Store cupboard challenge

Boatie_Bird

I see you have a tin of crab meat - this will make one of my favourite quick meals.

Finely chop some chilli and onion and fry gently in a bit of butter or oil, add crab meat and cook briefly until warmed through, stir through cooked pasta.
Sprinkle over some fresh herbs if you have them (parsley, coriander etc.) and a squeeze of lemon juice and you're away!

LilMissEmmylou

i see yougurt and fruit on the ist - if you have any apple juice make a smoothie

belfastgirl23

When I started being OS my first job was to go through cupboards and sort out what was near/recently past its sell by date - too much! -and then find a way to use it. This thinned out the cupboards a bit and helped me feel I was gradually getting control over them. Alternatively, look at the stuff you use least often and start with it? i used to love the feel of having stuffed food cupboards (and still like to feel that there's plenty of the basics!) but it is nice being able to see what's in there

smiler34

Can anyone help me please?!!?!?!?

Storm

Are you OK eating veggie as I noticed there wasn't much meat there?

OK...

- Tuna pasta bake with a tin of toms for the sauce plus some of the veg from the freezer

- Dhal & rice with the lentils & split peas (I do actually have a proper recipe at home, PM me if you want me to dig it out, though it does depend on you having all the spices required!)

- Bean chilli with the kidney & baked beans

- Roasted vegetables & cous cous

- The soups could be used as a basis for a sauce & add veg

- Sausage casserole

- Vegetable chow mein with the sauce & noodles

- A 'meatless' sunday dinner with the stuffing, yorkshires, roast pots & veg, followed by tinned fruit

Hope this helps

sammy_kaye18

5 tins mackerel in tom sauce
4 tinned fruit - pudding of some sort, or in a trifle as a treat?
2 tins beans
4 tins spaghetti - either of these two on toast or use to accompany a dish
2 bolognese sauce - make bolognese - use onion granules if need be, and soem of the pasta and a quick easy meal you just need mince
2 tins tomatoes - make a tomato sauce for pasta, chilli, bolognese,soup
1 tin kidney bean - chilli bolognese or soup again maybe?
2 tins sausage casserole - ready made or to be made stuff?
1 tin peas
6 tins various soup - soup is fillign in itself if you have bread with it? or amke some croutons, you could also mix in breadcrumbs to little ones to bulk it out
3 dried chicken noodles - are these bachelor ones? you can have these on their own as a snack, or as part of a meal for you and other half
jam - sandwiches, deserts, on toast?
2 goblin puddings - no idea what these are but pudding?
loads of cup-a-soup - again soup can be filling.
lemon juice - how about makign some pancakes and using this on them, pancakes can be sweet as a pudding, savoury for a meal, can be frozen for next day breakfast.
2 tins tuna - pasta bake? on jacket potato?, sandwich filling?
pasta bake jar - pasta bake, could add a few chopped sausages if you ahve any about?
2 packs choc diegestives - snack? could use to make a cheesecake base
1kg dried fusilli
500g taglietelle
4 portions egg noodles
pack long spaghetti -again there are lots of ways to use pasta - my 3 year old lieks it cooked up with grated cheese melted on top adn hes quite happy to eat it like that. pasta bakes are easy to make with a jar of tomatoes too
porridge oats - breakfast, flapjacks
chow mein sauce serves two
pack mushroom cous cous - use to accompany a meal instead of pasta or potatoes
pack red lentils
1/2 pack yellow split peas - could use these and the lentils in homemade soup
veg stock cubes - again soup or use to cook rice in for added flavour
pack pearl barley
stuffing mix
sausage casserole packet mix
onion granules
dried mint
dried oregano
salt
1 1/2 tubes tom puree
two packets boil in bag rice - savoury rice, use with chilli, could possibly even use to make rice pudding but not sure
oil
vinegar
lea n perrins
salad cream
gravy
bread flour - bread obviously
caster sugar
granulated sugar
self raising flour - these three items you can use to make cakes, biscuits and other little things which will help fill up your family, hte flour could be used to thicken up sauces too.

FREEZER
Yorkshire puds
Roast potatoes
Fish fingers
sheperds pie for one
oven chips
sausages
Various bags with little bits of frozen veg - if you have no idea what to make with these why nto bung them all in a saucepan with soem of the veggie stock, cook them up, leave to simmer until cooked, then blend them and make a vegetable soup - you could freeze extra portions for a later date to keep you going.

If you can afford it hun - id recommend buying a bag of potatoes becuase these can make a multitude fo things - chips, mash, roasties, jacket potatoes in soem cases if big enough, home made wedges, sliced on top of hash, etc and a few packets of mince too. Tesco do 800g of beef mince for £1.49 - and if you divided these packs into two so you technically have 4 packs fo 400g of mince -then you can make four different meals and bulk them out with things - you can add porridge oats to things to bulk it out too as well as the lentils adn the peas you have etc.

Plus remember to freeze any access you ahve that you wont eat and then these can be used as a meal in the future rather than just goign in the bin

hoep ive helped in soem way

love

Sam
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Queen.Bess

If stuck for ideas, try https://www.cookingbynumbers.com. It lists 50 basic ingredients you might find in your firdge or cupboards. Tick what you have and then it gets recipes for you! I can't guarantee that they'll be fantastic dishes, but if stuck, worth a try!

tam21

OK so I've been lurking on the old style board for a while, and while I'm currently the total opposite of old style when it comes to my money saving (or lack of ! :rolleyes: ) I'm going to start giving it a go. However when you see my storecupboard list you may think I'm beyond help! Any help would be gratefully appreciated though
In my cupboards/freezer/fridge today is :eek: .....

Bag of monkey nuts
4 sachets hot chocolate
Macadamia nuts
Pickled onions 3 jars
Pickled beetroot
White rice
4 tins beans
Pumpkin seeds
Sesame seeds
Gravy
Sausages tonight sauce
Red lentils
Small tin pineapple
Honey
Half bar white cooking choc
Ground almonds
More fruit tea than anyone could drink in a lifetime!
25g sachet of baby's mash with rosemary
Worcester sauce
Icing sugar
Dried mango
Soy sauce
small tin tuna in oil
Granulated sugar
2 tins red salmon
Cocoa powder
Caster sugar
1 onion
Plain flour
Brown wholegrain rice
40g sugar free meringues
7 sachets of diet soup (make 250ml each)
one pack chinese ready cooked noodles
Icing sugar
2 tinns chicken consomme
2 tins beef consomme
Vanilla extract
Hot chocolate powder
2 sugar free choc bars (not fit to be eaten as they are haha )
mixed walnuts, hazelnuts, pecans and almonds in shells
Peppermint flavouring
Belgian chocolate vermicelli
50g plain cooking choc
Milk choc cake covering
one sachet blackcurret jelly
One sachet strawberry jelly
bag potatoes
large bag pasta

Frozen stuff

2 vege sausages
19 pork sausages
Leek and potato soup (2 servings)
2 portions pasta sauce
1 bread roll
1 gammon steak
2 large steaks
28 rashers bacon
10 burger buns
2 spicy bean burgers
large bag pitta strips
16 fish fingers
9 chicken breasts
3 wholemeal pittas
2 white pittas
4 battered haddock
4 garlic and coriander naan bread
7 slices low carb bread (not fit to be eaten as it is!)
4 small quorn fillets
half bag of peas
pack of pancakes
500g mince
30 mini sausages (pre cooked)
half portion sausage and mash
Garlic baguette
Bologneise (2 portions)
Bag of sweetcorn
Bag of mixed summer fruits
2 hot dog rolls
4 100% beef burgers
Large bag of ice!


Chilled stuff

HP american sauce
11 eggs
onion salad crispies
Sugar free marmalade
Bacos
Sweetcorn relish
jalapenos
BQ relish
Hotdog relish
Burger relish
Mayonnaise
english mustard
Strawberry jam

Seasoning

Curry powder
Nutmeg
Allspice
Thyme
Piri piri
Chilli powder
Cinnamon toast topping
Cloves
White wine vinegar with tarragon
Bay leaves
Tarragon
Cajun seasoning
Garlic
Paprika
Cinnamon
Chicken seasoning
Salt
Garam masala
Tikka curry powder
Thai 7 spice
Rosemary
Herbes de provence
steak seasoning

I'm going to use the mince, some beans, carrots, onion, potatoes and some chopped tomotoes (not listed) to make a shepherds pie tonight, but any help with some recipes to try and use up the rest and keep my shopping bills down would be much appreciated! (particularly the low carb stuff which, frankly, isn't suitable to be eaten on it's own and can't really be classed as real food :rotfl: , and also the fruit teas which I appear to have amassed, the consommes which I don't really like and the relishes/sauces which I acquired during a BBQ we held but now can't seem to use up!)
Sorry for the ridiculously long post!

fizzel81

i think i should do this and re-sort my meal planner, will be back tonight with my store cupboard list, when i last did a 'big' shop(end april) i stocked up so much it has been good as i have not spent a huge amount this month but im sure i could easily buy just the basics if i used what i have for the next 2 weeks

EagerLearner

I have butter beans x 2 cans, not sure what to do with them - any ideas for a nice meal?