Store cupboard challenge

fedupandskint

Hello everyone,

Just completed my freezer inventory at last - ho hum that's a lot and stuffed full!

First drawer of panrty completed - how did I end up with 3 full bottles of ground mace???? What on earth am I going to do with these?

Anyway just wanted to share a recipe with you I've just made from the storecupboard supplementing an ingredient or to with what I have in.

Nigella's Museli from Feast

oats
mixed nuts
sunflower seeds - I used up some old ones I had for ages and then made the rest of the weight up with flaked almonds
Sultanas - I'm using dried mixed fruit
Brown sugar

really easy to make and will store in an air tight container to have with milk or yoghurt.

plsplshelpme

Went to M&S recently and got a chicken worth £8.50 in the two dine for £10 veg and a desert and .wine served 4 for sunday dinner. The left over chicken did three more meals. Made chicken supreme.then put scraps into stir fry then the bones made soup. What a bargain we had friends for dinner on sunday and used the leftovers for the rest.

Hawthorn

thanks for that fedupandskint - I have most of that stuff to hand, and DH loves his muesli

I just did an inventory too. I'm ITCHING to put a shop in (well, it has been over a week now LOL) but we're erm, actually very ok. Put it this way, when it came to checking out the freezer, I was actually laughing because I thought we were in dire need of more stuff. If I said I found ten whole chickens in there, and that's the tip of the iceberg.....:rotfl:

I might just do an 'offer shop' this week I can't NOT do a food shop. It makes me all antsy.

paigexstewart

Trying to use up the things in my cupboard.

Any Ideas?

Gelatine
Yeast
300g cooking chocolate
Baking powder
Bi-Carb
1k plain flour
1k self-raising flour

Thanks

oliveoyl

Pizza bases with the plain flour and yeast.

Chocolate cake with SR flour and chocolate.

Cheesecake with fruit in a thick jelly/syrup on top with gelatine... or a mousse, or just a jelly.

Butterfly_Brain

Soda Bread with the plain flour and bicab, chocolate cake or vanilla sponge or even sponge drops - they go down a treat in my house

JulieM

Flour - it's pancake day next week!

Floxxie

Hi all,

I've started this new thread at the fear of taking over the Grocery Challenge with my lists. I've done an inventory of the contents of my cupboards and really need to clear these (or at least use and reduce them) so I can start proper meal planning without things going off or out of date. (I really want to use up the herbs,spices, and dried stuff essentially).

My problem is is that I just don't have the imagination or skills to work out a menu from things that are not already in my freezer/fridge. I tend to buy ingredients in according to the recipes but then don't have another recipe or idea to use up the remainder of the stuff.

I have a £200 budget but this includes nappies (1 is in reusables) and wipes, washing and cleaning products. I buy free range only.

I am feeding 2 adults and 3 children (11 months old, 3 and 8).

Can you help me use/reduce my cupboard contents?

Floxxie

Floxxie

Freezer:
vanilla icecream
1 1/2 bags of rustic chips
30 fish fingers
500g minced beef
12 sausages
chicken stock
2 x potato and leek soup
frozen sweetcorn, cauliflower, broccoli, beans and peas
frozen mixed fruit

tins/packets:
instant chicken noodles
passata
6 x chopped tomatoes
kidney beans
coconut milk
tomato & chilli pasta sauce
2 x mincemeat
1 x ham
2 x couscous (spiced)

fridge:
mayonnaise
strawberry jam
horseradish
tomato sauce
lemon juice
orange juice
cheese
butter
yeast
milk
15 carrots

dried foods:
cannelloni
porridge oats
risotto rice
pasta
polenta
rice
brown rice
red lentils
soup mix
dried haricot beans

herbs/spices:
chilli powder
paprika
cloves
thyme
ground nutmeg
ground mixed spice
garlic salt
black peppercorns
dried mixed herbs
vayenne pepper
ground cumin
ground white pepper
basil
mixed herbs
sesame seeds
rock salt
bay leaves
beff stock cube (1)
3 chicken stock cubes
light olive oil
golden syrup
horseradish sauce
honey
dijon mustard
herbs de provence
white balsamic
red wine vinegar
cider vinegar
mustard powder
sea salt

plain flour
baking powder
bicarb of soda
strong white bread flour
sugar

Pink.

Hi Floxxie,

You have plenty in and lots of variety that should keep you going for a while. These are some things that jump out at me:

The tomatoes, minced beef, tomatoes could be used to bulk cook a bolognese sauce or add kidney beans to make a chilli.

The frozen veg could be used with the pasta to make a pasta bake using some of the cheese and herbs to make a cheese sauce.

Again use the veg with the chicken stock to make soup or use them with sausages and tinned tomatoes/passata to make a sausage casserole.

Gammon, cook on the hob or in a slow cooker if you have one, then serve as a meal, use any leftovers for sandwiches or re-freeze for a second meal and use the stock to make soup.

You might find some ideas in the current store cupboard challenge where people post their cupboard contents and others help by coming up with ideas for using up the food?


Store cupboard challenge

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the replies together.

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