A week later...

It was rather a quiet dinner last night, nothing extravagant or particularly creative on the Tessier table. We did, however, enjoy pork chops from the grill, 3 remaining Yukon gold potatoes, and salad with homemade vinaigrette. Remember, these are all items that we already had on hand.

When we began this adventure, I thought maybe we'd last two weeks and most everything would be gone. That was a gross miscalculation - I'm not sure WHAT I was thinking. We have enough in the pantry and in the freezer, and could really manage, for about a month - maybe even longer. It's been a week now and time has flown - but the food on hand isn't disappearing as fast as I thought it would. I have only bought milk, orange juice, and salad stuff in the past week, and that's a nice change.

October will see us housesitting for our friends for almost 3 weeks, and that might derail a lesser woman's plans - but not mine! I'm determined we will continue to feast from our pantry and freezer items - we'll bring food from our stores to use during that time. Tonight we'll enjoy leftover curried lentils and sweet potatoes over leftover rice, and salad. Tomorrow I'm thinking some form of pasta with some of Ken's yummy spaghetti sauce from the freezer, and some carrot sticks.

I've had some nice comments about what we're doing. It's fun - why not try it yourself and let me know how it goes!