Store cupboard challenge

LauraM65

Thanks again The Dragon a really nice looking recipe, I will certainly give this a go duirng the week.
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415SanFran

Assuming that your fridge and freezer are as packed as your food cupbourds, you should have avery small shop for at least the next few weeks.

Have you looked at the threads for saving money on household cleaners? How about making your own washing powders and using very cheap shower gel as handwash?

If you suffer alot from chest infections (as I do) try cleaning windows and mirrors with just a chamos with water rather than any chemicals, much better for you, and the last thing that you need is a spray bottle of chemicals to clean the shower or bath, give stardrops a try, much cheaper and good for asthma sufferers.
If you use a lot of beans have you thought of making your own and keeping them in the freezer, doesn't take that long, and all it is, is a bag of beans cooked up, then cook them again in a couple of tins of tomatos and a couple of onions put in the slow cooker all day, then freeze in portions, same for any beans.

mlz1413

LauraM65 wrote: »

OMG! get a load of this, I have just spent the last 3 hours cleaning and sorting out my store cupboard and have actually written down everything I have. I was amazed to find what I had and ashamed to know that I would probablly go shopping again on the weekend and buy more of the same.

Are you ready to read my storecupboard inventory, sorry for such a long thread.

11 tins baked beans
4 tins tomatoes
2 tins black eyed beans BEAN CHILLI
1 tin mixed bean salad
1 tin chickpeas HUMMUS
1 tin adzuki beans
1 tin sweetcorn
1 tin chilli bean
1 tin vegetable balti
1 tub vegetable granuels
1 tub parsley sauce granuels SAUCE OVER WHITE FISH
1 tub chicken granuels
2 jars classic pesto sauce PASTA!
2 jars red pesto sauce PASTA
1 jar walnut and ricotta pesto sauce good grief were they on offer!
2 jars of curry sauce add chicken or prawns
1 jar korman paste add veggies
6 tins tuna fish caskes, tuna&pasta bake
1 jar wholegrain mustard add to cheese sauces /macaroni cheese
2 1/2 jars ordinary mustard
1/2 jar apple sauce roll out pastry, spread saugage meat, spread apple sauce. roll like a swiss roll and bake for 20-30 mins
2 jars of green tai curry paste
2 jars cranberry sauce
1/4 jar honey
2 bottles of stir fry mango sauce
1 tin pilchards hugh f-w recently did a receipe for these
2 jars mango chutneyadd to all the curries your about to have
1 1/2 jars strawberry jam
1 jar pickled onions
2 packets taglietelli macaroni cheese can be made with any pasta shape
1 pak lasagna sheets
3 packets dried pasta plus a large storage jar of pasta made up from opened bags of pasta
2 packets spagetti plus a large storage jar of sphagetti made up from opened sphagetti packs
1 1/4 packs of dried wok noodles will go with the mango sauce for stir fry
1 box canneloni tubes use with the pesto and stuff with soft cheese
2 jars green olives serve with the hummus from above
Salt, pepper, vingegar
Soy sauce
Tomato sauce
Brown sauce
1 jar fish sauce
1 packet carrot, parsnipt and potato stuffing mix put in a whole chicken for a sunday roast
2 packets panacotta mix
Various jars herbs and spices
1 tin custard
4 packets microwaveable pilau rice
2 packets Uncle Bens express rice (Chicken and Pilau)
3 Batchelors pasta pots lunches
1 pot noodle
1 enchalada kit I love these!
Various Schwarts packet mixes (about 12) make a plan!
Packets of savour rice (about 6) fry sausages, cut into 1" pieces, mix them with cooked peas to cooked savour rice and add a squirt of brown sauce
2 packets of pasta and sauce well you've got the pasta!
2 packets of dream topping
1 packet pancake mix breakfasts one weekend
Plain and Self Raising flour cakes, biscuits
Golden Castor Sugar
Icing sugar
Numerous bags of dried mixed fruit
Ordinary Sugar
Salad Cream
Jar of Marmite
4 Stir fry sauces with noodles!
Unlimited supply of fresh eggs as I have my own hens

My daughter says I could feed a houseful of students on this lot for a whole year. she's right!

I would appreciate any recipes that may spring to mind with these iingredients. I feel good that I have decluttered and organised my storecupboard even though its take me a long time to do.

Tomorrow I plan to do a Frezer and Fridge inventory and hopfully this wont take me as long. One things for sure I wont be shopping this weekend only for fresh milk, bread, vegetables, fruit and probablly some sandwich fillers. gosh you don't have to spend any money on shopping for ages!!

Look forward to hearing from you with some recipe ideas and maybe some more money saving ideas.

Cheers:beer:

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Can I move in with you?!

LauraM65

LOL :rotfl: My daughter says that students would think that she has rich parents having all that in the cupboard and I haven't even done the freezer inventory yet, maybe this afternoon as I am not feeling too good this morning with my chest. Will post inventory on here once I have done it. I think I am just a compulsive food buyer, there must be something wrong with me. Thanks for putting advice against the foods on what to use them for. I made up 2 tea loaves yesterday and planning on putting another 2 in to cook today to use up all the dried fruit I have, they are cheap to produce and they use up all the left over tea you have in the pot, just had a slice with a coffee delicious.:rotfl:

LauraM65

Hi 415SanFran thanks for the advice on how to clean with regard to my chest. I will have a look at the cleaning thread and see what other tips I can pick up. I actually knew about the cheap shower gels and bubble baths as handwash but had forgotten it, so thanks for the reminder. With regard the bathroom cleaning I actually only use washing up liquid on all my porcelain as its great for cutting any grease and brings a lovely shine to the porcelain. :beer:

LauraM65

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mlz1413 wrote: »

Can I move in with you?!

So here goes the freezer inventory just as bad as the cupboard:

1 huge pork joint (can make 3 joints out of it)
1 whole salmon fillet
1 packet filo pastry
2 boxes faggots
2 packets of lean beef mince
1 packet thin fries
1 packet bacon lardons
1 pack sausage meat
1 packet prawns
2 boxes vegetarian burgers
1 packet quorn pieces
1 box fish in batter
1/2 bag mixed peppers
1/2 bag mini corn on cob
2 packets of quorns mince
2 tuna fish cakes
1 bag green beans
1 frozen korma curry
2 packs chicken leg quarters
1 mexican chilli bean soup
1 box of 30 fishfingers
2 packets beef meatballs
1 sandwich box full of home made soup from yesterday
1 bag breaded chicken breasts
1/2 bag chunky chips
1 packet of peas
1 packet bacon
1 individual chicken breast
1 cheese pizza
1 pack of 3 naan breads
1 packet of pork loin chops

So definitely no shopping for me hopefully for 2 weeks only for the essentials such as milk (does anyone know if milk is still a good buy at Farm Foods), bread, butter, veg, fruit, sandwich fillers, drinks for school, crisps, dog and cat food. Budgeting £30 for this little lot, although still rather expensive hopefully I can get it cheaper.

Just done a massive overhaul of everything that we have coming in and going out this month, in theory if all goes to plan should save about £500 WOW this would be amazing and will go to paying off debts. Will let you know what we (as were a family in this) achieve.

Keep the tips and suggestions coming.
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The_Dragon

Sunday lunch, chicken legs with stuffing balls and veggies

LauraM65

The_Dragon wrote: »

Sunday lunch, chicken legs with stuffing balls and veggies

Good easy idea might even make a one pot wonder in my slow cooker and then do the stuffing from the storecupboard, might also indulge in buying some cream and making up panacotta deserts that are also in cupboard, the cream will have to be at the right price though, not paying top wack for anything anymore if I can help it. I cant find that thread for the recipe you sent me earlier today to help use my beans up, could you send it me again. :beer::T

The_Dragon

LauraM65 wrote: »

Good easy idea might even make a one pot wonder in my slow cooker and then do the stuffing from the storecupboard, might also indulge in buying some cream and making up panacotta deserts that are also in cupboard, the cream will have to be at the right price though, not paying top wack for anything anymore if I can help it. I cant find that thread for the recipe you sent me earlier today to help use my beans up, could you send it me again. :beer::T

Sent you a PM Laura

415SanFran

When you say "sandwich fillers" do you mean the pots of egg/tuna/chicken fillers?
If you read the label they are really easy to make the tuna one for instance is just equal amounts of tuna mayo and sweetcorn, with a little salt and pepper. Real easy and more than half the price.
HTH