Store cupboard challenge

Tashja

Thank you all x

Some excellent ideas and I cant wait to try them !!

xx

patchwork_cat

sunshine6650 wrote: »

Hello Guys.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!

Well i spent 2 hours this morning clearing cupboards in kitchen. To be honest a big shock & kick up the bum, i threw away prob 60% if not more of Out of date etc..i have teeny kitchen with floor space of prob double bed size, about 4 cupboards!!

i have 2 slow cookers, steamer etc, plan to make from scratch & start making soups etc..

Sauces
Jamie Oliver garlic & chilli pesto
large sweet chilli & garlic sauce
Crushed tom & basil sauce
red lasagna sauce
spicey tom pasta bake
3 x soffitto red chilli base sauce (to be added to stuff)
chicken & leek bake mix
chilli mix
rogan josh paste
tikka masala paste - these are OOD dec 09, but could be made & frozen.
cheese sauce mix
sauage cass mix

Tins
veg gravy
gravy
chicken soup
tom soup
sweetcorn
butter beans
hot dogs
sweet & sour chicken
indian style beans
mushy peas
6 x tuna
chopped toms

extras
stuffing mix
custard mix
crumble mix
small amount red lentils
poppadoms
fajita kit
chick peas
nuts (left over from xmas)
popcorn
biscuits
rice
pasta
lasagna sheets
cinnamon sticks, whole cumin, crushed chillies,garam masala,dried mixed herbs,salt,origano,rosemary,black pepper,
olive oil
balsamic vinegar
ketchup, brown sauce,salad cream
tabasco sauce

freezer
2 x chinese turkey steak
2 x ostrich burgers
1 portion chicken breasts
3x small lamb braising chops
3 x namn breads
1xready spag carbanara
1xchciken tika masala
4xbags bacon
2xcurry
lots turkey slices from christmas!
2xrasberries
2xham- left over from xmas!
3xfozen mash- left over from xmas
frozen sliced mushrooms
frsh broccoli
1 bag cooked carrots-left from xmas!
peas
peppers
sweetcorn
frozen roast-left over from xmas!
veg mix
cooked butter nut squash -left from xmas!
stuffing
pork loin joint
chips

fridge

whole chillis
frsh garlic
sun dried tom

usual- milk, butter etc!

This isnt everything but the majority, have pop,squash,wine,beer etc..

I have more ideas even looking at the list bu ive put in red anything i need major help with but i could do with recipes for any of it!

We are just 2 adults, like most things (can adapt most as OH hates fish!)
we love take aways & eating out but want to have these as treats!

I know i have to buy the ususal, yogs,bread etc
Dont mind buying chicken breasts & staple things to hold it all together!!

Im determined this year ill eat healthy,save money & be happy!

Thank you all so much.
x

Just thought I would mention for anyone that doesn't know . BEST BEFORE usually doesn't mean that the item has gone off, but it may not be at it's best, but is usually safe to eat after this date. USE BY dates are for safety reasons and food should not be consumed after this date here .Thrown away plenty of things, in my time ,that would have been fine if only I had known

skaps

I have just put the white stilton with apricot twists in the oven and i also have made a cake using my wensleydale cheese with cranberries see link
http://www.wensleydale.co.uk/cheeses/recipes/real_yorkshire_wensleydale_with_cranberries_apple_cake. This was one of the nicest cakes i have made.
Loving this store cupboard challenge its making me think mopre creatively about food :j and also save money

lynzpower

Wow let us know what that cake is like, sounds wonderful. Id have never of thought of a sweet dish for it :j

We are now back and I am now equipped with 2 brand new flasks. Im in the office all day tomorrow so wont need them as I am cooking lunch ( jamie beef & cheese pie, roasted veg, peas) I have whipped up a quick jamaican ginger loaf cake which Ive tasted and is fab ( from the new Reggae reggae book.

Tonight we are having chicken burgers ( HM) with HM oven chips. Tomorrow we will use the lettuce by having Peri chicken ( from freezer) and frying with some veg and having fajitas with sour cream. I want to spend as little time in the Kitchen as poss- its freezing down there!

When I can bear to stand in the Kitchen for more than 5 mins I need to empty out all stores and start planning it in.

Shortie

Evening (sorry, morning ) all

After a bit of a blunder with the roast dinner meat (we pulled something out thinging it was a decent roasting joint...) we ended up with roast veg and potatoes with sausages.

We now have 3 really fat, decent butchers sausages left and I'm out of inspiration. My first thoughts were a sausage pasta bake - any other ideas anyone could throw at me please? It's for 2 adult, a 6 year old and 2 year old

Thank you

viv0147

I think you may find this site of interest to you, put in the stock you have in fridge/freezer and cupboards and it will give you many recipes, have fun. Viv
http://www.cookingbynumbers.com

hotcookie101

Shortie wrote: »

Evening (sorry, morning ) all

After a bit of a blunder with the roast dinner meat (we pulled something out thinging it was a decent roasting joint...) we ended up with roast veg and potatoes with sausages.

We now have 3 really fat, decent butchers sausages left and I'm out of inspiration. My first thoughts were a sausage pasta bake - any other ideas anyone could throw at me please? It's for 2 adult, a 6 year old and 2 year old

Thank you

I love making sausage meatballs-remove the meat from skin, form into little balls and fry with sliced onions, add a couple tins tomatoes, some peppers and simmer until sauce reduced. Serve with pasta, or mix with cooked pasta, top with cheese and bake (making meatballs from the sausages makes the portions seem more generous )

Maisie_M

Hi

I am going to join up with this as my cupboards and freezers are well stocked (read overstocked lol). I have done an inventory of all the kitchen cupboards, my fridge freezer and the cupboard under the stairs (like a pantry as its lovely and cool in the summer and winter) and have loads of things that have BBE in either 2009 or early 2010. The chest freezer in the garage has yet to be inventoried but I will hopefully get that done on Thursday.

My plan is to try and eat as much as I can from the freezers and cupboards but I will buy bargins if I see them as in the long term they are savings.

Today I took a portion of HM curry for me and HM curry for DS from the freezer for tea tonight. I also used up a tin of soup for lunch from the cupboard. But I added in some bargins from Sainsbugs today to the freezer in the garage but as I haven't inventoried that yet I'm not counting it lol .

I am going to try and do a meal plan later and see what I can use up this week.

I also have some veg in the fridge which I need to cook off before it goes off so will do that when I am doing the tea tonight and then it can be frozen in portions for nights when I am working.

jtb2412

Hi all,

Back with you all after the Christmas break. Got lots I need to use up in the freezer/storecupboard :rolleyes: so aiming to make some space over the next few weeks.

I used up some glace cherries and almonds leftover from making the xmas cake yesterday and made some individual cherry and almond cup cakes. I had to freeze most of them to make sure I didn't eat them all in one go :eek: ! hahaha :rotfl:

I've also got some stem ginger in a pot - does anyone know how long it will keep? Or any ideas what I can make with it? All suggestions welcomed :beer:

I'll try and read back over the thread this evening once kiddies have gone to bed - clootie dumpling is on the recipe for tomorrow - best only have a small piece though, I think it's rather fattening and I'm back on WW diet so trying to be good .

Long_tall_sally

Felt quite pleased with myself yesterday as we used up a jar of hotdog sausages for lunch that had been lurking in the cupboard since goodness knows when and then I concucted my own beef stir fry from the left over beef from News Year Day. I asked my oh whether he wanted the beef accompanied with rice noodles which were 2 months out of date or egg noodles that were in date & he said the egg noodles, definitely. I then had a rethink and said "forget that I asked that actually. We ARE having the out of date rice noodles!" Which we did, which were fine and which he ate!