Comments on: A Challenge To Use What You Already Have

By: T. Bryant- Review of Acai Force Max

T. Bryant- Review of Acai Force Max — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:30:53 +0000

Love the post, keep them coming bro. Cant wait for next weeks.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:17:06 +0000

Pretend you’re going on vacation & need to use up everything in the fridge. Don’t buy anything perishable that you don’t really need and see how far you can go (and use up the weird stuff in the back of the pantry at the same time)!

By: queensillybear

queensillybear — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:20:42 +0000

I tend to stock pile at the top best prices, but I still find myself saying oh I need this or that to make a meal, I really need to work on using what I have first!

By: Tracy K. in Illinois

Tracy K. in Illinois — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:03:08 +0000

funny I should come across this “challenge” within the same hour that I was giving my sister in law the same advice. She was complaining that she only had a few things in the house but doesn’t get paid until Friday and had absolutely no idea what to prepare for supper. I told her to give me a list of what she knew she had on hand. With just a few simple ingredients that she listed I returned 4 different meal ideas. I told her to take a good look into her pantry when she returns home and give me a call if she can’t come up with at least a weeks worth of meals. I know many people don’t stockpile in the way that I do, but I’m sure everyone has plenty of food on hand to whip up a weeks worth of meals…you must be creative!

By: 10 Animal-Free Meal Ideas from Your Pantry : Eat. Drink. Better.

10 Animal-Free Meal Ideas from Your Pantry : Eat. Drink. Better. — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:12:30 +0000

[...] the face of a late winter storm here in the Northeast, my friend Stephanie blogged about using what you already have to make snow day meals, as opposed to making a mad dash to the store to pick up the usual staples [...]

By: Social Marketing Mama

Social Marketing Mama — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:29:12 +0000

I will definitely keep this in mind, I think we overspend too much as it is. Aside from the food, we’re going to start using a barrel around the house outside to catch rain water, then use it to water the lawn and so forth.
Thanks for reminding us on how important it is to use what we already have!

Nic =]

By: Abbie Park

Abbie Park — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:31:09 +0000

Kudos to your partner for making such a helpful comment and props to you for taking up such a challenge. I recently put up a post on my blog about how to save your extra fresh herbs in the freezer. This might help you “prepare” your next snowy-day menu! http://tiny.cc/OrganizingLifeSavingHerbs

By: Katie Flanagan

Katie Flanagan — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:07:06 +0000

I love it…this makes so much sense, yet we often feel we need “more, more, more” for the “what-if’s” in life…what I feel we need “more, more, more” if is to honor our resourcefulness as humans and like my Grandpa used to day…
“make do with what we have or do without”
LOVE

*Katie

By: Vanderbilt Wife

Vanderbilt Wife — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:22:25 +0000

I think it’s a great plan, always! I’ve tried to implement “pantry creation” Sunday dinner at our house. Sometimes we eat leftovers, but if we don’t have any, I force myself to make dinner from items we already have in the house. Always find something!

I wrote a post not long ago with the same vibe: http://www.vanderbiltwife.com/2008/12/making-do.html