TIP FOR THE DAY PURGE YOUR PANTRY FOR CHARITY

One great way to clean out your pantry is to go through it and pull out the items that you know you will not eat or probably will not eat and bring them to the food shelf in your area. Just make sure to check out the expiration dates before passing on.

While you are at it go to the personal product cabinet and if stocked full of shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste etc bag those off and drop off at a homeless shelter.

Sharing is good for the soul.

Thanks for stopping by.. lets keep saving together.. Grace

Organizing My Pantry before and after Pictures

After doing my earlier post about making Thanksgiving and the holidays easier and taking a picture of my pantry, I realized it has gotten out of hand.

I have never had so much food in my cupboard and that is great but I need to start finding ways to use some of it up over the next few weeks. This is not saying I won't buy the great deals I find, but in the same time want to clear out the old as I bring in more.

Right now in my cupboard I have

20 Hamburger Helper ( the majority of these were bought at Walmart on the clearance shelf for 50 cents each and I had coupons

6 Macaroni and Cheese Jiffy cups ( quick lunch )

11 Jars of Ragu Spagetti sauce

13 Betty Crocker Au Gratin Pototatoes ( these have coupons on them for liter Coke bottles)

5 Packages of Velvetta Macaroni and Cheese or Kraft Macaroni Cheese

5 Jiffy Blue Berry Muffin packages

6 Jiffy Corn Bread Muffin packages

1/3 of a package of Instant mash potatoes

1 Pasta Roni

2 1/3 boxes of Elbow Macaroni pasta

4 packages of Idahoan Mash Potatoes

1 Jello pudding

3 Jello

1 package of Taco Shells

1 package of Banquet Homestyle Bakes Creamy Cheesy Chicken Alfredo

1/2 package of Bisquick

1 Free Sample of Betty Crocker Potatoes

1 package of Carnation Instant Breakfast

1 1/2 bottles of Ranch dressing

1 bottle of Italian dressing

5 Bumble Bee Albacore Tuna packages

8 cans of Campbell Tomato soup

3 cans of Mushroom soup

3 Progresso Soup

1 Campbell Select Soup

2 cans of Rotel Tomatoes

10 cans of Hunts Diced Tomatoes with spices

1 can of peas

2 cans of popeye spinach

3 cans of Chicken gravy

5 Jars of Salsa

4 Cans of Hormel Chili

3 Jars of Peanut Butter

2 mustard

3 Lea & Perrins Worchester Sauce

1 Miracle Whip

5 + boxes of Cereal

3 boxes of Quaker Instant Oatmeal

4 + cans of Coffee

2 packages of Taco seasoning

1/2 package of Lipton Soup Mix

2 1/2 packages of Lipton to Go

plus samples of ceareal, and nutrition bars

This list shows what I have a lot of and what I have little of. I will print out this list and cross off as I use items or add items when I buy.

This is just the pantry items need to do an inventory list on items in linen closet and laundry, cleaning areas of home and put a list of that.

There is the before and the after picture of my pantry now. Not perfect but sure a lot better.