Week #2 – The Garden is a Huge Help! $21 A Week Grocery Challenge 2025

I’m back with the 2025 Budget Grocery Challenge where I try to spend $21 CAD and make 21 meals! 7 Breakfasts, 7 Lunches and 7 Dinners! I roll over my left over and try to build a pantry over time so things get a bit easier as we go! This year’s challenge is looking harder with crazy rising grocery prices so I’ve made some changes to this year’s Challenge.

I’ll be using produce from my garden & I’ll have the use of a few pantry staples from my kitchen like spices, oil and baking powder! This week I added Lemon Juice and Vanilla to the staples I’m using! Let me know in the comments what you think of the challenge I have set for myself and don’t forget to offer your recipe suggestions based on what I have in the $21 PANTRY every week!

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Recipes that I LOOSELY followed this week:
ZUCCHINI BREAD https://www.littlesweetbaker.com/easy-zucchini-bread/#recipe
POLISH RICE WITH APPLES https://www.everyday-delicious.com/polish-rice-with-apples/
TZATZIKI https://cookieandkate.com/how-to-make-tzatziki/
CUCUMBER JUICE https://feelgoodfoodie.net/recipe/cucumber-juice/#wprm-recipe-container-17321
LENTIL VEGETABLE SOUP https://www.thegardengrazer.com/lentil-vegetable-soup/#recipe
SWEET AND SOUR TOFU https://simpleveganblog.com/sweet-and-sour-tofu/#recipe

Here’s a link to the 2025 $21 A Week Grocery & Garden Challenge https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0mlSDF8Ck4LR-2AkWPv5hhpfyOhJJzBr
Here’s a link to the entire 2025 Pantry Challenge series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0mlSDF8Ck4JlRidfmc3qFSgijMWKEs0e
Here’s a link to my 2024 Pantry Challenge series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0mlSDF8Ck4LPLZEiYdpIgAu4EoFa_iyL
Here’s a link to my 2023 PANTRY CHALLENGE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0mlSDF8Ck4JrrDDdLoRjkgQ5WdsDdWVE
Here’s a link to my JAN/FEB PANTRY CHALLENGE 2022 where I didn’t spend ANY money on groceries: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0mlSDF8Ck4JFV_03lGl7X87jaqt8ab45
Here’s a link to my 2023 Freezer Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0mlSDF8Ck4KTSo3204P7kNUwfc4gSk54
Here’s a link to my 2023 $21 A Week Grocery Challenge:

Here’s a link to my FIRST $21 A Week Grocery Challenge in 2021: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0mlSDF8Ck4J-eNmms6NfTZpIDhQdwOQ8
Here’s a link to my 2022 FREEZER CHALLENGE SERIES: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0mlSDF8Ck4IN-SoJVdy51UxTKKjwYEjr
Here’s a link to my 2023 GROCERY HAUL series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0mlSDF8Ck4IKdRGxCh1hQohgn09VSxn7
Here’s a link to the Grocery Haul and Meal Ideas Playlist from 2022:

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