Oh, I think it's been long enough, I might as well post...

[lisalicious]

I've always had some OCD tendencies, but they were in full view last night. Since I needed to clean out my kitchen cabinets, I spent several hours cataloging them. By cataloging, I mean writing down every single thing in them and the quantity and putting it all into an Excel spreadsheet for easy reference. I've made some important discoveries:

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[ardaliz]

I want to see how long I can go with just using as much of the food in my cabinets as possible.

I love this game but I finally got the point where I HAD to start buying stuff again.

[lisalicious]

And I'm not saying I'm not going to buy ANYTHING, but I am going to try to keep it to a minimum.

[bizetsy]

Ok, awesome. Of course, keep in mind that I think a stockpile is a really valuable commodity. In case anything goes wrong, there it is. Also, you can afford to wait to buy more stuff until it's at a super cheap price, cause you've already bought what you need, so nothing's an emergency purchase.

I will be happy to play the game though, if this is what you want to do! And it's good to rotate food out when it has been there a while, so maybe that's what you mean. :-D
I'm already thinking of tons of ways to use the rice: Spanish rice, fried rice, rice pudding, arroz con pollo, porcupine meatballs, under anything Indian or Asian, mango sticky rice, ground beef/cheese/tomato soup/rice baked casserole (omg so delicious)...

In general, here's a resource you might like:

http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/stockpiling-guide-discussions/

[lisalicious]

Ooh, porcupine meatballs! I didn't even think of that! I came across a bag of dried chickpeas and some basmati rice, so I'm seriously thinking curry sometime very soon. Tell me about this casserole...

[bizetsy]

As for the Jello--poke cakes are always fun.

If you come across anything you won't use though, donate it. Hooray!

[lisalicious]

You know, of all the cakes I've made, I've never made a jello poke cake. I'll have to try that.

[lovelady_texas]

Just wanted to say hi and I miss you, but oh how I suck at this game. I am a daily grocery girl and can't do the big stockpile....well, not for long I have a big baby boy now who will eventually clean the cupboards bare as a teen.

Having said that, I was recently laid off so am being MUCH more frugal and have enjoyed the creativity in the kitchen immensely.

Keep us posted on your progress. I need insipration and will gladly take some from your Summer Challenge!!!

[lisalicious]

Hi there! I've never though of myself as a stockpile person. I tend to make many grocery store trips during the week. I'll absolutely let you know how this goes. Recipes will follow shortly.

[lipstick]

Allrecipes.com lets you enter in the ingredients you have and then the search results show you recipes that use those ingredients.

[lisalicious]

Hey thanks! I didn't know about that!