Shop my Pantry: Day One

Happy New Year!

Today I began my challenge to shop my pantry, a good way to use up things and not spend as much money.

Breakfast today was oatmeal (which I hardly ever eat) mixed with cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar. I also had frozen blueberries and some orange juice. Apparently we have 4 bags of frozen blueberries in the freezer. Lol! Someone got excited when shopping once (hint, it was probably my mom).

My pre-lunch snack was a delicious pear... I am a pear fanatic!

Lunch was leftover fried rice from a few days ago and some spring rolls I picked up at the dollar store last week. They are actually really good... Much better than I was expecting. I ate them with sweet chili sauce I've had in the fridge forever.

Snack was a little bag of vegan trail mix I made for Christmas. It's full of pretzels, mixed nuts, cereals, chocolate, and dried fruit. I still have about 10 of these to eat. Lol.

Dinner was a bowl of black eyed peas and mustard greens with tofu for the new year!

I think overall today went really well! I used up a bunch of things and had done really great meals.

Day one: success!

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