Pantry Challenge Page 2

Posted By: wizkid

Sep 14 # 6 of 16

phoenyxstarr wrote:

I have a challenge for everyone... There's a program called Angel Food Ministries that we participated in a few months ago, and we got 2 big bags of frozen chicken thighs through it. Well I have no idea what to do with them, other than make fried chicken or baked BBQ chicken. So if y'all have some recipes that use chicken thighs, or some ideas on what to do with them, I would really appreciate it. I also have some breakfast sausage, that I'm not 100% sure what to do with. Hubby wants biscuits and gravy with it, but that takes awhile to make, and I don't get that much time in the kitchen thanks to my 15 month old.

Found this one on the net and sounds interesting:

INGREDIENTS:

1 Tbsp. butter
1 lb. pkg. boneless, skinless chicken thighs
4 carrots, sliced
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 Tbsp. honey
1 Tbsp. mustard
1/2 tsp. dried thyme leaves
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper

PREPARATION:

Melt butter in heavy skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and carrots and cook for 8-10 minutes until chicken is browned on bottom. Turn chicken and add remaining ingredients. Cover pan and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 10-13 minutes until chicken is thoroughly cooked.

Serve over hot cooked rice or couscous and a green salad.

Enjoy!

Posted By: barbiedoll1973_tn

Sep 14 # 7 of 16

TexasRose wrote:

I have known of people doing a "pantry challenge" where they commit for a certain number of days or weeks to eat only what is in the pantry/refrigerator/freezer, and buy only staples like milk, eggs and bread.

I think I want to try that. I am looking to cut our grocery bill and heaven knows we have enough food in the house to last awhile, so I want to be creative and use it up. Here is what I am planning this week:

Tomorrow: steaks on the grill, baked potatoes, broccoli with cheese
Monday: eat out (holiday)
Tuesday: grilled burgers, grilled potatoes
Wednesday: grilled chicken breasts, wild rice, green peas
Thursday: lasagna from the freezer
Friday: red beans and rice from the freezer
Saturday: grill steaks (I have a bunch of meat from Omaha steaks), corn, green beans.

I really need to do this

Posted By: wizkid

Sep 14 # 8 of 16

Here is a website that has all kinds of recipes for chicken thighs - 97 of them!!!

http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=chicken+thigh

Some are quite interesting too, do check out number 17 - Chicken Thighs in Cranberry Wine Sauce and Cranberry Snap - sounds absolutely delicious. If you do, may be you might think of flying some out to me in India

Posted By: phoenyxstarr

Sep 14 # 9 of 16

Thanks for the website, wizkid. I'm going to check it out and see what I can make with them.

Posted By: rt49andellis

Sep 14 # 10 of 16

I do this on a weekly basis because I'm so far from the store. First check of the month I buy all the canned foods and boxed foods that I think we'll need and I go to the store on a weekly basis for the staples and meat.