Pantry Challenge 2017 Wrap-up

I could have kept going with the Pantry Challenge, but for the sake of my sanity I've called it for this year.

Good stuff:

• We used up a bit of 'quick oats' that have been hanging around for several years
• I researched millet & learned how to cook it
• I learned that there are some reasonable prices to be found with Amazon delivery
• I found & used several items in the pantry that I'd forgotten about including chicken stock, pickles, and frosting.
• We rediscovered pasta & red sauce. Cheap!
• My kids love pancakes.  Cheap!
• We used several gallon bags of freezer fruit.
• My kids like blueberry muffins.
• There are no longer Costco packs of food on the floor of my pantry - everything fits on the shelves.  
• There isn't much food "hiding" behind other things anymore.

Not so successful: 

• I have a lot of gluten-free pie crust mix and I didn't use ANY.
• I have a lot of rice cakes and we barely dented them.
• I still have ridiculous amounts of freezer fruit.
• I was being so careful with the budget that my kids were missing milk and I didn't buy much in the way of fresh produce.  

Katie