My Favorite Recipes From My Pantry

Last Updated on November 1, 2022 by Janell

When I go grocery shopping, I usually stock up on things when they are on sale. Then I shop from my pantry to make meal planning a lot more affordable! Click here to get my free meal planning printable list.

For example, we had 3-pound packages of ground beef on sale for $4 a few weeks ago. I bought 8 packages and put them in 1.5-pound freezer packs in my deep freezer.

When Perdue boneless, skinless chicken goes on sale for $1.99 per pound, I usually grab about 25 pounds and store it in my freezer.

In the past, I have also bought ¼ cow and 40 pounds of chicken from farms.

Jars of sauce usually go on sale for .99 cents a jar.

Bakery bread is always going on sale so I also grab things like a 12-pack of mini bagels for .59 or my Kroger has Cheesecake Factory bread that has been on sale for $2.19 per package.

I bought a deep freezer a few years ago at Best Buy for $100 - and it's been a great investment for our family.

I don't do it to hoard food but to have a nice stockpile of things we are always using so I don't have to pay full price. (Everything listed above was about 50% cheaper than if I bought it when it wasn't on sale.)

We also lived in Mexico City for 12 years. We had access to a lot of foods but there were many things that were very expensive so we just learned how to make things from scratch.

So below is a list of some of my favorite things to make "from scratch" or that are semi-homemade. Many of these things you hopefully have in your home already. (My pictures are horrible - so please know they are still yummy and I should re-do my pictures 🙂 )