Store cupboard challenge

Trinny

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skilly

morning all,any idea what i can do with about 20 leeks ?they just kept coming in veggie box each week .i was thinking soups,rice dishes.

missychrissy

Leek and potato soup is lovely. I also use leeks along with other veg together with a ham or bacon joint and pulses to make a 'use up anything I have' soup.

Leeks are also good used as a veg accompaniment, cooked in a little water for a few mins and then a knob of butter added.

skilly

hi,4 more leeks in veggie box this morning lol :-)

CCP

skilly wrote: »

hi,4 more leeks in veggie box this morning lol :-)

I'm having the same problem with carrots at the moment - I just get one lot out of the way and more arrive.

For the leeks, how about leeks baked in cheese sauce, wrapped in ham if you're not vegetarian? Or, as you said you wanted rice dishes, leek and blue cheese risotto is nice, too - you could use another strongly-flavoured cheese if you're not keen on blue cheese. Another favourite of mine at the moment is to soften leeks in a bit of butter then stir into mashed potato - it goes nicely with all sorts of things.

If anyone can come up with some bright ideas for things to do with carrots I'd be very grateful - my next veg box is due tomorrow and I think I can guess what's going to be in there...

Pink.

skilly wrote: »

morning all,any idea what i can do with about 20 leeks ?they just kept coming in veggie box each week .i was thinking soups,rice dishes.

Hi skilly,

These threads may help:

What to do with oodles of leeks?

Can I freeze fresh leeks?

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Pink.

CCP wrote: »

If anyone can come up with some bright ideas for things to do with carrots I'd be very grateful - my next veg box is due tomorrow and I think I can guess what's going to be in there...

Hi CCP,

This thread has lots of ideas:

oodles of carrots

And don't forget that you can freeze them too:

Freezing carrots

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skilly

hi,thankyou all for getting back so soon i am going to make some soup ..and try that cheese sauce dish it sounds lovely.

LittleBit_2

We are having a really tight month this month and so we're trying to not buy any food other than the absolute essentials.
I've gone through the cupboard and freezer and although we seem to have a lot of food, I'm not sure what actual meals we can make from it. We have quite a lot of meat but not much to pad it out with.
If anyone could look through the list of what we have, and come up with some meal suggestions that would be great

Just to add, we are a family of 2 adults, a toddler and a 6 month old who has just started weaning.

Thanks

List is below:

Store Cupboard - tins
cream of chicken soup YUK
corned beef
pineapple slices
baked
kidney beans
cream of chicken soup x2 YUK
grapefruit pieces
veg soup x2 YUK
plum tomatoes x3
tomato soup x4
plum tomatoes x2
chopped tomatoes x8
baked beans x6
mixed bean salad x3
chickpeas x3
peach slices x4
mushy peas
mandarins
pear halves x2
sweetcorn x4
tuna x6
ravioli x2 (super cheap one is horrible)
custard
fruit cocktail x2

Store Cupboard other

red lentils
pasta
spaghetti
rice
plain flour
canellini beans
pearl barley
split peas
cous cous
suet

Store cupboard baking
demerara sugar
plain flour
chapatti flour
sugar
(maybe some other bits and bobs but I can't reach up there)

Freezer
flipper dippers (fish finger type things for DS1)
pitta breads x6
chicken breasts x3
stir fry veg
tea cakes x2
onion rings YUK
ice lollies
frozen yoghurts (DS1)
homemade chicken nuggets x3 (big ones)
rainbow trout x1 (no idea what to do with this)
ww bread 2 slices
some kind of red sauce possibly tomato? 1 portion
peas
some kind of curry based meal - no idea what it is!!
quorn fillets x3 HORRIBLE
sausage roll x1
mixed berries
roast potatoes
mince (horrible cheap stuff)
smoked kippers (no idea what to do with these)
cheese and onion pies x2
spinach
cheese and bacon quiche
chinese chicken and sauce
mince beef
mince pie
sausages x4
2 scones YIPPEE am going to eat one now

rachbc

I am probably being dim but I can't see the link to your list