Store cupboard challenge

Penelope_Penguin

gizmomum wrote: »

Huge apologies for replying so late when you've all helped so much. Am on my mobile so a bit difficult! Sausare meatballs in hm sauce in oven and stretchy chicken at the ready. Thanks again all more when I'm logged on properly x.

Well done :T

Try making "Meatloaf Cacciatore" Slice your loaf and lay in an oven proof dish. Cover with a HM tomato and onion sauce, and cover with grated cheese. Bake until hot through and the cheese has melted.

As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the existing Storecupboard Challenge thread, where you'll get more suggestions, and lots of tips

Penny. x

Ninno820

I am joining is as well - just to make live tougher for me I am also ona Slimming world diet so it has to fit in with teh regime but I think there's enough to keep me going through to Easter at least!!!!!!!

Good luck to everyone.

Lil2002

NualaBuala wrote: »

I had an individual cottage pie tonight and to make the most of the oven being on I baked a Fruit Scone Round. I had a bit after dinner and it was scrummy. There's lots left but knowing me it won't last long!:D

Using up stuff = fab idea, AND I've bookmarked the recipe site - there are some great recipes on there. Of course I have to go buy cranberries now, so not sure if I'm defeating the purpose of the thread. :rotfl:

taplady

A great thread Nuala:T:T:T

You've inspired us all! I'll have a go at a mini version too and try and use up all the odd 'bits' in the freezers but like many of you I'm a sucker for a bargain:D

I'll be reading this thread with interest - good luck to all taking part!:money:

Little_Vics

right - I'm off to Morrisons with a fiver to get as much as I can for the week. Really need some veg! Will post success/failure when I return!

Little_Vics

right, am back having spent £4.48 on enough for packed lunches. Store cupboard and freezer for the rest of the week whether OH likes it or not!

nicki_2

Right, I'm here again. I have full cupboards, full-ish freezer and rather empty fridge except for jars again. I'm looking to replace the fridge/freezer because the fridge part is not happy. It is either too warm or freezes stuff :rolleyes: Its nearly 8 years old and was one of the cheapest so I'm not surprised really

Anyways, to make my life easier and to take advantage of all the bargains I keep finding in Asda, I plan on replacing it with a larder style fridge & larder freezer side-by-side as I need a bigger fridge anyway. They're going to cost £386 including delivery from Argos so I plan on putting the money away each week thats left over from my grocery budget (£30 including cleaning & toiletries) into an account until I can afford to pay for another way other than my credit card There's only me and DD, and I'm a big fan of stews for the week in the slowcooker over winter so this should prove fairly easy to do.

Right, as well as dessert things (jelly, custard, frozen fruit) we have:

Freezer:
Puff Pastry (340g x 2)
Tofu - Firm silken style 349g x 3
Burnt Bread Rolls
Wholemeal Tortillas (8 pack)
Garlic Tortillas (8 pack)
Beef Mince - 907g
Pork fillet - 557g (have apple juice frozen to cook this in )
Breaded Cod Fillets x 4 Haddock fillets x 4
Tuna Steaks
Prawns 160g
King Prawns 160g
Chips - 1 meals worth
Chicken Breasts x 4
Sausage x 6
Cauliflower 907g
Chopped Cabbage 750g
Diced Onions <1kg
Sprouts
Chickpeas 500g
Peas <907g
Baby carrots <1kg
Sweetcorn <907g
Sliced Mushrooms <500g
Casserole mix x2 bags (2 meals per bag)

Fridge:
9 eggs
Pur!ed Garlic
Pur!ed Ginger
Pur!ed Chilli
Tomato Puree (jar)
Tuna Chunks in brine x 2 tins
Mustard
Mayo

Cupboard:
Mixed fruit
Pizza base mix
Red split lentils
Instant curry sauce
Fajitas sachet
Chicken Casserole mix
Chicken Chasseur mix
Sausage Casserole mix
Instant Mash (2 meals worth)
New Potatoes 1 tin & leftover in fridge
Baked Beans
Lasagne Sheets - 250g pack
Cous Cous Plain - 1kg
Soya Mince - 300g
Boil in the bag rice x6 packets
Kidney beans
Roast veg cous cous x 2 sachets
Coriander & lemon Cous cous x 2 sachets
Spring roll wrappers (12 sheets)
Chopped Tomatoes
Passata
Pasta
Potatoes

I also have a selection of baking items, various herbs & spices including balsamic, red wine vinegar, Worcestershire sauce

Trying to work out some new meals from it. I know there's meals easily there, but I'm sick of eating the same meals all the time Anyone any ideas of what I can do with the tofu? DD's not keen on it, so while shes away I'll have it for meals...;)

NualaBuala

Oooh, thanks for all the replies - you're really keeping me motivated!:T Will reply properly later but for now, here's what I've got in stock. Sorry for the long list - I didn't know how to insert a table.

Cupboards
Tinned plum tomatoes x 7 & 1 carton chopped tomatoes
Jar passata x 2
1 tin mixed beans, 1 tin kidney beans, 1 tin chickpeas, 1 tin baked beans
1 tin rice pudding
1 tin spaghetti
Tin tuna x 7, tin sardines in tomato sauce x 2
Tin water chestnuts x 3, 1 tin sweetcorn (small)
1 tin value new potatoes ("for emergencies")
1 tin value curry sauce
1 tin pears
1 jar Uncle Ben’s chilli sauce
Jars pasta sauce x 6
Tinned soup (1 consomme & 2 minestrone)
Pouch microwavable pasta sauce x 3
1 packet oxtail soup
Dried skimmed milk
1 tin condensed mushroom soup (got it to make some kind of tuna thing)
Jar pickled onions x 2
Pesto (1 tomato, 1 basil)
Jar marmalade
1 packet chicken noodle soup
Sachet turkey gravy mix
Flour (plain, wholemeal, small bit of SR)
Bread soda, Baking powder, tartaric acid,
Cornflour
Sugar (caster & brown)
Packet of bread mix
Oil (olive, sesame, rapeseed)
Soy sauce, Worcester sauce, vinegar (malt, distilled, rice & balsamic),
Honey
HP sauce, tomato ketchup
Peanut butter
Mixed whole nuts, raisins, chopped mixed nuts, walnuts, pine nuts
Alfalfa seeds (for sprouting)
Dried mushrooms (small packet)
Small cans ginger ale x 6
UHT milk x 3
Teabags (rooibos, ordinary and a few other herbal ones), jar instant coffee, bovril, Drinking chocolate
Red wine, mulled wine (don't really drink any more but would use the red wine in bolognaise unless I'm led astray :rotfl:)
Pasta: wholegrain spaghetti (500g), wholegrain fusilli (1.5kg), 1 pack lasagne, small bit white penne
Rice – basmati, wholegrain, long grain
Quinoa (never sure what to do with it. Have only used it once in a lentil/quinoa salad)
Small bit dried soup mix
1 portion medium egg noodles
Porridge oats
Lentils
Ryvita
1 packet instant noodles
1 packet dried mashed potato (also for emergencies)
Carrs melt crackers (I think they’re stale)
Crisps, chocolate, packet of biscuits
Microwave popcorn sachets x 3
Strawberry dessert mix
Sugar free jelly x 2
Mini marshmallows (small packet – enough for hot choc)
Small pot custard x 7
Squeezy condensed milk (don't know what I was thinking - no idea what to use it for)
Golden syrup and treacle
Tapioca (I love milk puddings)
6 squares cooking chocolate
Chocolate spread (a bit old but am sure I can use it somehow)

Herbs/Spices
Paprika
Fajita spice mix
Mixed herbs
Ground ginger
Ground cumin
Ground coriander
Caraway seeds
Fenugreek
Turmeric
Veg stock cubes
Vanilla extract
Black peppercorns
Nutmeg
Salt
Chilli
Harissa powder
oregano
chilli powder
Chinese 5 spice
Cajun seasoning
Piri Piri
Mixed spice
Cloves
Hot paprika
Cinnamon

Fridge / fresh stuff
Butter (~400g)
Eggs x 4
Cheddar cheese (~500g)
Jar olives
Mustard (English, wholegrain, Dijon)
Tomato puree
1L Milk
Baby new potatoes (1kg)
Onions (~750g)
Stork marg (1/2 tub)
Mint sauce
Tartare sauce
Lemon juice
Bananas x 9
Kiwi fruit x 2
Garlic
Mushrooms (not looking great but will use them tonight)
Carrots (2kg and a few limp old ones that will become soup)
Jar jalapenos
Fruit yoghurts x 13
Salad cream
Celery – 1 head
Pickled gherkins
Jar capers
Ginger – small bit
Lime – has seen better days
Grapes
Apples x 4
1/2 jar Patak's Balti paste

Freezer
Rainbow trout fillets x 2
Cod fillets x 3
Pizza x 2
Fish fingers x 7
Minced beef (450g) x 2
Organic chicken legs x 4
Frozen veg: peas, spinach, broccoli, Stir-fry mix
Frozen mash
Soya mince (450g)
Frozen lasagne x 1 (single portion)
Milk (1L)
Breaded fish fillets x 3
Bread (1/4 loaf)
Ice pops (~3)
Frozen chips
Frozen mixed berries (1/2 a bag left)
Sausages (~6)
Diced turkey breast (enough to make about 3 – 4 portions of curry)
Bag frozen white rice (got it for 1c but keep forgetting to use it)

TudorRose

A great thread. I too am a singleton with a freezer & cupboards bursting at the seams with 'bargains'.

I have been thinking of eating through as much as posssible before Christmas & seeing that I am not alone has inspired me to try my best.

Personally I put down my hoarding instincts down to my mother who never forgot WWW11 rationing.

nopot2pin

What a cracking thread
And something I should definately be doing too
I might give it a go

NualaBuala wrote: »

we should start Tinned Tomatoes Anonymous!:D

Yes... I think I need to join this

JackieO wrote: »

Any one for a pilchard sandwich ? I have six tins of the blooming things 'just in case' of WW.3 or a world shortage of pilchards

Tinned mackeral, in tomatoe sauce, is my WW3 "just in case" :rotfl: