours
- finish assembling glass inserts - kitchen cabinets
- mount cabinet doors
- fill cabinets w' stemwear/ vases/ glasses
frozen eggplant parm into oven
yoga class @ 4:30
home 6:30PM
dinner of eggplant parm & salade
1 hour of Italian
8:30 -til - - exhausted - - - - SEWING
SUNDAY:
- coffee & relax
- 1 hour of Italian
- health care spending account
- Taxes
- lunch - left over eggplant parm
- organize photos for clothing assessment
- blog work - categorize & organize posts
- cook for the week (Feijao Assado &Meat Lasagne)
- dinner - whole wheat nan pizzas
- 1 hour of Italian
- build a fire and relax in front of fireplace in good company
Monday:
- coffee and relax
- 1 hour of Italian
- yoga class
- spend the day as I wish - could be sewing, taking a walk, time with nephews, a craft project, some movies, reading, blog stuff, trying a new recipe, organizing something, hanging out with my sister
- Bubble Bath
- a final hour of Italian - test Tuesday
Motivation - Action Plans - Goals
Motivation - waiting for it to arrive is not a good strategy
Once again I find myself with little to no motivation. There is so much that needs doing in my home, and I am not motivated. The hope is that by posting my week end action plans, I will get things done, and still have time remaining to just relax. This strategy has worked beautifully for the past few weekends, so I will continue it.
Long Range Goals
My big overall goal is to have my home just as I want it, every nook and crannie by late winter, mid March. At that time weather permitting I will tackle my attic and garage.
Once spring is here, I have much work to do in my gardens to get them to acceptable. They've been given little attention for the past 3 years, so this year there will be a few weekends, and potentially a few vacation days of pure indentured servitude to my garden.
All this work will be worth it, because there is nothing like eating a freshly picked tomato, or picking a bunch of flowers to make a vase for a friend. There is nothing better than preserving my bumper crops for winter.
A need to get away
I'd forgotten it was a holiday on Monday, so I did not plan any special get away, had I remembered, I may have planned to go someplace warmer for 3 days. At this stage of winter I do feel a craving for warmth. I have free rooms at Sheraton & Marroitt and lots of free miles for flying, all due to business travel, so it would have been free. What's better than free for a frugal life?
The Immediate
But back to my action plan. I will post an update on my status Monday night.
Here is my overall goal and strategy. I'd like to get all the manual type labor done by this afternoon. This evening I'd like to study about 1 hour of Italian. As a reward for my day of work, in the evening after a nice yoga class, and in the happy glow of my sparkling home, I look forward to spending some qualiy creative time communing with my new sewing machine.
Tomorrow AM I'd like to do 1 hour of Italian, then do my taxes and my healthcare spending account. Spend another hour Sunday evening on Italian, then relax by the fire in my sparkling clean home, after a simple but delicious meal.
Wish me luck, just writing this increases my motivation.
Once again I find myself with little to no motivation. There is so much that needs doing in my home, and I am not motivated. The hope is that by posting my week end action plans, I will get things done, and still have time remaining to just relax. This strategy has worked beautifully for the past few weekends, so I will continue it.
Long Range Goals
My big overall goal is to have my home just as I want it, every nook and crannie by late winter, mid March. At that time weather permitting I will tackle my attic and garage.
Once spring is here, I have much work to do in my gardens to get them to acceptable. They've been given little attention for the past 3 years, so this year there will be a few weekends, and potentially a few vacation days of pure indentured servitude to my garden.
All this work will be worth it, because there is nothing like eating a freshly picked tomato, or picking a bunch of flowers to make a vase for a friend. There is nothing better than preserving my bumper crops for winter.
A need to get away
I'd forgotten it was a holiday on Monday, so I did not plan any special get away, had I remembered, I may have planned to go someplace warmer for 3 days. At this stage of winter I do feel a craving for warmth. I have free rooms at Sheraton & Marroitt and lots of free miles for flying, all due to business travel, so it would have been free. What's better than free for a frugal life?
The Immediate
But back to my action plan. I will post an update on my status Monday night.
Here is my overall goal and strategy. I'd like to get all the manual type labor done by this afternoon. This evening I'd like to study about 1 hour of Italian. As a reward for my day of work, in the evening after a nice yoga class, and in the happy glow of my sparkling home, I look forward to spending some qualiy creative time communing with my new sewing machine.
Tomorrow AM I'd like to do 1 hour of Italian, then do my taxes and my healthcare spending account. Spend another hour Sunday evening on Italian, then relax by the fire in my sparkling clean home, after a simple but delicious meal.
Wish me luck, just writing this increases my motivation.
Friday, February 12, 2010
This is a long weekend, and I have a LONG list of ToDos. Ive already gotten grocery shopping out of the way this evening, so that's a great begining. I do have to study because I have an Italian test on Tuesday, and the material is getting more and more difficult, so I expect to put in a good 4-5 hours into that effort.
Tomorrow morning, early I'd like to get the remainder of the new glass front cabinet doors hung, and fill the cabinets with glasswear. I want to give the kitchen and baths a deep cleaning, and get my fridge and pantry all refreshed. There is laundry, cooking for next week, and decluttering of at least one drawer.
I also want to spend some time completing all of my health care spending account expenses, and I have to do my taxes. I already have everything organized for these 2 administrative tasks. Got all papers organized last week.
I want to do yoga at least two times, and I'd like to get my new sewing machine set up so I can start creating, or at least playing.
I have no social obligations this weekend, but to perhaps hang out with my sister and nephews, but this is impromptu.
So tomorrow AM first thing I will post my specific plan. Posting my plan and then checking in at the end of the week end is doing wonders for my productivity. I love that.
Tomorrow morning, early I'd like to get the remainder of the new glass front cabinet doors hung, and fill the cabinets with glasswear. I want to give the kitchen and baths a deep cleaning, and get my fridge and pantry all refreshed. There is laundry, cooking for next week, and decluttering of at least one drawer.
I also want to spend some time completing all of my health care spending account expenses, and I have to do my taxes. I already have everything organized for these 2 administrative tasks. Got all papers organized last week.
I want to do yoga at least two times, and I'd like to get my new sewing machine set up so I can start creating, or at least playing.
I have no social obligations this weekend, but to perhaps hang out with my sister and nephews, but this is impromptu.
So tomorrow AM first thing I will post my specific plan. Posting my plan and then checking in at the end of the week end is doing wonders for my productivity. I love that.
Sometimes I am Cursed
Here's an example. Sewing, simple right, look through pattern books, find something you like, buy the pattern, buy the fabric, and make the item? Oh non, not me. I rather prefer to make patterns, not that I know how, nope.
In my essence I am a mathematician, I do not like to follow directions for anything. I like to create as I go along. Find my own way. This is precicely why I am not a good baker, I change the recipe mid way. This is the kiss of death in baking which requires precision.
How can someone, anyone, simply always follow patterns? This idea gives me the creeps, gives me anxiety. I like directions as a basic road map, but then I unfortunately/ fortunately always deviate as my insticts call me to do.
I do believe that in the making of clothing, it is best to be an expert pattern follower, then deviate as one may wish. Still this belief does not at all inspire me to become a pattern follower.
Oh why am I this way? It would be so much easier to simply be a happy follower, looking for the right pattern.
In my essence I am a mathematician, I do not like to follow directions for anything. I like to create as I go along. Find my own way. This is precicely why I am not a good baker, I change the recipe mid way. This is the kiss of death in baking which requires precision.
How can someone, anyone, simply always follow patterns? This idea gives me the creeps, gives me anxiety. I like directions as a basic road map, but then I unfortunately/ fortunately always deviate as my insticts call me to do.
credit: Portager
I do believe that in the making of clothing, it is best to be an expert pattern follower, then deviate as one may wish. Still this belief does not at all inspire me to become a pattern follower.
Oh why am I this way? It would be so much easier to simply be a happy follower, looking for the right pattern.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Gratitude
We are so lucky to live in America, but most of us do not realize it. Many of us have never seen or known any other life, so we have little to compare it too.
Today I feel very grateful for all that I have. Indeed I have so much. So many things, so many possibilities, so many opportunities, good people all around me, good health *(that's actually #1), enthusiasm, creativity, a good job that I love, a man who loves me, a healthy happy son who pursues his dreams and appreciates what he has been given in life, family, good friends, a warm home, a thinking mind, a grateful heart.
We need to be grateful every day.
Today I feel very grateful for all that I have. Indeed I have so much. So many things, so many possibilities, so many opportunities, good people all around me, good health *(that's actually #1), enthusiasm, creativity, a good job that I love, a man who loves me, a healthy happy son who pursues his dreams and appreciates what he has been given in life, family, good friends, a warm home, a thinking mind, a grateful heart.
We need to be grateful every day.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
A New Sewing Machine
PHOTOS COMING SOON!
Some of my earliest momories are of sewing. I used to cut patterns out of newspaper to make dresses for my dolls. I took an existing dress and traced it onto the newspaper , cut it out, then stitched it up. I was around 3 years old. Yes my aunts allowed me to use needles. I was even good at threading.
Over the years I've sewn here and there. For the last 10 years I've been the owner of a badly functioning sewing machine. It sounds like it's a car that only runs in first gear.
Things are changing today. I purchased a new sewing machine. I have so many pieces of clothing that need taking in, they fit, but not quite how they should. Fitted skirts that hang off my hips because I am not at all hippy or large thighed. These perfectly good skirts look somewhat frumpy on me. I will refashion them to more clsosely follow my own personal curves, and not the curves of the average size 5.
There will surely be much more to come from the world of my sewing machine, but for now, I just wanted to announce how happy and creatively excited I am to have made this purchase.
Some of my earliest momories are of sewing. I used to cut patterns out of newspaper to make dresses for my dolls. I took an existing dress and traced it onto the newspaper , cut it out, then stitched it up. I was around 3 years old. Yes my aunts allowed me to use needles. I was even good at threading.
Over the years I've sewn here and there. For the last 10 years I've been the owner of a badly functioning sewing machine. It sounds like it's a car that only runs in first gear.
Things are changing today. I purchased a new sewing machine. I have so many pieces of clothing that need taking in, they fit, but not quite how they should. Fitted skirts that hang off my hips because I am not at all hippy or large thighed. These perfectly good skirts look somewhat frumpy on me. I will refashion them to more clsosely follow my own personal curves, and not the curves of the average size 5.
There will surely be much more to come from the world of my sewing machine, but for now, I just wanted to announce how happy and creatively excited I am to have made this purchase.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Sunday ToDo List & Check-in
Well - here's my update.
I went to yoga first thing Saturday AM - got there for an 8:30 class that actually started at 8AM. That ended that endeavour, so since I had my cabinet doors and shelves in the car to take to the glass cutting place to get door inserts and glass shelves, I did just that... Went to ACE Hardware.
The man there was so amazing, he was so helpful, and he cut me beautifully fitting glass inserts for my cabinets, and 2 perfect shelves.
Whilst I was out that way, I decided to go the the BMW dealership to see about an oil change for my car. That was a super productive trip, as I discovered my car only needs oil changes ever 15,000 miles (yes - you read that right,) this is a great car, and the BMW dealership is the picture of professionalism. I adore dealing with those people. I suppose I'd have known this detail (about oil changes) had I read my owner's manual. Note to self - read owner's manual.
At home I proceeded to put my new kitchen cabinets together, this was not on my Saturday list because I'd felt it was too ambitious, but I DID IT... The cabinets are set. I did break one insert, so tomorrow I am back to my glass cutting friend for a new piece.
I did make the shrimp for girl's dinner, it was delicious - served with brown basmati cilantro rice. The girls loved it. One of these days I'll post the recipe here.
Sunday - today, I studied Italian (feel good about the material) yeah... Then I cleaned my kitchen, cooked a couple of simple things for lunches. Finally went to my sister's place for dinner, then back home for a bubble bath.
All in all I feel OK about my accomplishments. I could have been a lot more productive. For instance I made no progress in setting up my creative studio or my sewing area. This evening whilst in the tub soaking, I had a number of ideas for creative projects. Once this much needed room is up and functioning, it should get a lot of mileage.
OH DID I MENTION THAT I BROKE A TOE JUST BEFORE LEAVING TO MY GIRLFRIEND'S PLACE SAT. NIGHT? I DID. IT IS ALL BLACK AND BLUE. There will be little to no yoga for a few days.
Tuesday next I have another Italian test, and this one I feel very good about. Happy to report that.
I need to become better at squeezing bits of productivity out of a few minutes here and there, be it organizing - house work - creative endeavours, I need to learn this skill.
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I went to yoga first thing Saturday AM - got there for an 8:30 class that actually started at 8AM. That ended that endeavour, so since I had my cabinet doors and shelves in the car to take to the glass cutting place to get door inserts and glass shelves, I did just that... Went to ACE Hardware.
The man there was so amazing, he was so helpful, and he cut me beautifully fitting glass inserts for my cabinets, and 2 perfect shelves.
Whilst I was out that way, I decided to go the the BMW dealership to see about an oil change for my car. That was a super productive trip, as I discovered my car only needs oil changes ever 15,000 miles (yes - you read that right,) this is a great car, and the BMW dealership is the picture of professionalism. I adore dealing with those people. I suppose I'd have known this detail (about oil changes) had I read my owner's manual. Note to self - read owner's manual.
At home I proceeded to put my new kitchen cabinets together, this was not on my Saturday list because I'd felt it was too ambitious, but I DID IT... The cabinets are set. I did break one insert, so tomorrow I am back to my glass cutting friend for a new piece.
I did make the shrimp for girl's dinner, it was delicious - served with brown basmati cilantro rice. The girls loved it. One of these days I'll post the recipe here.
Sunday - today, I studied Italian (feel good about the material) yeah... Then I cleaned my kitchen, cooked a couple of simple things for lunches. Finally went to my sister's place for dinner, then back home for a bubble bath.
All in all I feel OK about my accomplishments. I could have been a lot more productive. For instance I made no progress in setting up my creative studio or my sewing area. This evening whilst in the tub soaking, I had a number of ideas for creative projects. Once this much needed room is up and functioning, it should get a lot of mileage.
OH DID I MENTION THAT I BROKE A TOE JUST BEFORE LEAVING TO MY GIRLFRIEND'S PLACE SAT. NIGHT? I DID. IT IS ALL BLACK AND BLUE. There will be little to no yoga for a few days.
Tuesday next I have another Italian test, and this one I feel very good about. Happy to report that.
I need to become better at squeezing bits of productivity out of a few minutes here and there, be it organizing - house work - creative endeavours, I need to learn this skill.
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- Up at 7AM
- coffee
- harvard
- assemble glass shelving in cupboards
- add cupboard doors with glasss
- stock shelves with glassware
- ace hardware
- finish setting up creative studio space
- laundry
- yoga
- make lunches for week & dinner for class nights (not sure what yet)
- wash down counters
- vacuum & wash kitchen floor
- gather all taxes "stuff"
- study Italian
- bubble bath & relax
- read a good book
- visit with family in evening
Friday, February 05, 2010
My Goals for this Week End
Since I had such success with my level of productivity by posting my action plan last week end, I wanted to continue a good trend, and post my plan again this week end.
The thought of reporting back failure on Sunday night with no acceptable excuse, frankly sort of scares me. Hey - whatever it takes. This blog has to serve me - right?
Saturday Plan:
1- Up 7AM- start laundry
2 - Café laté -study Italian
3 - Pickup - make beds & surface cleaning -30mins.
4 - Yoga class
5 - Grocery Shopping & put away
6 - Cook Shrimp Mozambique for girl's dinner
7 - Start arranging creative space in guest bedroom
8 - Recover sewing box from garage
9 - Shower and head out to girl's dinner
**not to stay out too late because I have big plans for Sunday too.
Stay tuned...
The thought of reporting back failure on Sunday night with no acceptable excuse, frankly sort of scares me. Hey - whatever it takes. This blog has to serve me - right?
Saturday Plan:
1- Up 7AM- start laundry
2 - Café laté -study Italian
3 - Pickup - make beds & surface cleaning -30mins.
4 - Yoga class
5 - Grocery Shopping & put away
6 - Cook Shrimp Mozambique for girl's dinner
7 - Start arranging creative space in guest bedroom
8 - Recover sewing box from garage
9 - Shower and head out to girl's dinner
**not to stay out too late because I have big plans for Sunday too.
Stay tuned...
Food Waste Friday
As you can see this week there was a ton of food wasted at our house. I will not list all the details, as a picture is worth a 1000 words or more. Saddest of all, home made sauce, and home made chicken stock, home made soup. The Greek yogurt ended up way at the back behind mayonaise, and I'd obviously missed it for weeks. I don't have much to say, other than that this week I have obviously failed.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
My Walls
I have lived in my home for 12 years, it is a rather lovely home and I am grateful to have it. All of my walls, every single one, is antique linen white. I am sure you can see this sad reality from prior posts.
I plan to change this - finally. I am inspired by all the blogs I read. I will eventually put a list of them (blogs that inspire me) here. It's true, they have inspired me - no end.
My goal is by spring to have painted at least 3 spaces. Now I must meditate on my color choices. I have tremendous difficluty making such choices, I am a mathematician, and wall color choices are not my thing - I guess. This being said, I am also a painter of canvas. some still life and some abstract, so go figure what exactly makes me tick.
I think I just have an aversion to the permanence of paint, what if I do not like it? Well at this stage I downright hate antique linen white.
I will change, I will read and educate myself, and I will even attempt to paint at least one space myself. I love the feeling I get from the satisfaction of DIY.
I have so many projects in mind for my home, all of them frugal, creative, and potentially enjoyable to do. I am starting small by organizing. I need to be patient with myself.
Rome was not built in a day, and I have a job to also give my time to.
I plan to change this - finally. I am inspired by all the blogs I read. I will eventually put a list of them (blogs that inspire me) here. It's true, they have inspired me - no end.
My goal is by spring to have painted at least 3 spaces. Now I must meditate on my color choices. I have tremendous difficluty making such choices, I am a mathematician, and wall color choices are not my thing - I guess. This being said, I am also a painter of canvas. some still life and some abstract, so go figure what exactly makes me tick.
I think I just have an aversion to the permanence of paint, what if I do not like it? Well at this stage I downright hate antique linen white.
I will change, I will read and educate myself, and I will even attempt to paint at least one space myself. I love the feeling I get from the satisfaction of DIY.
I have so many projects in mind for my home, all of them frugal, creative, and potentially enjoyable to do. I am starting small by organizing. I need to be patient with myself.
Rome was not built in a day, and I have a job to also give my time to.
Buon Giorno
Tonight is my first Italian test this semester. I am not well prepared, I never feel well prepared. I am happy to get a B+ or A- to be truthful. Below that might be disgraceful, an A would be great, as there are no A+, 100% is still an A. Anyhow, this is probably more boring info than you really wanted to read - sorry.
At any rate here are some nice tulips at the Via Borghese. They are a nice reminder of what's to come soon...very soon... spring!
Wish me luck, I think I spent all of 1 hour studying, and did none of the homework.
Definitely wish me luck.
At any rate here are some nice tulips at the Via Borghese. They are a nice reminder of what's to come soon...very soon... spring!
Wish me luck, I think I spent all of 1 hour studying, and did none of the homework.
Definitely wish me luck.
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Absolute Essentials in my Pantry
Some items I simply cannot live without in my pantry. Many are canned or dried and therefore keep long, some are fresh and must be used accodingly. Always having these things on hand allows me those lazy times when I simply neglect to plan, or get off my organized trolley. No matter how busy things get, we can still have a delicious frugal meal because my pantry allows me to skip grocery shopping for a week.
Soon I plan to start a weekly series of recipes that are straight from my pantry. You'd be surprised the myriad ways to recombine these pantry staples into absolutely fabulous meals on the fly and without planning. I keep a list of quick easy meals taped to the insde of my pantry door in case I'm also short on creativity and ideas.
Soon I plan to start a weekly series of recipes that are straight from my pantry. You'd be surprised the myriad ways to recombine these pantry staples into absolutely fabulous meals on the fly and without planning. I keep a list of quick easy meals taped to the insde of my pantry door in case I'm also short on creativity and ideas.
- Dried beans (various kinds)
- Dried lentils (a bean I suppose)
- Canned beans
- Marinated artichokes
- Crushed tomato canned
- Anchovies packed in oil
- Italian tuna packed in olive oil
- Canned wild salmon
- Whole wheat capellini
- Sobe noodles
- Olives
- Pickled onions
- Dried musrooms
- Flaked coconut
- Coconut milk
- Olive oil
- Vinegar
- Sea salt
- Spices
- Garlic
- Onions
- Soy sauce
- Shrimp
- Spinach
- Peas
- Limes
- Whole wheat nan
- Ginger root
- Canned Italian tuna packed in olive oil
- chopped cilantro
- chopped parsley
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