Cleaning out the Pantry

Here's the thing. I always buy all these ingredients for things recipes I want to make and then I end up not making the recipe. So my pantry ends up stuffed with cans, etc... and I don't want to just throw them out- it's such a waste and maybe I will use it someday. I wish I thought to take a picture before this to show you how stuffed and unorganized it was. I was itching to clean it out, but didn't know what I wanted to do.

Then at work I saw a flyer about a man that works in the IT department. His wife has cancer and this Christmas they're accepting donations for toys for their children as well as any food donations. I mean, how perfect! Here I was, a single gal wondering "what am I going to do with all this extra food?" and here they are... So I went right home and I cleaned out my pantry.

Here's what it looks like now.

SO much better! I can't tell you how much better. 

I can't all remember what I gave away but I think it was:

1 box capri suns

1 box spaghetti noodles

1 can corn

3 cans of soup

1 can Manwich sloppy joe mix

1 box of those fruit cup things

I do think the kids will like the fruit cups and capri suns. I do feel a little guilty that I gave them noodles and no spaghetti sauce and sloppy joe mix and no hamburger meat (of course I couldn't donate a perishable). But I'd like to think that every bit counts. 

The total of everything I gave away came to (approx) just under $9. Not a huge amount. But hopefully it helps them. And hopefully more people do the same thing and donate all they can and then it would really  help out this family.