$5 Pantry Challenge: Week #4

 I'm participating in the $5 Pantry Building Challenge hosted by Patsi at A Working Pantry.

 This is what I added to my pantry this week. 

The Peanut Butter was on sale for $1.89. The smoked sausage was on sale for $3.29 and there was a digital coupon for $1 off. The notebooks were 35cents. The peanut butter will be added to my pantry to save for making fudge for Christmas. The smoked sausage will be added to the freezer and the notebooks will be stashed in the office.  I use spiral notebooks often for things like budgeting, grocery list, and really anything I need to make a list to remember. 

My total this week with tax was $4.93.

I'll meet you here next week for Week #5 of this challenge. 

Wendi

Pantry Challenge Week #3

 I'm participating in the $5 Pantry Building Challenge hosted by Patsi at A Working Pantry. 

This is what I added to my pantry this week. 

The black beans were on sale for 89 cents each.  The pasta is 16 oz packages that were on the clearance rack for 81 cents a package. The peanut butter was also on the clearance rack for $1.44.  I've never had honey peanut butter, but I hope it will be delicious for dipping apple slices into. 

My total spent this week was $4.84. 

I'll meet your hear next week for Challenge #4 of this challenge.

Wendi 

$5 Pantry Building Challenge: Week #2

 I'm participating in the $5 Pantry Building Challenge hosted by Patsi at A Working Pantry. 

For this weeks challenge I am adding three jars of spaghetti sauce. 

My local grocery had them on sale for 3 for $6.00 with a $1.00 off digital coupon making them 3 for $5. 

I'll meet you here next week for Week #3 of this challenge. 

Wendi 

$5 Pantry Building Challenge: Week #1

I'm participating in the $5 Pantry Building Challenge hosted by Patsi at A Working Pantry. 

For this weeks challenge I am adding marshmallows to my pantry. My local grocery had their 10.5 oz store brand on sale for $1/bag.  

I picked up 5 bags. 

With tax my total was $5.35.

I imagine some of you might be thinking that's a lot of marshmallows, what can you do with all of those. On the dehydrator they went!

When complete I ended up with 4 half gallon jars. I was a little bit surprised! Generally, when I've dehydrated items they really shrink. The marshmallows did not! They stayed their original size. 

Besided the obvious use of adding to hot chocolate, there are so many uses for these! They are great in baking as they don't add additional moisture to your baked goods.  They can be added to brownies, cookies, or fudge. They are delicious added on chocolate ice cream to give it the Rocky Road effect. Or they can be added to your favorite granola or trail mix. They can even be used in makng Rice Crispy treats! I've never used them for that purpose, but I will be giving that a try.  Really, the uses are endless. 

I'll meet you here next week for Week #2 of this challenge!

Wendi