Author Archives: Kim V

Being off work together as a family – makes it feel like a holiday weekend (although maybe it’s more like Groundhog Day). It the spirit of trying to make things fun, we decided to pretend it was Christmas. We turned on the Christmas music, had the turkey thawed and ready to go, and we evenContinue reading “It’s Christmas! (in April)”

I am so impressed by my friends whose creativity and cultural diversity inspire a much broader range of pantry successes than I could imagine. Here are a few shout outs from the last two weeks… Jasmine & Seth… Tony and Amanda… Susan and Chris… And from our house…

The best part of a turkey dinner is the leftovers, right? Well, without the extended family to share in the big meal, there’s a lot more leftovers. So after three courses of turkey dinner and several rounds of sandwiches, it was starting to feel like Groundhog Day rather than Thanksgiving or Christmas. So we hadContinue reading “Endless Turkey Dinner”

Here’s some successful(?) mashups from this past week of the Covid pantry challenge. Got some basic groceries yesterday (finally), so we should be better able to transform the pantry items into edible dinners this coming week. We also had a couple “okay” dinners – my kids keep repeating AT&T’s “Okay is NOT okay” commercials, butContinue reading “Successes from Week 2 of the COVID pantry challenge”

In taking stock of things in our pantry, I found some items that I was not very excited about, but knew we needed to use, among them 3 jars of pickles, and 4 boxes of cake mix. I personally prefer the refrigerated pickles, so these have been in there for a while. My sister suggestedContinue reading “Pickles and Beer”

Now that the challenge is underway there are already some winning recipes. I have been asked to post the recipes (starting with tomato soup). I will add a few interesting observations for the last week as well… First, our family feels like our food seems fresher and more thought-out (even though we’re not using veryContinue reading “Recipe 1 – Tomato soup”

Goal: Use only what is in your pantry or fridge to create an interesting (and hopefully edible) meal.Points for unusual items, presentation, and success (based on your perception of tastiness). Pictures with your creation, ingredients and commentary encouraged – add to the facebook page @pantryofcreativity or email to pantryofcreativity@gmail.com. There is no prize (per-se), butContinue reading “COVID19 PANTRY CHALLENGE”