Need help eeking out food!!!

minjara

Hi there everyone.

I know this is a long stretch. My fiance has been off ill from work for two weeks so money is at a minimum for bills and I am unemployed. Its all a sucky situation but oh well. My question is I have my food list from the house but Im at a loose end as to come up with meal suggestions for it all. And just to see how long you think I can eek it all out for. Any help will be much appreciated.

My list is:

Lasagne sheets
Packet of spaghetti
Packet of pasta
Half jar of green pesto
Tin of peeled plum tomatoes
2 cans of tuna
garlic puree
1 dried noodles
2 egg noodles
1 tin of 3 bean salad
3 tins new potatoes
sweet chilli sauce
soy sauce
jar carbonara sauce
tin of 8 hot dogs
tin sweetcorn
jar of bolognese sauce
jar of casserole sauce
packet of chicken and mushroom pasta
tin sliced carrots
tin beans
tin of tomato soup
2 packets of rice
red lentils
broth mix
packet of batter mix
dried chicken casserole sauce
dried chicken chasseur sauce
half packet of quinoa
bulgar wheat
7 packets of crisps
2 tins rice pudding
chicken gravy
lemon juice
2 tins of mackerel in tomato sauce
tinned pineapple
tinned prunes
tinned peach
tinned fruit cocktail
various stock cubes
2 tins of veg soup
1 tin cream of chicken
baking powder
desicated coconut
icing sugar
caster sugar
plain flour
self raising flour
cornflour
demara
brown bread loaf
5 apples
200g cheese
lettuce
cucumber
margarine
3kg potatoes
salad cream
mayo
whole chicken
chicken legs (not sure how viable)
minced pork
6 fish fingers
6 yorkshire puddings
2 large chicken breasts
aunt bessies stuffing
3 minging fish fillets
mixed veg
brussel sprouts
onion
cheese and onion quiche
more fish fillets but are frost bitten at the ends
12 sausages
1 small chicken and veg value pie
1 chicken breast but again very frost bitten.

So all ideas and how long it will last will be good. Also can i use the frost bitten stuff????

Thanks

Loz

slig

That list just kept going and going as I scrolled down . I think you have a lot of stuff there, and if you use it wisely I think it will last you a good few weeks (just the two of you right?) Make sure none of it goes to waste, so anything with a short sell by date use before it runs out.

I'm veggie, so can't help with ideas for most of it, but I saw several potential pasta dishes there. Plus there are infinite things you can do with the potatoes.

How long do you need it to last? As long as possible, I'm sure, but realistically, what are your expectations? Two weeks, two months, two years...?

minjara

As long as possible. Ideally till the end of this month if possible. Oh, one other thing, my other half can't have tomato as he is allergic and he can't have mushroom.

RAS

Need a bit more idea on quantity - is 1 dried noodles a packet with a single slab or one of those packets with multiple slabs? Ditto size of tins.

minjara wrote: »

My list is:


Bulk
Lasagne sheets
Packet of spaghetti
Packet of pasta
1 dried noodles
2 egg noodles
1 tin of 3 bean salad - with a bit of tuna and some mayo as tonno e faglio?
3 tins new potatoes
packet of chicken and mushroom pasta - so this is luch for you on two days?
2 packets of rice
red lentils - useful for padding but perhaps most useful for lunch-time soups?
broth mix - definately soups perhaps with stock cube?
packet of batter mix - half would make a toad in the whole with 2-4 sausages and you can add vegetables?
half packet of quinoa
bulgar wheat
3kg potatoes - how long will they keep?
brown bread loaf - use or freeze

Protein
2 cans of tuna
tin of 8 hot dogs
jar of bolognese sauce
2 tins of mackerel in tomato sauce
200g cheese - how long will it last? In a white sauce with pasta/lasagne.
See freezer

Sauces
Half jar of green pesto - great on potatoes
Tin of peeled plum tomatoes - if OH cannot eat them, then make into soup for yourself? Or into a pasta sauce you can have whilist he has something else on the pasta?
jar carbonara sauce
jar of casserole sauce
dried chicken casserole sauce
dried chicken chasseur sauce

Flavourings
garlic puree
sweet chilli sauce
soy sauce
chicken gravy
lemon juice
various stock cubes

Vegetables
tin sweetcorn
tin sliced carrots
tin beans
lettuce
cucumber

tin of tomato soup
2 tins of veg soup
1 tin cream of chicken

Sweet/puddings

2 tins rice pudding
tinned pineapple
tinned prunes
tinned peach
tinned fruit cocktail
5 apples
margarine - how much?
baking powder
desicated coconut
icing sugar
caster sugar
plain flour
self raising flour
cornflour
demara

dressings
salad cream
mayo


Freezer?
whole chicken
chicken legs (not sure how viable)
minced pork
6 fish fingers
6 yorkshire puddings - with sausage and onion gravy?
2 large chicken breasts - each one is two stir fries
aunt bessies stuffing
3 minging fish fillets
mixed veg
brussel sprouts
onion
cheese and onion quiche
more fish fillets but are frost bitten at the ends
12 sausages
1 small chicken and veg value pie
1 chicken breast but again very frost bitten.

7 packets of crisps

So all ideas and how long it will last will be good. Also can i use the frost bitten stuff????

Thanks

Loz

You have enough proteins in there for at least a month, at one meal a day.

What you lack is breakfast stuff and vegetables. Plus fats and oils for cooking and baking.

No curry powder or herbs?

Cheapskate

Wow - not a bad stocktake! Just in ten minutes, I came up with over a dozen main meals & a few puds from that lot, that's 2 weeks' worth of teas, only needing to buy maybe some eggs & a few more onions/other veg.
1. Lasagne - sheets + carb sauce + bolog sauce + some pork mince + grated cheese - freeze any leftovers
2. Tuna bake - Can tuna + Can bean salad + pasta/noodles + breadcrumbs + gr cheese
3. Sun lunch - Roast chicken + stuffing + yorks + +roasties + sprouts + tin carrots + gravy
4. Stir fry - Leftover chicken + chilli/soy sauce + tin corn + veg + noodles/rice
5. Soup - Stock made from chicken bones + last of chicken + any veg
6. Casserole - 6 saus + 1 chicken breast + veg + chick cass mix + spuds
7. Saus risotto - 6 saus + tin tomatoes + garlic puree + rice
8. F/fingers for 1 + chicken pie for 1 + + mash + beans
9. 2 chicken breasts + chasseur mix + rice
10. Jacket potateos + pkt chicken/m'room pasta + salad
11. Quiche + jackets + salad or h/m chips/wedges
12. Shepherd's pie - pork mince + veg + stock cubes + mash
13. Fish pie - fish fillets + white sauce + mash
Puds - pineapple upside down, peach-in-the-hole (like toad in the hole, use batter mix), cook apples & make crumble, or add to rice pud .....

Be creative, put stuff together in ways you might not have thought of before! You might need to buy a few herbs & spice to ring the changes, but some things can be used for loads of dishes. I'm having a similar economy drive right now - makes for a few odd meals, but we're getting fed well, I'm hoping to spend less & use up stuff I've been too idle to cook!

ETA: Missed last 2 posts cos I was thinking of how to use your stuff! Agree with comments by RAS as well.

Sorry to ramble - hope this helps!
A x

minjara

Lasagne sheets - about 10 sheets
Packet of spaghetti - about 4 servings
Packet of pasta - 3 servings
Half jar of green pesto
Tin of peeled plum tomatoes - 400g
2 cans of tuna - standard tuna cans
garlic puree - tube
1 dried noodles - 1 serving
2 egg noodles - 1 serving in each
1 tin of 3 bean salad - 400g
3 tins new potatoes - 500g each
sweet chilli sauce - 200ml
soy sauce - 200ml
jar carbonara sauce 400g
tin of 8 hot dogs
tin sweetcorn - 500g
jar of bolognese sauce - 440g
jar of casserole sauce - 440g
packet of chicken and mushroom pasta - batchelors pasta stuff
tin sliced carrots - 350g
tin beans - 400g
tin of tomato soup - 400g
2 packets of rice - 2kg
red lentils - about 200g
broth mix - 500g
packet of batter mix - not sure how much
dried chicken casserole sauce - 1 packet
dried chicken chasseur sauce - 1 packet
half packet of quinoa
bulgar wheat - 300g
7 packets of crisps
2 tins rice pudding - 400g each
chicken gravy
lemon juice
2 tins of mackerel in tomato sauce - 70g each
tinned pineapple - 400g
tinned prunes - 300g
tinned peach - 300g
tinned fruit cocktail - 500g
various stock cubes - about 9
2 tins of veg soup - 400g each
1 tin cream of chicken - 400g
baking powder - 1 tub
desicated coconut - 200g
icing sugar
caster sugar 1kg
plain flour - 1kg
self raising flour - 1kg
cornflour
demara
brown bread loaf - 800g
5 apples
200g cheese
lettuce
cucumber
margarine - 400g
3kg potatoes
salad cream
mayo
whole chicken 1.3kg
chicken legs (not sure how viable) - 800g
minced pork - 600g
2 large chicken breasts - about 500g
aunt bessies stuffing - about 3 balls
3 minging fish fillets
mixed veg - 300g
brussel sprouts - 300g
onion - 300g
cheese and onion quiche 400g
more fish fillets but are frost bitten at the ends
12 sausages
1 small chicken and veg value pie
1 chicken breast but again very frost bitten.

Thats the amounts there. Any ideas on the frost bitten stuff.

minjara

I do have some spices etc, I have oil spray, veg oil, ginger, ginger powder, garlic, powder, cayenne, paprika, curry, cumin, mix herb, coriander, chilli. salt pepper

Floss

Defrost the frost-bitten fish & make curry with them - you won't notice a bit of freezer damage!

Cut a split into one of the chicken breasts and use the stuffing balls to stuff it - then when cooked slice thinly & serve with plenty of gravy, lots of veg & roast potatoes.

Make lasagnes with the pork mince, cut into portions and freeze.

Do you have to make lunches too?

Also, look in your nearest indian or oriental supermarket for cheap pulses.

gairlochgal

sausage casserole is nice and tasty and you can chuck some of your veggies in - the tinned potatoes too maybe