Broke Week

At our house we have instituted "Broke Week." It's sort of like Bike Week only different. We are not broke, thank goodness, but, in order to maximize our grocery budget and free up some space, we are in BW mode. BW means we eat like we're broke, creatively putting groceries together that we already have on hand. Most of us have never truly been hungry and when we say we don't have anything to eat in the fridge/freezer/cupboard, we really mean we don't have anything in there that is particularly appealing to us at the moment. Obviously, though, at one point it did appeal or it wouldn't have found its way into our fridge/freezer/cupboard in the first place.

Did you know that frozen, pre-seasoned chicken breasts can be used to make fajitas and, as it turns out, green beans do go with fajitas. We've had Voila, the meal in a bag that husband kept refusing but, as it turns out, he likes it. Squash casserole, fried okra, succotash, stir fry, pot pies, hot pockets, tuna salad, homemade chili from back in the winter -- we've had a little bit of everything. It's like dressing yourself from the lost & found bin; it's something different all the time!