$5 Pantry Challenge with Mrs. Patsi @ The Working Pantry & Shadow Photo

Hello everyone. Before I take my "BLOG PAUSE" for a few days, I want to share my pantry challenge and daily photo challenge for today. I was going to share my photo for the daily photo challenge of SHADOW and post Wednesday but I loved what I captured today on my walk and had to share. 

I love how the sun hit the trees just right and created this shadow that I was able to capture today. I walked two times today at 15 minutes each. I am pretty happy about that. I will say though I am sore this evening. Recovery is slower than I anticipated. :) 

Below are my items that my lovely husband picked up for me today for the $5 Pantry Challenge. Please check out Mrs. Patsi's blog for details on this Summer Challenge being held on Mondays at The Working Pantry. 

She encourages us to stock up on things we actually use as far as food and home supplies. Today, I stocked up on Green Beans. We purchased five cans. Our go to vegetable side dish is green beans. They are a staple in our home. I cook them very differently than most. I am from the SOUTH so my GREEN BEANS are very "southern tasting." In other words, they have FLAVOR and are a hit. I have a secret ingredient. 

We are not in a season in our lives that gardening is something we can do. We used to garden. Matter of fact my husband is currently putting up tomatoes for the freezer right now because we were gifted a basket load yesterday from someone in the church. I can't wait to make some sauces, salsa and add those garden fresh tomatoes in chili, soup and stews this fall. 

We are blessed by others because of their bounty. We are grateful for that. BUT this is just not our season in life for gardening. 

On the most part we tend to lean toward our favorite canned veggies for our pantry. We do not like store bought frozen veggies other than broccoli and corn. When it comes to green beans it is canned green beans for us.

Here is my $5 stock up. Oh, I remember the day that canned green beans were $.40 and $.60 cents. Not here in my area. $1.00 is a deal nowadays and that is for generic/store brand. 

The guidelines suggest for it to be a separate purchase and an intentional purchase to build the pantry. Basically, show a receipt of your intentional purchase with the amount suggested and be intentional that it is something that you are adding for stocking purposes and not just because you need it that day. 

I hope to be more creative and stock up on so many other neat items over the next few months. This goes until September. Right now, I am limited physically. I am making a list of things to look for though as soon as I can get out. 

Have a blessed day!

See you all in a few days!

Chrissy T