Store cupboard challenge

Cat_Addict

It's easy to make room for a slow cooker with a bit of shuffling around. I made room for my 6.5L crockpot and it has pride of place by the toaster. The £10 would be a good place to start but there are also some cracking deals on Amazon. You're just cooking for two of you right? In which case the 3.5L one will be okay. Families often need something bigger.

hannamint

yeah just the two. yeah i have an incredibly small kitchen though. not much surface space. will have to move some of the wedding stuff from my shelves and put it up there. only problem is, i might not use it then.

hey i had my tea ready for when i got home today, he'd made it for me. it was a healthy living ready meal but it did mean a lot cuz it'd been a rubbish day at work. Only for me to take it out the microwave and spill half the contents out of it. :-( wasn't happy.

Worked till 10pm the other night, and he made me my tea that night too. i think i'm a lucky lady this week

bibbly

Instead of doing my own meal plan (which always seem to be quite boring!) I thought I'd set a challenge! Below I have listed what I have in my cupboard/freezer. I have 3 children who although not fussy, don't eat spicy food. Anyone fancy a go at doing me a meal plan for Monday - Sunday?

(Hope this isn't against any rules, and really, I'm not being lazy, just want some fresh ideas!!)

So, there's 1 adult and 3 children - they have school dinners so meals don't have to be massive. Also, I have a budget of £25 to buy meat/veg.

MY LIST

2 x tins baked beans
1 x jar chilli sauce (very mild!)
4 x tuna tins
5 x sausages
Lots of cheese! Some edam, some cheddar.
Lots of lentils (but they won't eat lentil soup!)
1 pack bacon
Pack of frozen sweetcorn
Half pack of frozen peas
Pack frozen chips
Ciabatta bread
4 x portions of frozen spag bol (so that's one easy meal!!)

I have general stuff in the cupboards but no eggs. Have pasta, rice, spaghetti and a pasta sauce.

Will be great to get some fresh ideas. (Oh, and sorry to make it more difficult but I work full days on Tues/Weds/Thurs so these days it has to be very easy!!)

x

MRSMCAWBER

Ok... here is a start ....

1. Spag bol -obviously
2. Tuna/sweetcorn pasta bake
3. boston beans -using the sausages cut up , 1 tin beans, the chilli sauce -you could do it with rice or with bread/jackets,-can be made the night before and warmed up after work
4. ciabbatta pizzas using cheese, tom puree veggies
5. jackets with bacon n cheese served with beans -you could do the jackets and stuff them with bacon/cheese the day befroe and re-heat after work

Well that would use some of what you have in up

Patchwork_Quilt

The surprise of last week was dahl. There are some lovely recipes somewhere on the OS bit but we just cooked the lentils as the packet directed and meanwhile, chopped a couple of onions into rings and fried them in 2 tablespoons of oil. Then, when they were brown, we added 1/2 tsp each of chilli, turmeric, coriander and cumin. Stir in 1 tablespoon tomato puree and serve over the dahl, on top of basmati rice. Everyone liked it.

angelnikki

how about...

1. baked bean chilli and rice
2. jacket potato with either tuna+sweetcorn or boston baked beans (using beans and bacon)
3. tuna pasta bake
4. sausage jambalaya (sausages, chopped tomatoes, onion, red pepper, peas, sweetcorn and rice)
5. cheats moussaka (layer the bolognaise with parboiled sliced potatoes and top with a cheese sauce)
6. lentil bolognaise (lentils, onion, red pepper, tom puree, chopped toms)
7. cheesy ciabbatta pizzas

Auntie_Noo

1. Lasagne:- How about stretching 2 portions of spag bol with lentils and then making into a lasagne (or pasta layer bake) with a cheese sauce made from the cheddar?
2:-Potato bake - layers of sliced potato, onion and red lentils, season to taste, stock to about 3/4 depth of layers (an oxo cube is fine or something bit more tasty if you have it) bake moderate oven (160 -180) for a good hour with a lid, remove lid check spuds are soft, if so just pop back in for 15 mins without lid to brown top . Most of the water should be absorbed by the lentils, so it's kinda like a stock version of dauphinoise potatoes - not so fattening!!
3. I was going to say toad in the hole with the sausages but then read the "No Eggs" part, so I second Mrs M's boston beans (which acutally sounds nicer anyway!!)

4. I don't like tuna so can't help a lot with that, but I guess, jacket Spuds with tuna mayo, or tuna pasta bake.

5. Yep I was going to say ciabatta pizzas, but I'd use some of the bacon on them too!

6. Pasta in cheese and bacon sauce with sweetcorn and peas........ like a carbonara but with a few veg.

7. stir fry anything that's left!!

6.

Penelope_Penguin

bibbly wrote: »

Instead of doing my own meal plan (which always seem to be quite boring!) I thought I'd set a challenge!

Have you taken a look at the weekly Mealpland thread? There are hundreds of meal ideas there, and if you ask nicely people will be sure to share their recipes.

I'll add this to the existing Storecupbaord Challenge thread

Penny. x

xxbabyxflutterbyxx

Hi, Im new to this thread, Iv been reading this thread for the past 2 days (and nights lol). I did an inventory of what is in my freezer/cupboards etc (although iv just realised i forgot to do the fridge lol)

Ill list it here sorry its quite a long one. There is Myself and OH, ED (10) ED#2 (8) and YS (9mos). Im hoping to not buy anything except fresh veg and fruit etc and flour etc for baking, at all this month (well Feb) as I normally spend 300 ish a month and want to use 250 of that to clear most of a Gas debt lol.

Here goes::rotfl:

FREEZER

1 x Pack of liver
1 x Beef dripping, from joint last week
20 x crumpets
1 x pancakes
5 x pork chops
2 x huge sausge and onion pie (reduced to 40p each BARGAIN!!)
4 x Choc chip muffins
4 x apple and cinnamon hot cross buns
7 x mini pizzas
1 x pk black pudding slices (for OH ick!!)
1 x pork shoulder joint
1 x huge pork joint
50 x mini sausage rolls
10 x vegetable fingers
18 x HM fairy cakes
12 x Tesco fairycakes
1 x margarine
1 x casserole steak
6 x Lamb chops
1x quiche (courtesy of Mom )
1 x bag cooked rice
pack of Billy Bear ham ( was reduced,)
2 x beef steaks
1 x pk shortcrust pastry
4 x chicken sarnies
1 x HM lasagne using meat free mince and various veg
1 x HM chilli type lasagne as above

SAVOURY CUPBOARD

3 x bags pearl barley
2 x boxes Blancmange
8 x (ish) bags pasta
2 x box teabags
1 x carton blueberry soup ( from ikea)
5 x tom soup
1 x tikka sauce
2 x pasta sauce
1 1/2 large tin beans
1 x s.corn
1 x chicken and pasta soup
2 x cream of mushroom soup
2 x minestrone soup
1 x tuna
1 x steak and ale pie
1 x peas and carrots tin
1 x tinned garden peas large
1 x chopped toms
Loads of herbs
Pepper and salt
red lentils
chilli powder (only OH likes it)
1 x brown sauce
2 x ketchup
1 x American mustard
OXO beef, veg and chicken about 30 altogether
orange essence
vanilla extract
almond essence
peppermint essence
1/4 tub gravy
4 x bags Orzo
1 x grain mustard
1 x soy sauce
1 x vinegar
2 x dried onions packs
1 x dried veg pks
3 x pizza base mix
2 x stuffing
3 x lasagne sheet packs
2 x cafetiere coffee
3/4 bag popcorn kernels
custard x 2 pks
15 x batter mixes lol
1 x cheese and broc pasta n sauce
1 x french onion soup dried pk
2 x sausage cass mix
1 x fajita mix
4 x oxo minted lamb gravy pk
1 x chicken supreme pk
1 x onion sauce


SWEET CUPBOARD

1 x dried mixed fruit
1 x orange jelly
1 1/2 icing sugar
1 x sugar
various cake sprinkles etc
large tub angel delight
1 x brown sugar
4 x mini pks of polish muesli ( 19p at tesco gd for packup)
2 x sheep and pig shaped cookie/biscuit things lol
3 x malt loaf
2 x tins custard
1 x tub dessicated coconut
cinnamon - loads
cinnamon sugar
2 x large lemon juice
mixed spice
nutmeg and fresh
choc drops
golden syrup
lemon curd
choc shake
marshmallows - little ones
bicarb and baking powder
cloves
6 x bouquet garni
2 x angel delight sachets
1 x choc sponge mix
2 x jelly
1 x fudge brownie mix
1 x cherry muffin mix
1 x apple muffin mix ( ok these are emergency packup things lol)


FRIDGE

Off top off my head

Mozzarella
Cheddar
red leicester
dbl gloucester
4pt milk
4 x leeks
2 x carrots
6 x onions
15-20 x yoghurts/f frais
various, lemon curd, jarred beetroot etc in door
chopped cucumber, s.corn etc in pots
tomatoes - handful small ones
thats all i can think of
oh yh a HM rhubarb crumble
4 x sticky toffee puds
long spag ( no room in cupboard lol )
8 x kiwis
6 x lemons and 4 x limes all looking bit sad
5 x passion fruit

OK i didnt realise there was that much, I plan on spending £50, this food and the £50 has to last us from now until 10th March. Obv will have to spend another £20 or so on baby formula.

mardatha

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