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An extra $150 for groceries. You want to spend it on stuff to stock your pantry. What kind of non perishables would you buy with it. Spending as much of it as you can. I'll have around $150 left from my taxes after paying a couple bills and i want to use it to stock our pantry because I'm tired of scrambling to make meals at the end of the month because we are out of everything and don't have extra money for a few days.

Pastas, sauces, snack food (granola bars, pop tarts, stuff for the baby).

usually if we have extra money i like stocking up on bulk meats to freeze. as for non perishable items... canned veggies, pasta, mac and cheese, tuna, condiments

canned food. Beans, corn, peas etc. You can get the instant mashed potatoes, alfredo noodles (in a bag that you cook on the stove), rice (chicken flavored, mexican flavored etc), tuna (tuna salad), Hamburger helper. I usually do this and it helps a ton. Plus those are all really easy sides and meals that don't take long a all.

Quoting *~*allykat*~*:" An extra $150 for groceries. You want to spend it on stuff to stock your pantry. What kind of non perishables ... [snip!] ... of scrambling to make meals at the end of the month because we are out of everything and don't have extra money for a few days."

i would buy extra meat and freeze it in portions. extra rice/pasta... spices (ground thyme ground garlic and such)... hmmm flour sugar oil vinegar. any little nifty things i would like to use but never get around to like sprinkles caramel syrup curry powders... ohh and a nice bottle of vodka in case company comes ove rlol

<blockquote><b>Quoting ×ø×K·ßear×ø×:</b>" usually if we have extra money i like stocking up on bulk meats to freeze. as for non perishable items... canned veggies, pasta, mac and cheese, tuna, condiments"</blockquote>



We just spent like $75 at the butcher for a bunch of meat  

Pasta, sauce, boxed potatoes, cream of _ soups (celery, chicken, mushroom, etc), sugar, flour, salt, extra herbs and spices

Pasta, pasta sauce, granola bars, canned food like beefaroni (because I love it) spaghetti-o's, peanut butter

Quoting Prestige Worldwide!:" canned food. Beans, corn, peas etc. You can get the instant mashed potatoes, alfredo noodles (in a bag ... [snip!] ... helper. I usually do this and it helps a ton. Plus those are all really easy sides and meals that don't take long a all."

Oh, you can get snacks too. Such as, crackers, pop tarts, chicken noodle soup, ravoli etc. Shake and bake for chicken and pork...YUM. Now I am hungry ;)

<blockquote><b>Quoting Beanie's Breeder:</b>" i would buy extra meat and freeze it in portions. extra rice/pasta... spices (ground thyme ground garlic ... [snip!] ... never get around to like sprinkles caramel syrup curry powders... ohh and a nice bottle of vodka in case company comes ove rlol"</blockquote>




I didn't think about spices!! We cook from scratch a lot so we use tons of spices, especially garlic salt ! I'll look through the spices and see what's low!

lipton sides, rice, canned veggies and fruit, cereal, pasta, beans,

Beans, Mac and Cheese, Ramen, Soups, Noodles, Rice, Dinty Moore Beef Stews ((I mix it with the rice for an easy meal with left overs!)) Things to make chili.

I would also pick up some of the frozen pizzas, steamable bags meals, and bread to freeze.

<blockquote><b>Quoting JessieLeeAnne:</b>" Beans, Mac and Cheese, Ramen, Soups, Noodles, Rice, Dinty Moore Beef Stews ((I mix it with the rice for ... [snip!] ... overs!)) Things to make chili. I would also pick up some of the frozen pizzas, steamable bags meals, and bread to freeze. "</blockquote>




We just bought a ton of meat so we don't have much room in the freezer... And i make homemade pizza if we do pizza, but i think I'll get some extra bags of pepperoni and freeze them!

<blockquote><b>Quoting Prestige Worldwide!:</b>" canned food. Beans, corn, peas etc. You can get the instant mashed potatoes, alfredo noodles (in a bag ... [snip!] ... helper. I usually do this and it helps a ton. Plus those are all really easy sides and meals that don't take long a all."</blockquote>




We usually make stuff from scratch but i might get some stuff like that just in case. I am gonna get like 20 cans of corn/peas/green beans because we always run out...

Quoting *~*allykat*~*:" An extra $150 for groceries. You want to spend it on stuff to stock your pantry. What kind of non perishables ... [snip!] ... of scrambling to make meals at the end of the month because we are out of everything and don't have extra money for a few days."

mac and cheese, noodles, dry milk, canned fruits and veggies, oatmeal, formula, snacks