Not only is it Menu Plan Monday, but also Mary at Owlhaven is hosting a Frugal Cooking Carnival on April 25th, so I was getting ready to put together my shopping list for both when I decided I had better check to see what was in the freezer and pantry first. My kids are home on Spring Break, so I asked my 11 year old son to get a notebook and write down everything in the freezer while I called out the contents of our pantry shelf.

He filled up almost an ENTIRE page in his notebook by the time we were done! I went shopping at Aldi at the beginning of last week, but now I can’t even remember what we have been eating this past week. Not the food in the house, apparently. Here’s the list:

Breakfast Foods:

4 waffles (serves 2)
Box of brown and serve sausage
Half a box pancake mix
Box of Blueberry muffin mix

Lunch Foods:

Four breaded fish strips (serves 1)
One box creamy pasta Tuna Helper
1 can chicken noodle soup
1 can tomato soup
2 Kashi thin crust pizzas (1 roasted vegetable, 1 mushroom trio)
1 large can pear halves
2 large cans sliced peaches

Dinner Foods:

1 bag Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry
1 bag Mandarin Orange chicken
1 bag Schezuan stir-fry veggies and sauce
1 box Crab rangoon appetizers
1/2 lb. meat loaf mix (beef/pork/veal, need 1 more pound)
1 pound frozen italian-style meatballs
1 bag frozen broccoli cuts
1 box Lipton Recipe Secrets onion soup mix
3 boxes Spaghetti noodles
1 box Whole grain Rotini noodles
1 can crinkle cut carrots
2 cans corn
2 cans diced tomatoes
1 large can Yams

Starches/Side dishes

Four slices garlic bread
1 bag McCains potato wedges
1 box Uncle Ben’s Long grain and wild rice mix
1 box corn muffin mix
2 packages instant Roasted garlic mashed potatoes

Desserts/Fruit for dessert recipes

1 box brownie mix
1 can sliced apples
1 can crushed pineapple

I’ll get at least two meals out of the Chinese stir fry stuff, and the diced tomatoes are the beginning of a spaghetti sauce that will last at least another two meals. I’ll need to buy some Prego sauce to bulk it up. I can make meatloaf after I buy another pound of meatloaf mix, and the Tuna Helper can be either lunch or dinner. So I really just need to get cereal, milk, bread, turkey or ham for lunch sandwiches, and some snacky foods in addition to the Prego, meatloaf mix and some tuna. I’ve got a week’s worth of meals already with only a few things needed! That’s a good feeling.

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