Tag Archives: In advance

Something from Nothing

There wasn’t that much in the fridge, but I was able to wrestle something delicious out of what I found. What I was working with: Napa cabbage Garlic Ginger Red onion Scallions Celery Thai pepper Tempeh A Sustainable Pantry (always) What I did: I sauteed the onion, garlic, ginger and red pepper in olive oil [...]
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Hearty, Healthy Cold-Weather Breaky

Once the cold weather starts creeping in, we like to change breakfast gears and head for the nice comfort of steel-cut oats.  Steel-cut oats in the morning?  Who has time for that (you may be thinking)?  Well we don’t, which is why we make a nice vat of the stuff on Sunday night, and heat [...]
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Sunday Night Dinner pays Monday Lunch Dividends

Tonight’s dinner was a delicious macrobiotic plate of millet, roast squash, steamed collard greens and tofu. We made double the amount so that we would have enough for a lunch portion for tomorrow. You’ll notice this is a consistent trend here at SustainablePantry.com. This is a very easy and effective way to save money, time, [...]
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Why You Should Always Make Extra Rice

Alexa made a wonderful bean chili on Sunday night (stay tuned for that post), and as an accompaniment we made some white Basmati rice.  This was a great opportunity to secure an additional meal for later in the week, so instead of making just one cup of rice, we made three, and packed the leftovers [...]
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Pesto Pizza in 30 Minutes

A few weeks back, we made a delicious pizza from scratch, read the post here.   The extra dough was put into the freezer for another day… well that delicious day has arrived! In the morning, before work, I took the dough out of the freezer and put it in the refrigerator.  When I got home, [...]
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