Cooking From the Pantry: 2012 Edition

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I began this blog in 2008.  My subject was cooking from my pantry with just a few purchases to keep us going.  HERE is where you can read about that.

With the new year I've decided to shop in my own on-site markets again to save money and to use up the stock.  This time, however, I'm going to change a few things.

1. I will purchase raw veggies for salads, apples, bananas, and milk each week.
2. I will ALSO take advantage of truly useful loss leaders at the two stores I frequent most.  Just the truly useful ones, though.
3. I'm going to plan in the classic frugal meals (eg beans) right from the beginning rather than waiting until the last several days.  My dh loves those kinds of meals, but I feel deprived.
4. I'm going to list my daily stock usage in a way that will give you opportunity to guess what meals I've come up with using those ingredients.  I'm doing this for two reasons:  Because it's fun and because you might make suggestions that I hadn't thought of for that particular food combination!

I will begin tomorrow and will go through February.  Tomorrow's post will list my meals and my grocery totals.  If you're up for some guessing games, come and see what you make of my un-named menus.