Pantry Meals - Survive or Thrive?

[raqstar1]

If you had to live for a week on just the items in your pantry and fridge/freezer right now, could you do it? If so, what would you be eating? Would you just be able to get by or would you be eating delicious meals?
Do you have a meal that you always have the ingredients for and can always fall back on?
My meal is Thai Curry. I never know exactly what will go in it, but it always has onions, spicy peppers of some sort, ginger root, garlic, and veggies of some mixture. I serve it over fluffy white basmati rice, which sometimes gets a bit of saffron.
The rest of the week would be pasta, meatloaf and mashed potatoes, chili, stew or soup. And if I want bread I can always throw together some homemade sourdough. But that's just me - an overprepared foodie!
What about you?

[tiger01]

The entire week would be rather repetitive, I would definitely survive though. The week for me would consist of corn soup and whatever bread and cheese I could scrounge up, maybe some fruit salad for after. By the end of the week though i would definitely want something other than corn soup, but i always keep the cupboard stocked in case of such an emergency.

[raqstar1]

The entire week would be rather repetitive, I would definitely survive though. The week for me would consist of corn soup and whatever bread and cheese I could scrounge up, maybe some fruit salad for after. By the end of the week though i would definitely want something other than corn soup, but i always keep the cupboard stocked in case of such an emergency.

I do enjoy making soups! But I agree that after a week of the same one, I'd be ready for something else!

[IamShing]

I never loved sweets but I like them. I cannot live inside the pantry for a long period of time, I think I am gonna die. But I love to prepare delicacies for my family every weekend I bake for them.

[raqstar1]

I never loved sweets but I like them. I cannot live inside the pantry for a long period of time, I think I am gonna die. But I love to prepare delicacies for my family every weekend I bake for them.

I also enjoy baking for friends and family. I especially like their reactions when it's really tasty! Unlike you, I do love sweets, but oddly enough, I don't generally like to eat the things I bake. But if someone else bakes it, I'm all over it!

[CinWin]

If you call peanut butter and jelly surviving, then yes. I tend to be minimalistic in my kitchen cupboards, and buy only fresh ingredients.

[raqstar1]

If you call peanut butter and jelly surviving, then yes. I tend to be minimalistic in my kitchen cupboards, and buy only fresh ingredients.

PB&J is definitely a great staple to have! I think I'm probably the opposite of you. My kitchen and my bookshelves are the only places where I'm not minimalistic!

[Doris Hudson]

However picky my tongue is,well fried fresh beans and posho plus a glass of water are a thing to thrive with for an entire week.

[raqstar1]

However picky my tongue is,well fried fresh beans and posho plus a glass of water are a thing to thrive with for an entire week.

I've never heard of posho. I'll have to look it up. I always like finding new foods to try!

[evraealtana]

I would survive - but definitely not thrive. Most of my meals are based on fresh ingredients, which don't last long and must be continually re-purchased. What I have now might last a couple of days, but not a whole week!

[Sjtoy]

I plan my meals out by the month, but I always have backups in the pantry and freezer. I will also sometimes freeze leftovers.