Pantry Challenge: Baking Dayby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 29 Jan 2007 11:58 AM
But today seems to be a real baking theme in my pantry challenge. (What is a pantry challenge? Click here to learn all about it.) For breakfast I made some baked oatmeal, using up rolled oats and raw sugar from the pantry, as well as some milk and eggs. This is a treat whether eaten hot from the oven or cold from the refrigerator. My friend and neighbor Laura introduced me to this easy and healthy breakfast. I have been struggled with an overload of cream cheese, so I'll also be making cream cheese filled pumpkin muffins (yummy), using that extra can of pumpkin in the pantry that was bought around the holidays. It is a very large can, so I may have to triple my muffin batch. We can have the muffins for snacks, desert or breakfast tomorrow. I'm not sure how the cream cheese filling will freeze, but I may give that a shot and freeze the extras for later. Lunch is the usual leftovers and sandwiches. We are running low on bread, so yup, I baked a loaf. Fortunately, I have a bread slicer, which is basically a plastic guide for a bread knife. It helps me make nice even slices that hold up well for use in sandwiches. For dinner, I am going to do a simple chicken and stuffing bake. I'll layer some prepared stuffing (made from a mix in the pantry) mixed with frozen peas (got to get those veggies in) in a 9 x 13 dish. Then I'll add four thawed chicken breasts on top and cover with some of a jar of chicken gravy from the pantry. My inspiration was that jar of gravy. Whenever I make a whole chicken, I use the drippings to make a sage gravy, and I never reach for that store-bought jar. Here are some odds and ends I have one hand in my pantry, any suggestions for meals? Pasta, whole cranberry sauce, pineapple chunks, cream soups, rice, lentils, baking mix, cashews and peanut butter. Related Articles: Pantry Challenge: Making My Own Boxed Bake Pantry Challenge: Enchilada Helper Pantry Challenge: Using Allrecipes.com Pantry Challenge: How Have I "Bean?" Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantpreparedness tags User Comments No comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Community Tags baking, dinner, meals, pantry challenge Discuss this article
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Today is turning out to be a baking day. I normally feel more comfortable baking than actually cooking things on the stove. Put it in a dish and stick it in the oven is my philosophy.
