Eats and Empties (Week 2)

The Eats:

Grilled frozen pizza (The Kitchn)--Seriously, try this hack for restaurant worthy pizza

Instant Pot mac and cheese (Pinch of Yum)

King ranch chicken casserole (Budget Bytes)

Moist pumpkin muffins (Jo and Sue)

The Empties:

Jar of applesauce
Two bell pepper (one frozen for future use)
Frozen bread crumbs
Two, two pound bags of frozen broccoli
Block cheese
Two 36 ounce cartons of chicken broth
Classic southern pralines (The Spruce Eats)
Carton of 18 eggs
Head of iceberg lettuce
Macaroni noodles
Gallon of milk
Twelve ounce bag of Parmesan cheese
Pretzels
Five pound bag of red potatoes
Pumpkin pie PopTart
Ruby chocolate
Two pound bag of frozen peas
Can of pumpkin
Seventy ounce salsa jar
Two pound bag of shredded cheese
Tomato sauce
Pound of ground turkey

What went to waste:

Part of a clementine

Refrigerator pickles (They may have been fine, but they looked funny, and after the debacle explained below, I was not going to risk using them.)

Most of the king ranch chicken casserole. (I used old tortilla chips, and it tasted bad. My husband hypothesized that the oil on the chips went rancid. We live in Arizona, so it's entirely possible. This was a major bummer and resulted in a need to remake the menu plan. (We each at it once and then I took it away from my husband and tried to eat more of it myself. I was sort of able to salvage some of the cheese, chicken and vegetables out of it and ate on top of potatoes. I tossed the tortilla chip part. Thankfully I had the supplies to make the Instant Pot mac and cheese to feed my husband.)