{"id":3598,"date":"2015-01-10T11:17:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T16:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2015-01-10T11:17:17","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T16:17:17","slug":"operation-eat-what-we-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2015\/01\/operation-eat-what-we-have\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation EAT WHAT WE HAVE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Don’t judge. Many of the things overflowing my pantry were for holiday baking and appetizers. I went a little overboard stocking up, and now that I’m back at work I’m not doing cooking the elaborate dishes.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Operation EAT WHAT WE HAVE.<\/p>\n

This is what I call our family’s monumental effort to clean out partially-used foods in the pantry and fridge before a military move.<\/p>\n

We aren’t moving anytime soon but between my full time work and holiday meal planning, our pantry is full of partial packages of things that we need to use up soon. I am not doing a big grocery shopping trip until we thin the herd some.<\/p>\n

I had two weeks off of work in December and January between semesters and I was really enjoying cooking “real” meals for the family. Baked chicken, pot roast, homemade mashed potatoes, etc. I’m now back to the “quick” meals, which are okay, but not nearly as fun.<\/p>\n

Do you have to do an Operation EAT WHAT WE HAVE every once in a while?<\/p>\n

I’m seeking creative recipes to use up some of these items, preferably crock pot meals. Feel free to leave any ideas you’d like to share in the comments.<\/p>\n

Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Operation EAT WHAT WE HAVE. This is what I call our family’s monumental effort to clean out partially-used foods in the pantry and fridge before a military move. We aren’t moving anytime soon but between my full time work and holiday meal planning, our pantry is full of partial packages of things that we need … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t