Menu Plan – Comfort Food From the Pantry

I am still cooking from the pantry in an attempt to rotate through our stocks, use what I preserved this summer, and limit our grocery budget. I am using lots of sprouts in place of store-bought vegetables, using our home-canned tomatoes, and making my way through our dehydrated foods and winter squash collection.

I am also cooking warming comfort foods for my husband and sons. So while they are eating beans, grains, and homemade bread I am sticking to vegetables, fats, and meats for the most part. Surprisingly, I don’t find it to be anymore difficult this way.

Monday

• breakfast: eggs fried in butter, sourdough toast
• dinner: Roasted chicken & vegetables, Salad w/ sprouts & homemade dressing
• prep:shop at hfs, soak oats, start more sprouts, thaw beef, start stock in c.p.

Tuesday

• breakfast: soaked porridge + chia seeds + crispy walnuts + butter
• dinner: Spaghetti Squash + meat sauce using dehydrated tomatoes & eggplant, Salad w/ sprouts & homemade dressing
• prep: grind wheat, soak bread, brown extra taco meat, soak white beans

Wednesday

• breakfast: Fried eggs, sourdough toast with butter
• dinner: White bean & bacon soup, Irish Soda Bread, cortido
• prep: pick up milk from farm, soak oats,soak millet, bake bread

Thursday

• breakfast: soaked porridge + chia seeds + crispy walnuts + butter
• dinner: Salmon Burgers, Millet, Roasted winter squash, Salad w/ sprouts & homemade dressing
• prep: soak beans

Friday

• breakfast: Fried eggs & sourdough toast
• dinner: Bean-free chili, crock pot pinto beans, cortiod, Salad w/ sprouts & homemade dressing, grain-free pumpkin pie
• prep: soak grains for Sabbath breakfast, make pie crust and pie in morning

Menu Planning Resources

• Books & DVDs – Inexpensive e-books, what to eat, and nourishing cookbooks.
• Kitchen Tools & Appliances – Mixers, Grain Mills, Dehydrators, and Sprouted & Fermented food equipment.
• Grass-fed Butter, Cheese, & Meats – find nourishing ingredients to round out your meals.
• Blank Weekly Menu Planner – The download that I use on a weekly basis and keep on my refrigerator.

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