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“Help!  There’s nothing in the frig to eat!”

“Help! There’s nothing in the frig to eat!”

4-Healthy Friendly Kitchen, Healthy Pantry Know-How

Coming home from vacation can be depressing, but coming home to an empty frig makes it even worse. A couple nights ago, I got back from a trip to help my daughter with a cross-country move.  The flight home was fine and I got home as planned, at 7:30 p.m.  I had...

How to Stock the Pantry . . . or Do a Better Job Working the One You Have

Healthy Pantry Know-How, Uncategorized

“Stocking the pantry.”  Sounds like it should be a nice, predictable process akin to stocking inventory at the local shoe store:  Five red shoes, ten black, three tennis shoes. . . In reality, it’s not quite such an orderly, linear process....

Portrait of Pantry Meals for a Week

Easy Stress-Free Grocery Shopping, Healthy Pantry Know-How, Planning for Healthier Meals

So you’re convinced that the pantry is a smart time investment.  Let’s look at how a real life pantry works, so you can begin to see what kinds of things can be bought, successfully stored, then translated into deliciously quick meals. Key fact to...

Investment Thinking at the Grocery Store

Easy Stress-Free Grocery Shopping, Healthy Pantry Know-How

Coming home to an empty frig after a long vacation reminded me of the importance of a good pantry. I put a fair amount of time into stocking my “larder” each autumn, a use of time that might seem crazy. Normal people likely wonder why I buy bags of...

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