Pantry Challenge Day 2

So the second day of pantry challenge has been good.  But I did almost cave and buy a coffee this morning. -meanwhile, I have tons of coffee at home.  Lunch was leftovers from last night and for dinner we used our rice medley- white, brown, black and quinoa, brussels sprouts and a tilapia dish!

The tilapia was adapted from cooking light.  As usual I used what I had on hand and it still turned out delicious.

Sweet and Spicy Tilapia:
Ingredients:   2 tilapia filets
                     1/4 cup of fresh orange juice- I used honey tangerines
                     1 and 1/2 tablespoons of lime juice- i used lemon
                     1 tablespoon of brown sugar
                     1 tablespoon of EVOO
                     1 teaspoon of low sodium soy sauce
                     1/4 teaspoon of salt
                     1/4 teaspoon of pepper
                     1/4 teaspoon of cumin- i used old bay instead :)
                     1/4 teaspoon of ground red pepper
                     2 cloves of garlic- crushed
                     1/4 teaspoon of paparika

Directions:  I took my two tilapia filets out of the freezer and defrosted them all day.  Then I mixed all the ingredients together and let the filets marinate for 40 min.
Preheat the oven to broil.  Put the filets on a pan and put in oven 5-7 minutes.  Then take the leftover sauce and heat it on the stove with a little bit of flour.  Pull out tilapia put on whatever you are serving it with and pour sauce on top.   M hated the brussels sprouts so i got extra!!


                   

Pantry Challenge Day 1

Hey all, sorry it's been forever since I posted! I have had some amazing recipes since I last posted but I will load those later.  Recently, a friend from childhood posted this challenge on facebook.  Basically, for one week you make all of your meals (yes breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks) from your pantry, freezer and fridge!! I thought we should give it a whirl.  So I will post our progress on here.

As Day 1 started:  I had to make sure M had a lunch to take to school as I know several days he stops for McDonalds or Subway.  Luckily I had some turkey and cheese in the fridge.  I have to work today so I put together a casserole that I pretty much just made up.

I used ground beef- browned it with onions and garlic. Then put that on the bottom of a 8x8 pan covered that with frozen veggies, cream of chicken soup, some milk, shredded cheese, and topped with tater tots, but not just any tater tots- we didn't have regular but sweet potato, so that should be interesting!!

I'll let ya'll know how it is!! :)

Update: it turned out awesome- great for leftovers