One of my fears when beginning this Eat from Your Pantry kick was that our food would get boring fast. I had stocked up on a lot of staples, but all of our "fun" food went fast.
And, yes, it's true that we may never want to eat rice and beans again after this kick is over...
...but I actually have found that it has challenged me to find new recipes and push me extensively in the kitchen. Since we've started buying the boxes from Angelfood ministries, I've suddenly had some extra things that I don't usually have, so it's inspired me to change things up a bit...and the same thing has happened with my excursions to our bent and dent store.
Lately, I've been eyeing the odd ingredient that I don't know what to make with and hitting up my trusty internet sites and cookbooks and coming up with some great new recipes. The other night, I was paging through my soup cookbook for something to use the cans of black beans I had found and happened upon a great, unusual soup recipe with hamburger, chicken, and black beans. The ingredients were pretty basic, so I tried it out...and it was a huge it.
I'm trying at least one new recipe a week. It's been great!
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