Store cupboard challenge

asparagus1968

asparagus1968 wrote: »

wow, cheers ! that's us sorted for the week.

the even better thing is, you have given me some alternate meals I never would have thought of, my meals seem so repetitive sometimes.
thanks so much for your time

and that bbc food website looks good.

the aldi super six choice is good this week!

orangesmartie

I have a load of leeks and a red cabbage in my fridge. Any ideas as to what i can do with them to use them up? also have onions and some carrots, but no other fresh veg. Have tinned pots, frozen mixed veg, sweetcorn and peas.

angelatgraceland

I like leeks in a nice cheese sauce. the onions and carrots I would make soup with-add some lentils to thicken with some tinned tomatoes and herbs. Maybe a couple of stockcubes.

Rummer

Beef stew today, first time I have used my slow cooker in ages.

sp1987

Hello all

Excuse my formatting and lower/upper case typos etc as im using my phone and the screen makes accuracy in typing at 11pm a pipe dream haha.

I have been buying more food than we need for ages, so have amassed tins jars and packets that, short of a money crisis or being snowed in, wont get used anytime soon. Obviously ive deliberately stockpiled this slowly so there's always a buffer but there comes a point where I feel like im awaiting nuclear winter not just having a bit of stock in case.

The problem with me is that I am uninventive with food. I can cook fine but cannot ever dream up something from some ingredients. I will buy the ingredients for a lasagne and make one...the ingredients for a chicken sauce and make it etc. There's no "what could this become". I did start using the supercook site where you key in ingredients but it is quite an effort when you want a quick dinner which ruins the appeal.

How do you guys dream up inventive uses for the stocks you've buily up? Id love to see how many days we could go buying minimal items bar meat and fresh items etc and put the saved food budget into a savings account. Foodwise we are far from short but to use it I end up buying the default match items rather than using whats there to make something that doesn't feel like im using up random bits.

graspandsave

there are some websites where you list the contents of your larder and it comes up with recipes- stops you falling into a bit of a rut.
e.g.
http://www.recipekey.com
I'm sure there are similar sites - not all require you to list EVERYTHING in your larder, just a couple of main items and off you go.
There are some that claim to be "quick" recipes.

Steve059

List what you have. We love a challenge.

sp1987

Steve059 wrote: »

List what you have. We love a challenge.

You can have one of the packets of emergency chicken noodles that ive bought for the zombie apocalypse im buying in furtherance of...

ideas would be excellent. I wont list quantities but ill list what I can remember...

sp1987

Ok..in no particular order from memory...and avoiding quantities as some are just breeding it appears

Tinned tuna
tinned salmon (I love inexplicably buying this...we never eat it..I never want that salnon and cucumber sandwich so there are lots of them)
Tinned meatballs (something in the tinned aisle I didn't yet have...real tears lol)
tinned hotdog sausages (I just love these once in a blue moon but perhaps you have ideas where they might appear not in bread with me pretending im 6)
Baked beans
Tinned spaghetti

tagliatelle
penne
spaghetti
fusilli
lasagne sheets

corned beef (if its on offer and lasts until 2015 ill have it. 2015 will be 365 days of hash and pies if im not careful)
instant mash (a number of...given that zombies clearly take all real potatoes first)
Tinned potatoes (bets hedged as per line above)

Korma sauce
sweet and sour sauce
pasta bake sauce (many glorious varieties in case zombies claim all non carb foods bar those potatoes)
hunters chicken sauce
Spanish chicken sauce (and no doubt many other sauces)
Tinned soups
passata
tomato puree (went through a home made pizza stage so my partner jokes we seem never to have less than 5 of these)
tinned peas (frozen I actually use...these tins are for that imaginary emergency where only tins survive)
sweetcorn
peaches
pineapple (im an accidental collector of this...one from most brands lol!!)

plain flour
caster sugar
icing sugar
self raising flour
bread flour
yeast
granulated sugar
custard
carrots
ratatouille (hate this tinned alone or with chicken...any ideas? I make my own but am still stuck with this tin!).

rice
gravy granules
stock cubes

Instant chicken noodles (great when I have flu...so dont begrudge this)
red kidney beans (nobody likes chilli but I do love buying tins huh)
Butterbeans (put these in a casserole ages ago which was nice...any other ideas?)
Chocolate (to cook with...except I never did)

theres so much more.. ill have a look tomorrow and update. No wonder my partner thinks im nuts.

[Deleted User]

I too have a dozen or so tinned mushy peas left over from the Great Tinned Mushy Peas War between the supermarkets back in the spring.I snaffled them for 3p a tin ??? I must have been having a daft moment.