Store cupboard challenge

RuthG

Cant get out due to excessive snow fall, so will have to do store cupboard meals all weekend, unless I can persuade OH to go out for me

So, used up the last of the old loaf and made sandwiches with grated cheese, mixed with Worcester sauce and then toasted.

Not sure what we will have for tonight's dinner, but there is sure to be something in the freezer or cupboard. I seem to hoard things as if we are going to have a food shortage or something. Still, comes in handy when we have weather like this!!

lynzpower

What you got in Ben?

I have dug out a pack of mince and Im going to make my ( getting famous!) mexican chilli & bean soup. :drool: With the last of OHs tortillas he made- I might grate a bit of cheese and make a quick quesadilla to go with it. Its so so so cold that this is what is needed. Ohs staying in bed and Ive jsut returned from the dentist :eek: my whole mouth tastes of "dentist" disgusting. I cant really eat much so it will have to be something like a soup in any case.

For tea I might make mexican meatballs with the rest of the mince there are peppers in and onions- we have all we need.

Might do some baking this afternoon- I feel the need to have the oven on to slightly thaw out the kitchen :rotfl:

flossyblog

roasted Okra

http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2006/08/roasted-okra.html

with the pulses I would make soups. fry some onion, garlic add veg if desired and whichever bean you fancy

RuthG

I have defrosted some belly pork pieces, so will make casserole; or might keep it till tomorrow and make omlette tonight, with some chips from the freezer. Then the stew/casserole can do double duty and I can have the leftovers for lunch on Monday.

Long_tall_sally

I've managed to use some veg in the fridge to make a spicy carrot & lentil soup and also a turkey & sweetcorn soup. The recipe for this one also required a bit of Nam Pla sauce & Chilli dipping sauce (see previous posts) so that's a massive 2 tbsp of each used from both of those! I also used some out of date gluten free mix with some very, very out of date mixed fruit to make some scones and having just eaten one, I am very pleased to say that they taste lovely! Tonight going to try some prawns with my bottle of satay dipping sauce.

lynzpower

A very oriental store cupboard there utilising that dipping sauce Sally!

I have a chicken & Sweetcorn soup I made with rubber chicken in the freezer, I have to say its fantastic. Such a great recipe for store cupboard ingredients!!

The mince is definitely not defrosted so we have a pizza base in the BM with a view to makign a pizza with cheddar, passata, mushrooms onions, sweetcorn & chorizo :drool: Theres a bit of B&B pudding left which Im going to demolish later now my tooth is repaired

Long_tall_sally

Well I just went to eat my Turkey & sweetcorn soup & rather bazzarly it had changed from a soup into a turkey noodle normal meal! I can only assume that it was because the egg noodles that were in it had soaked up all the liquid over the last couple of hours. Anyway, we both eat & thought it was lovely, so might even make it that way again, intentionally! Only problem is, we are now too full for any prawns in satay sauce and as we are having roast chicken for dinner tomorrow, I don't know when we will use them. They are ready cooked prawns which were bought as a whoopsie on their use by date & then sat in the fridge for a day before they were frozen. I suppose I could just taste them on Monday & use them then if they taste ok?

RuthG

Would someone please let me know what 'whoopsied' foods are? Havent been able to work it out at all!

Ruth

ragz_2

BenW wrote: »

Would someone please let me know what 'whoopsied' foods are? Havent been able to work it out at all!

Ruth

Reduced, yellow stickered, etc end of date foods usually supermarket. HTH

ragz_2

Freezer Inventory

Meat
500g mince
Meatballs (cooked)
Sausagemeat
Burgers
2X tubs beef chili (cooked)
Sausages
Minted Lamb Kebabs 4 pack X2 (yuck!)
2X packs stewing beef (awful quality hence in freezer, emergency only!)
Fish Fingers
Chicken Dippers

Veg
Waffles
Chips
Peas
Carrots
Apple Sauce
Plums

Other
Pizza
Value Lasagne
Chicken Stock
Bread



Looks like we have more food than I thought we did and as a lot of it has been there a while this is probably a good opportunity to use some up.
Also have loads of S/R flour, loads of rice, some pasta, potatoes, onions, tinned tomatoes, tinned carrots, 5 eggs etc
Don't have - Baked beans, fresh veg,

Need to work out what I can cook from this lot now...
Let's start with Dinners
Chilli and Rice
Meatballs and Tagliatelle
Cottage pie
Sausage Pie/Roll and Chips
Beef casserole and mash
Burgers and chips (would have to bake rolls though)

Lunches/kids dinners

Waffles and fish fingers
Waffles and chicken dippers
Sausages and chips