Store cupboard challenge

mama67

They wouldn't last long here either, I do tend to have hm bread ready sliced so he can make sandwich and hm fruit muffins or fruit scones etc.

He is very active (football player and referee) so needs fuelling; has 3 weetabix for breakfast and a banana on the bus going to school, lunch is packed - 4 slices hm bread with meat/cheese/egg/tuna filling, fruit, hm cake of some sort, packet of crisps; then as soon as he walks in the door at 3.30pm he has basically another packup and then his cooked dinner at approx 7pm, then at approx 10pm he will get a bowl of porridge and more fruit or hm cake.
He also drinks milk with the more snacky meals he has at home.

pink_numbers

Working my way through the freezer, it's starting to look quite empty!

Original Stock (SF = sugar free)

• Gammon (1kg) x 2
• Bag of peas
• Bag of sweet corn
• Oven Chips
• Butter x 12
• Rice portions x 2
• Seekh kebab x 1
• Fritata making material x 1
• Apple sauce x 8
• Sauted leeks x 10
• Sauted onion x 3
• Mixed peppers x 1
• Grated cheese x 9
• Pumpkin soup x 1
• Sauted mushrooms x 7
• pizza sauce x 16
• Strawberry comport (SF) x 6
• Cubed ham x 9
• Green beans x 8
• Pumpkin puree x 9
• 300g minced pork x 2
• Pea soup x 3
• Minced edamame (soy beans) x 8
• Mince mix (precooked in slow cooker with lots of veg & lentils) x 4
• Tomato sauce (from home grown tomatoes) x 6
• Elderflower cordial (SF) x 15

Tasks

• [STRIKE]Do a stock check of the freezer[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Plan how much of each thing I need to use up each week[/STRIKE]

Make (things set aside from stock already)

• Cook gammon, cube then freeze x 2
• Make mince mix (slow cooker with veg and lentils) then freeze (3 portions of edamame, all of the pork mince, 6 pizza sauce)
• 6 portions of ham & cheese buns (1 a week @ 1 portion each of ham and grated cheese each)
• [STRIKE]Mix peas and sweetcorn, portion it off into 6 portions[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Leek and potato soup (3 x onion, 6x leek[/STRIKE]s)

Week 1 (20-26 Sept)

• [STRIKE]Ham and cheese buns x 1 batch[/STRIKE] (18/09)
• [STRIKE]Butter x 1[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Strawberry comport x 1[/STRIKE] (29/09)
• [STRIKE]Tomato sauce x 1[/STRIKE] (24/09)
• [STRIKE]Pizza sauce x 1[/STRIKE] (17/09)
• [STRIKE]Seekh kebab x 1[/STRIKE] (24/09)
• [STRIKE]Fritata making material x 1[/STRIKE] (17/09)
• [STRIKE]Pumpkin soup x 1[/STRIKE] (22/09)
• [STRIKE]Sauted mushrooms x 1[/STRIKE] (21/09)
• [STRIKE]Mixed peppers x 1[/STRIKE] (24/09)
• [STRIKE]Mince mix x 1[/STRIKE] (22/09)
• [STRIKE]Apple sauce x 1[/STRIKE] (28/09)
• [STRIKE]Cubed ham x 1[/STRIKE] (17/09)
• [STRIKE]Grated cheese x 1[/STRIKE] (17/09)
• [STRIKE]Pea and sweetcorn mix x 1[/STRIKE] (24/09)
• [STRIKE]Rice portion x 1[/STRIKE] (25/09)
• [STRIKE]Leek and potato soup x 1[/STRIKE] (25/09)

Week 2 (27 Sept -3 Oct)

• [STRIKE]Ham and cheese buns x 1 batch[/STRIKE] (22/09)
• Butter x 2
• [STRIKE]Strawberry comport x 1[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Tomato sauce x 1[/STRIKE] (06/10)
• [STRIKE]Pizza sauce x 1[/STRIKE] (21/09)
• [STRIKE]Sauted mushrooms x 1[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Minced edamame x 1[/STRIKE] (27/09)
• [STRIKE]Pea soup x 1[/STRIKE] (05/10)
• [STRIKE]Pumpkin puree x 1[/STRIKE] (06/10)
• [STRIKE]Mince mix x 1[/STRIKE] (06/10)
• [STRIKE]Apple sauce x 1[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Cubed ham x 1[/STRIKE] (17/09)
• [STRIKE]Grated cheese x 1[/STRIKE] (17/09)
• [STRIKE]Sauted leeks x 1[/STRIKE] (27/09)
• [STRIKE]Pea and sweetcorn mix x 1[/STRIKE] (06/10)
• Oven Chips
• Rice portion x 1
• [STRIKE]Leek and potato soup x 1[/STRIKE] (05/10)

Week 3 (4-10 Oct)

• [STRIKE]Ham and cheese buns x 1 batch[/STRIKE] (25/09)
• [STRIKE]Ham and cheese buns x 1 batch[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Butter x 2[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Strawberry comport x [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Strawberry comport x 1[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Tomato sauce x 2[/STRIKE] (07/10)
• [STRIKE]Pizza sauce x 2[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Sauted mushrooms x 1[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Minced edamame x 1[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Pea soup x 1[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Pumpkin puree x 3[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Mince mix x 1[/STRIKE] (07/10)
• [STRIKE]Apple sauce x 1[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Apple sauce x 1[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Cubed ham x 1[/STRIKE] (17/09)
• [STRIKE]Grated cheese x 1[/STRIKE] (17/09)
• [STRIKE]Sauted leeks x 1[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Green beans x 2[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Pea and sweetcorn mix x 2[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Leek and potato soup x 1[/STRIKE]

Week 4 (11-17 Oct)

• Ham and cheese buns x 1 batch
• Butter x 2
• Strawberry comport x 5
• [STRIKE]Tomato sauce x 1[/STRIKE]
• Pizza sauce x 6
• Sauted mushrooms x 1
• Minced edamame x 2
• Pumpkin puree x 2
• Mince mix x 1
• Apple sauce x 2
• Green beans x 2
• Prawns
• Pea and sweetcorn mix x 1
• [STRIKE]Leek and potato soup x 1[/STRIKE]
• Spicy pumpkin soup x 1
• Garden soup x 1

Week 5 (18-24 Oct)

• Ham and cheese buns x 1 batch
• Butter x 4
• Strawberry comport x 5
• [STRIKE]Tomato sauce x 1[/STRIKE]
• Pizza sauce x 6
• [STRIKE]Sauted mushrooms x 1[/STRIKE]
• Sauted leeks x 1
• Minced edamame x 3
• [STRIKE]Pea soup x 1[/STRIKE]
• Pumpkin puree x 2
• Apple sauce x 2
• Green beans x 2
• Grated cheese x 1
• Pea and sweetcorn mix x 2
• Garden soup x 1
• Vegitable chilli x 1

LilacPixie

I need help, lots of help.

After the best part of 5 months on market someone had offered and acceptable amount for our current home :j We have offered on another place and they have accepted and also want quick completion so if all runs smoothly we move in 7 weeks :rotfl::rotfl::eek: Yep 2 kids under 4 and 7 months pregnant I will moving 2 weeks before christmas :rotfl: You have to laugh or you would cry.

Anyway I hhave just had OH to do a quick stock take of the tinned store cupboard with a view to using as much as possible and spending as little as possible on food over the next 7 weeks plus less to move KWIM. It's actually quite shocking

Anyway we have:

11 tins plum tomatoes
12 tins tuna in spring water
3 tin beans
1 tin beans and sausages
4 500g jars pasatta
4 tins chopped tomatoes
3 jars sweet and sour cook in sauce
1 jar hot dogs
5 tins condensed mushroom soup
1 tin condensed chicken soup
1 tin chicken and white wine homepride sauce
5 small tins maderins
3 tins peaches
1 large tin pineapple chunks
2 small tin pineapple rings
3 tin chicken soup
1 tin tomato soup
2 tins veg soup
2 tins scotch broth
2 tin lentil and bacon soup
1 tin chicken noodle soup
2 tins whole baby carrots
2 evaporated milk
2 condensed milk
5 tins sweetcorn
1 tomato and mascerpone stir thru pasta sauce
3 tins pasta shapes and sauce

And that is only one cupboard, we also have spagetti, pasta twists, long grain and rissotto rice, tagliatteli, self raising, plain and strong white flour, yeast, herbs spices and stock cubes, oil, vinagers (balsamic, cider, rice, malt and white wine) HM gluttony chutney, HM jams, tea bags, coffee, cocoa, ovaltine, oats, couscous etc.

:eek: anyone have any meal ideas for this little lot :eek: TBH I am struggling to come up with anything other than soup and a sandwich or similar. We will still be buying fresh stuff so vegtable pasta sauces.

Anyone??

seafarers_wife

my suggestions are aimed more at the plainer eaters as im a fussey begger myself.

i would be doing soup/beans/spaghetti on toast for lunches or quick dinners
tinned fruit for puddings or snacks
tuna pasta and various other pasta dishes with the tomatos and hot dogs etc.

seafarers xx

Boodle

Good luck with the move

You could try using the soups as a base for casseroles. For example, sliced hot dogs in the mushroom soup over mashed potato, tuna in one of the soups as a pasta sauce (vary by using a creamy one then a tomato soup). I don't think things-on-toast + soup will do anyone harm for a little while It's about all my poor DD ate in the early days of my second pregnancy and she hasn't suffered

[Deleted User]

2 or more tins chopped tomatoes, sauteed onion and some herbs. Simmer to thicker. Cool and put in fridge. Add sweetcorn/tuna/hot dogs as wanted to portions of the tom sauce. Use on pizzas or as pasta sauce

[Deleted User]

use soups for cooking pasta

LilacPixie

thank you everyone. I can't believe we have so much, tomatoes yeah because we use 3-6 tins a week between lasagne, pasta sauces and occasionally a stew in slowcooker. Scary thing is new house has a bigger kitchen so deary me I need to keep a better track on what I actually have and use

luckypanda

tuna pasta bake
sweet and sour chicken with long grain rice
soup – use a base for stew, mix with leftover meat and veg for pie filling, use as pasta sauce, take as lunch
tinned fruit – use with oats and flour for microwave sponges, crumbles or flapjacks
carrots – use in stew or add to sweet and sour with extra pineapple
evaporated milk – use to make a cheese sauce
condensed milk – banoffee pie, fudge
sweetcorn – chilli, pasta bakes, add to the soups, stews
HM jams – jam tarts, on top of porridge, bottom of micro sponges
Couscous – take for lunches as quick and easy to make in the morning

mama67

bumping up:D