Store cupboard challenge

katycocoa

Think I will do this as well. My freezer has been rammed for some time. To put leftovers in I have to take something else out - usually whatever is at the top. Will organise myself later.

Good thread

the_cat

Oh I so need to do this!!

Trouble is I keep seeing reduced stuff when I go for fresh fruit and veg or milk and it gets filled up again. Not sure I could bear to walk past........

beemuzed

My chest freezer is so full I can't get anything else in...and it's really hard finding things as it means taking loads of stuff out first. I so ought to join in with this...but am finding it very hard to get motivated to do anything. Perhaps tomorrow...

evilwitch

I need to do this. We're emigrating in July so have to empty the freezer. Will have to get in gear and make a list rather than just scratching the top and finding nothing but frozen peas!

Trinny

Hi All

Have decided to combine emptying the freezer with trying to avoid visiting the supermarket for the month of May. Have decided to try to cook with the freezer contents in mind for every meal.

Does anyone want to join me?

Trin

queen_of_string

LIke evil witch I am emigrating this yr, Hopefully in October, I will post my freezer list later, but I have had a list on the front of the fridge for over 3 months now, been updating it and trying to get it down ( it's mahoosive) but failing badly. I have been much too tempted by whoopsies, maybe posting in here will help. I know I have at least 50 meals in there for the two of us and thats not including whats in the cupboards. It simply has to go as throwing stuff out when I move would be heartbreaking.

crockpot

I have found a bag of med chargrilled veg in the bottom of the chest freezer and was thinking of doing a lasagne with it. It was cheap at Aldi!

But do you think I need to cook it first or just make the lasagne and then cook it whole? just going to layer with chopped toms and put grated cheese on top as i am doing slimming world.

Thanks

raphanius

I really need to do this too I have two freezers, one chest and one upright. I found some meat this morning in the bottom of the upright and when I had knocked off some of the ice I found out it was pork chops!:p they both need defrosting but I've got to break my addiction to buying whoopsied meat cos when I cook it it multiplies into meals and they take up even more freezer space :eek:

contents of chest freezer

[STRIKE]12 cumberland sausages[/STRIKE]
1.2 kg chicken drumsticks and thighs
2 cumberland sausage rings
560g pork loin steaks
600g stewing lamb
[STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]1 packs of wraps[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]900g chicken thighs[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]1 large m&s sticky toffee pudding[/STRIKE]
500g turkey mince
1 whole chicken
[STRIKE]450g quorn mince[/STRIKE]
6 pork and leek sausages
700g chicken drumsticks and thighs
500g butter beans
[STRIKE]450g salmon[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]240g lean chicken breast[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]5[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2 iceland cook from frozen chicken fillets[/STRIKE]
250g adzuki beans
1 portion microwave rice
3kg beef mince

contents of upright freezer

[STRIKE]12[/STRIKE] 8 iceland potato waffles
[STRIKE]35[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]25[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]15[/STRIKE] 10 [STRIKE]iceland chicken dippers[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]6[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]4[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2 iceland battered fish fillets[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]500g[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]300g[/STRIKE] 100g peas
[STRIKE]4 iceland cook from frozen chicken fillets[/STRIKE]
500g petit pois
[STRIKE]300g potato smiles[/STRIKE]
16 pork sausages
6 salmon fillets
[STRIKE]500g[/STRIKE] 2 white fish fillets
[STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]1 quarter pound beefburger[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]1 m&s kids meal - sausage and mash[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]16[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]13[/STRIKE] 9 youngs fish fingers
[STRIKE]2 hm chicken balti[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]4[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]3[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] 1 hm chilli
[STRIKE]1[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]3[/STRIKE] 2 hm bolognese
[STRIKE]13[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]11[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]10[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]8[/STRIKE] 7 chicken stock
[STRIKE]1 hm carrot and coriander soup[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]1 hm vegetable soup[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]3 hm fish cakes[/STRIKE]
2 hm cauliflower cheese
[STRIKE]350g[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]200g iceland chicken strippers[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] 1 hm pork casserole
[STRIKE]3[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]1 hm minestrone soup[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] 1 700g minced beef
[STRIKE]5[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]4[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]3[/STRIKE] 2 hm yam soup
[STRIKE]1 leftover tuna, pea and bean pasta sauce[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]3[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]1 hm minestrone soup[/STRIKE]
6 hm chicken & veg soup
[STRIKE]4[/STRIKE] 2 hm lasagne
200g fish bits
4 hm chicken madras

Tins

[STRIKE]1 condensed milk[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]4[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]3[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]1 tuna[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]2 pear halves[/STRIKE]
3 sliced peaches
6 kidney beans
[STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] 1 heinz tomato soup
2 heinz oxtail soup
1 butter beans
3 coconut milk
[STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] 1 cannellini beans
[STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] 1 adzuki beans
1 tesco value curry
[STRIKE]1 campbells concentrated celery soup[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]1 sweetcorn[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]1 pineapple slices[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]3[/STRIKE] 2 mushy peas
1 rice pudding
2 grapefruit pieces
[STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] 1 baked beans
[STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]1 chopped tomatoes[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]1 black eyed beans[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]1 haricot beans[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]3[/STRIKE] 2 tuna

freakyogre

crockpot wrote: »

I have found a bag of med chargrilled veg in the bottom of the chest freezer and was thinking of doing a lasagne with it. It was cheap at Aldi!

But do you think I need to cook it first or just make the lasagne and then cook it whole? just going to layer with chopped toms and put grated cheese on top as i am doing slimming world.

Thanks

Mmm, that sounds yummy! Do you still use mince, or is the veg/tomatoes in place of meat?

Not sure about cooking it first, sorry. It might go mushy if overcooked, but then again it might go mushy if not cooked!

queen_of_string

BREAD

1 pk small white rolls
1pk white pitta
1wholemeal loaf
3 cinnamon bagels
1pk dinner rolls
1puff pastry
1 cake for trifle
3 white loaves
1 brown rolls
1chapatis
½ brown seeded loaf
1 ciabatta
Gingerbread mix

SOUPS AND SAUCES
3 elderflower cordial
1 tomato pasta sauce
1hm veg soup
1hm beetroot soup
3 hm soup
1 duck stock

MEAT AND FISH
1 pk white fish
1 fruit del mar
1 curry meal
1 smoked salmon and blinis
2 lamb casserole
1 cooked chicken carcass
2 pks smoked mackerel
1 bacon bits
1 tuna steak
2 bags lamb mince
1 pk chicken thighs
½ lamb shoulder
2 pk salmon
2 burgers
2 pork chops
3 packs of sausages
4 pks sandwich meat
1stk pie
1 stk and pot pie
1 chicken and bacon pie
1 sausage and onion pie
12 chicken breasts
1 fish pie
1 swedish meatballs
4 pasties
4 hollands pies
1 bacon
1 beef mince

DESSERTS
1 pk soleros
2 icecream
1blackberries
1 ½ raspberries
1 mini xmas puds
Cheescake

VEG
Grn beans
Spinach
Mixed peppers
Sweetcorn
Brocolli
Cauliflower

MISC
Basil
Coriander
Dill
Rosemary
sage
Tarragon
Thyme
Chillis
3 milk
5 bananas

There we go.

This week we are having sandwiches for lunch or left overs, using the sandwich meat then the sausages.
We are having/have had in no particular order: baked pots with smoked salmon and sour cream (salmon was a new addition due to being on a fab offer in Mr T ), pie and wedges, seafood risotto, chicken tortillas (HM), sausage, stuffing and puff pastry lattice (HM), mince cobbler, plus assorted veggies and salad.

Sadly, at least 2 of the things on my list are new to the freezer this week :-S .

Ooh and I made mango cobbler yesterday, but that's storecuboards and that's another list/thread all together :-S