Pantry Items

When things are on sale stock up. This is the season when a lot of baking staples are on sale. I have a mix that I use for the cream of soups. I have one jar full that equals about 32 cans of soup. Pasta and sauce is a good last minute I don't really feel like cooking meal. A versitle biscuit mix. Canned tomatoes, beans, chilis. Keep stocked on recipes that are family favorites.

Wow! Awesome budget! We spent over $200 a week and I'd love to bring that down to $80 but I'm not sure how. It would depend on the things that you use regularly. I write down my menu's each week and plan even lunches and dinners to and go by that... We do have 4 kids and one on the way and two of them are teens so hopefully $200 a week is good for us. I still haven't figured it out. Good luck to you and good job for sticking to a budget!

Here is a list of pantry stapels I have

Chicken Broth
Cream of Chicken, Mushroom, Broccoli Soup
Condensed Cheddar Soup
Canned Beans (Kidney, Black, Great Northern)
Cans of diced Chilis
Bread Crumbs
Spagetti Noodles
Marinara
Pesto
Minced Garlic
Pace Picante
Salsa Verde

Another recommendation is to go to www.samthecookingguy.com
I use a ton of his recipes an thats why I stock the things I do. They are simple and inexspensive. He also has a cook book you can buy and one comming out in April. I think what you stock in your pantry depends a lot on what you cook, so thats why I reccomend him. Hope this helped :)

Noodles, tuna, cream of chicken. cream of mushroom, canned peas, canned corn, any other canned veggies you like, stewed tomatoes,tomato paste, canned pinapple, pumpkin, green chilies, enchilada sauce, fruit coctail, canned chicken, other soups, evaporated milk, beans of all kinds, sloppy joe sauce, marinara, ketsup, mustard, ranch, jelly peanut butter, apple sauce.

These are what I usually stock up on there maybe a few things more you could add or change.