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05-12-2012, 2:12 PM
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We are desperately trying to empty the freezer at the minute, but seem to be getting nowhere fast (I'm sure things multiply in there  )
Last night DH had king prawn linguine and I had chicken wrapped in bacon with roasted parsnips and carrots.
Tonight DH will have a ready meal from the freezer and I will have leftover chicken in a risotto with green vegetables.
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05-12-2012, 4:14 PM
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Chicken, chips and coleslaw -emptying out the freezer as well.
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05-12-2012, 4:53 PM
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Cant be bothered so its oven chips, saus, egg and beans, am a bad wife and mother  lol
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05-12-2012, 5:20 PM
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I'm making chicken fried rice for tea  will try and remember to take a pic! xx
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05-12-2012, 6:13 PM
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Massaman beef cury with rice and naan bread. Had a visitor so had to get some pitta breads and wraps out of the freezer to make it go a bit further. And some poppadums with chutney.
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05-12-2012, 6:24 PM
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Hi all, can I join you?
Tonight i've tried to jazz up some weight w@tchers sausages found in the freezer by doing a spicy casserole. serving it with some frozen steamed veggies and mash.
I'm also trying to de-clutter freezer for xmas, and in the long term so that I can start batch cooking and freezing meals.
I've got a mr T frozen 'Simply cook' joint of gammon to use up - any suggestions that aren't the usual 'gammon egg and chips'? want to try something new...
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05-12-2012, 6:53 PM
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Originally Posted by gemmylou86
Hi all, can I join you?
Tonight i've tried to jazz up some weight w@tchers sausages found in the freezer by doing a spicy casserole. serving it with some frozen steamed veggies and mash.
I'm also trying to de-clutter freezer for xmas, and in the long term so that I can start batch cooking and freezing meals.
I've got a mr T frozen 'Simply cook' joint of gammon to use up - any suggestions that aren't the usual 'gammon egg and chips'? want to try something new...
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gammon, mash, peas and parsley sauce?
we've got chili, wraps, guacamole, sour cream, grated cheese and salad tonight
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05-12-2012, 7:00 PM
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I just had hm chicken and mushroom soup - since sunday have managed to stretch a small chicken for a roast, chicken and prawn thai green curry (for 4), and now soup for me.
I ate all the soup oops- so made DH and the kids hm pizza using naam bread.
When I cook a gammon (1kg)- it is usually in the SC, and one day will have it with herb potatoes and veg; the next day we will have gammon, peas, and rice, with sweet chilli sauce, and the third day, there should be enough to do a sweet chilli sauce stirfry with gammon, stirfried veg - anything I have in the freeze really - carrots/peas/broccoli/beans/peppers/onions/mushrooms etc, and a packet of cheap noodles. The last dish, doesn't look great on the plate, but is absolutely gorgeous.
We like to stretch a piece of meat in this house!
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05-12-2012, 7:23 PM
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My boyfriend and i are having spaghetti bolognaise with garlic bread and salad. For afters its chocolate log and mince pie ice cream
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05-12-2012, 8:50 PM
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Kids had fishcakes, chips, peas and broccoli, other half and i had open the fridge and chuck it all in quesidillas with refried beans/peppers/onions/fried potatoes chicken and cheese, served with salsa and sour cream....kids would have eaten the same but needed feeding a couple of hours earlier than us tonight due to after school clubs and dd1's bus running out of fuel on the way home!
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05-12-2012, 8:57 PM
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Too much YS meat to use up so just having it in buns for the next few days rather than meals as such...lovely ham or pork. On it's own or with other things. I suppose I could do some meals like ham, eggs, mushrooms and chips. Or a ham salad...
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06-12-2012, 11:05 AM
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Had chicken fajitas with heaps of side salad last night which was so simple but totally and utterly scrumptious
Tonight I'm cooking my favouritest ever dinner (OH and DD3 favourite too!)...
Ginger pork and dauphinoise pototoes
The ginger pork was a recipe I found in a £1.99 recipe book last year and it's now my speciality!! lol
I was super organised last night. Have veg and spuds prepared and pork is marinading, so just need to switch on the cooker/oven when I get home and get the heat going!
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06-12-2012, 12:09 PM
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We're having left over HM chicken korma from the freezer - trying to run it down (like a few other people's posts - also seems to be never ending - at this rate it'll be switched off for the whole time we're away at Christmas!)
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06-12-2012, 2:12 PM
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Well i got a load of beef skirt from my butchers today so am making a beef and leek pie and having mash and veggies with it Its a chilly one so hopefully this will warm the cockles!
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06-12-2012, 2:23 PM
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Made a beef stew for today,mostly came from freezer ,beef cubes,swede,parsnips,sliced leek.all came from freezer,been freezing them when I buy them,portioning them and chucking in the freezer
OH got a sliced loaf out yesterday and asked what was in all the little plastic bags ?
So today I showed him when I made the stew lol.
It was so quick even got him to peel a few potatoes for it.
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06-12-2012, 2:28 PM
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Still on the ham butties...I refuse to waste the YS meat even if it has gone past the date on the lable. It looks, smells and tastes ok. And is in a fridge that is at the correct temperture.
May do a meal later, ham, baked beans eggs, mushrooms and chips.
May open a can of rice pudding afterwards.
Similar to previous meals I mentioned earlier in the week.
Then perhaps I can do something else over the weekend.
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06-12-2012, 2:30 PM
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Lazy dinner of pizza and garlic bread
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06-12-2012, 2:59 PM
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We're having tea at my mum and dad's tonight. :-)
Made a large quantity of meatballs today though, so have some in the fridge for tomorrow's tea and another meal's worth in the freezer.
Have been trying to use the soup up from the freezer so I had a portion for lunch today... and yesterday...
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06-12-2012, 3:23 PM
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Aubergine sliced length ways, roasted off in the oven, then putting lots of cheese on top of them and finishing them off under the grill served with soya mince done in a pepper and tomato based sauce.
Lots of weird and wonderful meals for the next 2 weeks as I use up what is in the freezer ready for lots of Christmas leftovers lol!
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06-12-2012, 4:25 PM
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Chicken Goujons in wraps with reggae reggae sauce mixed into mayo. Served with potato wedges and salad. It's soooo cold out there!
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