Meatless Monday-Eating Down the Fridge #2

After a weekend away, I went to pick up some groceries before Hurricane Sandy arrived.  What was I thinking!? The parking lot was a mob scene, people were fighting for parking spots and I could only imagine what it was like inside.  Since the only think I really needed was milk, I decided this was as good a time as any to have a week of Eating Down the Fridge.  It’s amazing how ingenious you can be when you choose to, and it was a great excuse to make storage room for the upcoming holidays.
After taking an inventory of the pantry and freezer, all I had to add was my missing milk and a few herbs which I could hopefully pick up later in the week.
My menu for the week with a few adjustments to recipes would be:

Summer Rolls with the addition of shrimp-I luckily still have mint and basil in the garden.

Mexican Corn Chowder minus the avocado and with the addition of shrimp.
Chili-beans are always in my pantry.

A savory bread pudding {i don’t know how so many odds and ends of bread end up in my fridge}with cherry tomatoes, parmesan and frozen spinach.
And an old standby spaghetti and meatless meatballs {Quorn makes my favorite}.

Frozen fruit and yogurt made mango, blueberry and raspberry smoothies, and before I knew it, my pantry and fridge were a little lighter, the sky a lot brighter, and the cleanup from Sandy had begun!