Summer 2019 Pantry & Freezer Inventory and Meal Ideas

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Inventory:

Freezer:

Asian items:

  • Trader Joe’s Mandarin Orange Chicken (1)
  • Trader Joe’s Veggie Fried Rice (1)
  • Trader Joe’s soup dumplings (1)
  • Trader Joe’s gyoza (1)
  • Large box Ling Ling egg rolls

B/S Chicken Breasts (3 pkgs)

Thin Cut Chicken Breast Fillets (1 package)

  • New Recipe: Mongolian Chicken w/Rice & sides (Pinterest)

B/S Chicken Thighs (4 pkgs)

Ground Pork (1)

Ground Chicken (1)

Ground Turkey

Ground Beef (1 pkg )

 

Small Chuck Roast (1) – (MS Roast or French Dip)

Slab Pork Ribs (1) – (IP Ribs, baked beans, potato salad or cole slaw)

Prepackaged Pork Tenderloin (1)

Rotisserie Chicken Meat (4 packages):

  • Chicken Wraps
  • Chicken Tortilla Soup – Video here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/1_ue8-vo8aY
  • Chicken Salad
  • Easy Chicken Pot Pie
  • Chicken Nachos (warm with fajita/taco seasoning)
  • White/Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas – Shown in this video: https://youtu.be/VZQ1_b_kzio
  • New Recipe: Chicken Alfredo Lasagna Rollups (need lasagna noodles)
  • New Recipe: Chicken Enchilada Quinoa
  • New Recipe: Chicken Cordon Bleu Penne Pasta
  • New Recipe: TOH Chicken Pasta Caesar Salad
  • Asian Chicken Noodle Soup (need Napa cabbage, mushrooms, gr onions)
  • BBQ Chicken or Buffalo Chicken Pizza

 

Little Caesars Pizza Kits – 3 meat pizza, Italian breadsticks, dessert pizza (2)

Smoked Sausage (3 pkg)

Chicken carcasses – make stock for the freezer

Tim’s big bag of frozen biscuits

Packaged Deli Ham (2)

  • Ham sandwiches
  • Ham and Cheese Tortilla Roll-ups
  • Baked Ham & Cheese Pinwheels (crescent rolls, ham, sliced swiss)
  • Ham and cheese quiche
  • Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwiches

 

Salmon Fillets (1 bag)

  • Grilled Salmon for Stacy
  • Maple Hoisin Baked Salmon

Cod Fillets (2 pcs left) – air fryer or oven baked

Trader Joe’s Mushroom Risotto (1)

Kroger Precooked Chicken Breast Strips (1/4-1/2 bag)

  • Chicken Wraps
  • Fajitas
  • New recipe: Costco Chicken Bakes
  • Big Green Salad with Grilled Chicken Strips

 

 Pantry:

  • LOTS of tortillas:
    • Pizza Quesadillas on the grill
    • Chicken Quesadillas inside
    • Chicken Soft Tacos (Crockpot Salsa Chicken)
    • Ham and Cheese wraps
    • Black Bean Enchiladas, rice, guac/salsa w/chips
    • Ham & Cheese rollups or pinwheels
  • Trader Joe’s Felafel mix (1)
  • Canned Tuna (3 cans)
    • Tuna Cakes
    • Potato Tuna Pie
    • Tuna Salad
  • Kodiak Flapjack Mix (1/2 box)
    • Pancakes or Waffles
  • Korean Chalhoddeok Mix (filled dessert pancakes) (1)
  • Monterey Dried Mushroom mixture (1)
  • Pasta Sauce (3)
  • Alfredo Sauce (2)
  • Pepperonis – homemade pizzas or pizza quesadillas
  • Steel Cut oats – baked oatmeal or overnight oats
  • Red Lentils – lentil tacos, lentil soup
  • Farro – salads or soups?
  • Dried Gnocchi (1) Chicken Gnocchi Soup
  • Amish Butter Noodles (1) – browned butter noodles with beef tips or other red meat entrée?
  • Various Pastas and Rices
  • Plum Sauce (1)
  • Lemon Shortbread Bar Mix (1) – (make & take to Sunday School)
  • Tim’s gift basket: Pickles, Jelly, Comeback Sauce, Hoover Sauce, etc
  • Bush’s Grilling Beans (3 cans) (ribs, 1 pk in freezer; hamburgers; etc)
  • Risotto Mix (1)
  • Annie’s Mac and Cheese (1)
  • Russian dressing – Tangy Baked Chicken
  • LOTS of crackers
  • Brown Rice & Quinoa packets – BBQ chicken rice bowls, Teriyaki Chicken Grain Bowls
  • Cereal – in case you didn’t know, we won a year’s worth of free cereal, runs out soon, so we are stocking up!

 

Meal Ideas:

 

IP Egg Roll in a Bowl – Video here on Youtube:  https://youtu.be/jzsCwcnNHD0

IP Chicken and Rice

IP Creamy Wild Rice Soup (while Tim is at golf tourney?)- New

IP Brownie – New

IP Hamburger Orzo Soup (from Original Cali Girl) – New

IP Goulash – New

IP Honey Garlic Chicken (use b/s thighs) OR Crockpot Honey Teriyaki Chicken – New

IP Cheeseburger Soup – New

Mississippi Roast

Ribs, Baked Beans, Potato Salad or Cole Slaw

Marinated Pork Tenderloin, Veggie, Salad

Creamy Wild Rice Soup (for Stacy; golf tournament weekend!)

AF Pork Chops, Risotto Mix or frozen mushroom risotto, salad

Fettucine Alfredo with grilled shrimp or chicken

Lots of Asian meals with Trader Joe’s items

Chicken baked with Plum Sauce (jar in pantry) mixed with soy sauce, Asian sides

Asian Meatballs with ground pork (or breakfast sausages with ground pork) – Video on meatballs here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/VZQ1_b_kzio

Tangy Baked Chicken (use Russian dressing instead of Catalina), grain or potato, veggie

IP or Crockpot Chicken Gnocchi Soup (using dried gnocchi, need spinach) – New

IP Beef Tips, Amish buttered noodles, mashed potatoes, veggie

Pizza Quesadillas

Crockpot Chicken Salsa in soft tortillas

BBQ Chicken Rice Bowl

Teriyaki Chicken Grain Bowl – Video here on Youtube:  https://youtu.be/qdrgi5GsdGQ

KFC Bowl (breaded chicken pieces, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, etc)

Cheeseburger Wraps – Video here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/l6Bcv7URuKU

Eggs in Purgatory – Included in this video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/HaQh5e6w_ko

Lentil Soup or Lentil Chili

Tuna Patties – Included in this video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/HaQh5e6w_ko

Turkey Salisbury Steaks or New: IP Turkey Meatloaf

Trader Joe’s Felafel Mix

Stir Fried Chicken with TJ’s Soyaki, veggies, rice or noodles

Salmon Croquettes

Taco Pasta – Video here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/dCAPysoMw34

Ranch Chicken Burgers, Fries or Onion Rings, Pasta Salad or Fruit – Video here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ocOqP_T2G6I

Beef Stroganoff or Shells and Beef – Video on Easy Hamburger Stroganoff here: https://youtu.be/qH2Vtg1HYqA

IP Cheeseburger Tortilla Pie – Video here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/AwH4SB-Id3s

IP Taco Pie – included in this video:  https://youtu.be/dPF70rECOSE

Black Bean Enchiladas, rice, guac/salsa & chips

Crockpot Salsa Chicken in soft tortillas, rice/beans, guac & chips, corn

Crockpot Beans and Sausage – Video here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/bk3gd__bpEk

Crockpot Ranch Pork Chops or Air Fryer Pork Chops, veggies, pot/rice – Crockpot video here on Youtube:  https://youtu.be/YNR5JiHcgp4

Chicken Olive Calzones or Sausage Calzones

Party Cheeseburgers (need Hawaiian rolls) – Video here on Youtube:  https://youtu.be/q8JCxPR_P6Q

Crockpot Chicken Caesar Sandwiches, Chips/Fries, fruit – Crockpot Chicken Caesar video here on Youtube:  https://youtu.be/bB3E-f6xb-8

Stuffed Zucchini Boats

Nachos (bbq chicken, taco, etc)

Mongolian Chicken (new using thin cut fillets), rice, side dish

Homemade White Pizza using dried Monterey mushrooms

Sloppy Joes or Burgers (1 package buns in outside freezer) – Sloppy Joes are in this video on Youtube: – https://youtu.be/HaQh5e6w_ko

Crockpot Red Beans and Rice (sausage in outside freezer) – Video here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/CSXt3eToals

New Recipe: Crockpot Chicken Burrito Bowls

New Recipe: Cashew Chicken (recipe critic) – need gr onions, mushrooms, bell pepper, snow peas, zucchini

 

 

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