Pantry Clean Out

When we started eating Paleo back in November I did a quick pantry clean out. This is something I had never done before whenever I had started a new diet or way of eating before.

Of course I felt guilty getting rid of food that I had paid money for. This lead me to holding onto a lot of things that were not on plan.

So 6+ months later I finished the job. I found two things interesting. The first was the amount of stuff that I had kept that I shouldn't have. The second was that we didn't eat any of it.

Lots of pasta, flour, crackers and just junk were causing clutter in my pantry. This kept me from being able to see or find any of the good things that I was suppose to be eating.

There are still a few things that I left in the pantry that I probably should have thrown out. The peanut butter is one item.  But I don't eat peanut butter, so I see that as J's item. However with no English muffins to put the peanut butter on, I imagine six months from now I will be throwing that out too.

I feel like this clean out was another step towards getting my body clean but also my life clean.  I hate clutter and now I have one less thing cluttering my life.  Now I just need to find a good way to organize my spices to make life even easier.

The clean out ended with two big bags being dropped off at a food bank box!