Store cupboard challenge

nicki_2

I've been given a whole load of food that work was going to throw out!The staffroom is being decorated and anything that wasn't removed by 1.30pm yesterday they were going to bin. :eek: I filled the equivalent of a small Asda trolley for free :money: It does mean I've now got baked beans, soup, yoghurts & margarine coming out of my ears, but it also meant that I didn't go to Asda last night. Instead I went to the co-op and bought milk and some reduced bits which I will use. It came to less than £5 whereas if I'd gone to Asda I would have easily spent £20+ Now I just need to work out what the hell I'm going to do with it all, especially the stuff that past its best before date :rotfl:

Olliebeak

Yoghurt Cake with some of the yoghurts? http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/miscellaneous/fetch-recipe2.php?rid=misc-yoghurt-cake

nicki_2

Thanks for the link, I'll bookmark it but the yoghurts will be gone before their date. DD loves them and has eaten 4 since she got home last night! Mind you I'd rather she ate them than biscuits Only another 3 to go before tomorrows UB date:rotfl:

JoKay_2

Well, I'm delighted to report that I've got some leftover peppers, an onion and a can of cherry toms in the slow cooker with some bay leaves & herbs, which I'll work out what to do with once its cooked down - might whizz it up into a pasta sauce for the freezer...

I've also done an inventory of the cupboards & freezers - here goes:

Cans
2 x baked beans
2 x cannellini beans
1 x chickpeas
1 x butter beans
1 x coconut milk (?)
4 x tuna

Staples include pasta, rice & couscous
Fajita kit
Various herbs & spices

Freezer
HM chicken stock
Lots of frozen prawns, cooked & raw
1 pack sausages
1 pack bacon lardons
1 pack rosti
1 pack bacon
Small block tofu
1 pack chicken thighs
1 pack pork belly strips
Quorn mince
2 packs chickpeas
1 pack oxtail
6 tuna steaks
1 whole chicken
8 burgers

Any ideas on what I can do with the above? I'm thinking of putting a sausage & bean casserole of some sort and really need to do something with the oxtail, which was a good idea at the time, but I'm not sure what to do with them now

Frogletina

I spent £75 on an online shop last night and was struggling at the end to find things I needed to get to that total which would enable me to claim a 15% discount! I bought things to store like shampoo on offer, and crisps which I'll probably eat more than I need to simply because I have them! I do put things away (convince myself they are not in the kitchen, so not to be used yet - but I know where are, and there is only me here!)

Yet, there is nothing to make a single meal. But with, for example, washing capsules at 3.06, instead of 3.70 at the local shop and getting 15% discount on top, it seemed a good idea to stock up. And the shampoos saved me £5 in total

Can I ask what people think about buying to store like this? I don't have a car so for me it is ideal to shop online now and again and have it all brought to my 3rd floor apartment, lift only goes to the second floor!

hermum

I also would be against using it up before the move. Moving house always comes with expenses that you won't have factored in.
Add in Xmas at the same time, possibly really bad weather & an advanced pregnancy, I'd be hanging on for dear life to as much of it as I can & adding to it to get me through a good few weeks.

clairewop

I've been pointed to this thread for help, I'm buying food all the time as I don't know what to do for tea etc.

I have done an inventory of what's in my store cupboard fridge and freezer I have loads of food but seem to have nothing to go with anything

MrsBartolozzi

kunekune wrote: »

Do you really need to use it all up? I know it's a couple of boxes that have to be moved, but it's also there when you get to the other place and want things easy for a bit. Perhaps think about using half and saving half?

I'd tend to agree with this poster. Could you maybe drop off a box of surplus to your mum's? It won't take up much space there and you'd not have to spend so much once you've moved iyswim?
Remember the vat increase in January too, so while you don't want to stockpile tonnes if you've got to move it, just bear it in mind and maybe aim for a happy medium rather than the Mother Hubbard style cupboard ?
Good luck on the move.

CCP

I really must get back to storecupboard challenging - I started doing it last month but m freezer has somehow ended up fuller than it was when I started. For the next few weeks I'm going to limit myself to buying only fruit, veg and milk, with everything else coming from what I've already got - it shouldn't be difficult as long as I pay attention.

BTW, does anyone have any ideas of what I could do with a pack of poppy seed crackers? My sister left them behind when she went home earlier - I'm not keen on crackers but I don't want to throw them away, either. Would they work as a breadcrumb substitute if I broke them up, do you think?

Snowy_Owl

Hope this move goes well!!! Looking at the dates you gave, are you due to give borth about the time of the move then? If so, good luck and hope you can pull on all the support and pairs of hands you can get!!!

Actually - my ideas are very similar to luckypanda's!!!

What does OH do for his lunches? Could be a good way of using up tuna and sweetcorn.

All that tinned fruit could be used for some sort of dessert - trifle? Fruit cocktail?

Snowy x