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Thursday, January 22, 2026

Cheap & Cheerful Suppers Using What's on Hand

Friday  (no movie and pizza tonight tonight)
chicken and vegetable soup
sourdough bread and butter (I'm almost out of yeast)
orange wedges
dessert--last of the Christmas cookies

Saturday
pumpkin-sage-sausage soup (using chicken stock from yesterday)
tomato chunks topped with homemade 1000 Island dressing
toasted cheese sandwiches on sourdough bread
tangerines
dessert--applesauce-raisin bar cookies

Sunday
scrambled eggs
oven fries with homegrown purple potatoes
steamed carrots
frozen spinach
dessert--applesauce-raisin bar cookies

Monday
beef stew
homemade sourdough bread and butter
Asian cabbage-tangerine slaw
stewed prunes
dessert--chocolates I found in the pantry from a year ago

Tuesday
tuna-macaroni salad, using the last stalks the fresh celery with their leaves
last of the crackers from Christmas (I'm cleaning out the pantry, can you tell?)
carrot sticks
steamed frozen broccoli cuts
dessert--homemade sourdough cinnamon-spice rolls or applesauce-raisin bar cookies

Wednesday
Italian-style ground beef, canned tomatoes, fresh green pepper and seasonings over spaghetti noodles for the family, over shredded cabbage for me (I've been eating too much bread lately)
canned green beans
fig-applesauce
dessert--more applesauce-spice bar cookies

Thursday
spinach, onion, and cheese quiche, using frozen spinach and one of the last 3 onions
brown rice
frozen mixed vegetables
spiced, sauteed apple chunks from the freezer
dessert? not sure what we'll have. There are still apple cookies and sourdough cinnamon rolls.

I made dinner in the morning on Thursday, as I knew I'd be gone for the afternoon. So this post is coming to you before dinnertime in the US.

As titled, I used what I have on hand for this past week. Still no grocery shopping in the forecast. Maybe soon.


What meals could you make using just what you have on hand? Judging from past comments, I think all of you could come up with a week or more of pretty great meals!

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