I'm Just a Foodie Wanna-Be

From the archives:

Bulgar wheat.  Flax seed.  Agave Nectar.  8 jars of homemade jam from Georgia.  Champagne from 5 years ago.  Two bags of low fat Mexican shredded cheese - and one of low fat Mozzarella.  Candy from last Easter, last Christmas, last Halloween, TWO Easters, Christmases & Halloweens ago.  Jumbo sized bag of frozen Tilapia filets.  Three frozen bags of rice.  Frozen quarts of homemade soup.  Edemame.  And so goes the never-ending list of contents from my 'pantry', refrigerator and freezer.  I realized today that I may (may) have an issue (certainly not a problem).

I can probably whip up a meal for about 10 right now without batting an eyelash.  Even if I didn't have a fresh baguette of bread on hand, I have plenty of 'sandwich thins' to be creative with.  If I didn't have any canned spaghetti sauce in which to dress the 6 boxes of pasta in the pantry (which are now forbidden due to latest diet), I have canned tomatoes (regular, salt-free or spicy), olive oil, spices and probably a little red wine.  Unless I drank it.  And then it's off to the store where, oh wait - don't I need some tomatoes?  And some spaghetti sauce??  See the problem?

This is what my fridge and freezer look like:

Here is my pantry:

I proposed to my BFF that he produce a new show (HE is a TRUE foodie).  It'd be called "A Meal from your Pantry in 30 Minutes" (but infinitely more clever).  I'd claim to be his muse (hey, there's a first time for anything!!).  LOL!

Wanna come over?  I've got plenty of food.