Store cupboard challenge

kunekune

The egg pie sounds quite like a new zealand cafe staple - what we would do is add some chopped bacon, some people add peas as well. It's very nice.

Hatster

Here's a website with the recipe for Anna del Conte's lemon risotto:
http://haveforkwilltravel.blogspot.com/2006/12/lemon-joy.html

I'm on a store cupboard challenge of my own to eat up everything in the cupboard before we move house. We've had the most ludicrous cake improvised out of a whole pot of marmelade and some ancient chocolate drops and candied lemon peel. It's getting eaten, so it can't have been too bad!

cornishchick

i have just read nearly every post on this read .. and was happy to find i am not the only person living on pasta, rice and tinned soup this month.. some great meal idea ... and ill be checking out the recipe section as soon as i eat my thrid rice based meal this week( and its only monday!!!)

Diane_239

hi i would love to join the challenge has i have enough food to feed a army,
hope a new thread is started soon.

cammumof3

Hi all

I would love to join this group, is there a new one going yet?
By memory I have dried fruit,box of cooking rice,pasta,rice, in my cupboard.
Can someone tell me how and where to join the shopping challenge as this I would love to do as I am aiming at 50 pound a week now.
Caz

MoneysavingManxie

This thread is great! I am so inspired!! I keep looking at the freezer and in the cupboard thinking we have nothing to eat but actually we have loads! :j

I have been making things I never even thought I could.

Thanks for a great thread!!! :A

Olliebeak

Need to get the balance of our holiday paid off in full this month - so really having to pull in the purse strings.

Freezers and cupboards also need running down anyway before we go away in September. So big deep breath and use brain BEFORE going shopping!

Will defininately need to buy cat food, bread, margarine, eggs, milk, coffee, sugar, tinned toms, soap powder, softener, washing up liquid, minced beef, chicken, diced turkey but will stick to cheapest decent option.

Got lots of porridge oats and muesli so NO Bran Flakes this month. Back to SP skimmed long-life milk (cheapest) instead of fresh semi-skimmed. Soap Powder and Softener will be SP and not Asda's own. Coffee will be Asda's freeze-dried decaffeinated instead of Kenco. Cat Food will be Asda's own instead of Whiskas (tough luck, Tiggy-Tiger!). Bread will be the cheapest that I can get my mitts on. I'll get what meat I can on whoopsie where possible. OH loves Extra-Special fishcakes, but we've already got loads of those in the freezer (bought on whoopsie), so I'll make sure that I serve them up instead of asking him what he wants.

Have already got 7 tins of tuna; 2 tins of mackerel in sauce; lots of packets of savoury rice, couscous and pasta in sauce; packs of dried kidney beans, butter beans, mixed beans, soup and broth mix; tins of beans, beans and sausage, spaghetti, meatballs; packets of pasta and rice; jars of sauces; jars of jam, marmalade etc.

In the freezer: 3 packs of sausages; pork joint; chicken breast fillets; pork chops; small bag of diced turkey; small pack of stewing beef; 2 small packs of liver; minted lamb quarter pounders; 1 whoopsied lamb and vegetable tray bake; broccoli, green beans, frozen mushy peas, mixed veg, sliced peppers, chopped onion, sweetcorn; 2 bags of frozen roast potatoes; 1 bag of hash browns; 2 bags of potato croquets; various packs of frozen 'fresh' fish; 4 packs of fish cakes; three whoopsied frozen chinese meals from deli counter; 4 packs of crumpets (blame OH for those); large tub of chicken stock; large tub of pea and ham soup; large tub of potato and leek soup; tub of frozen left-over vegetables for a fry-up when I get around to it; 1 very large pepperoni pizza cut into two half sizes, 2 child size pizzas; naan breads, mexican wraps, medium sliced loaf; pack of cheese frozen.

Plus some loose potatoes and a full bag not opened; four bananas that are heading nicely for a banana loaf.

Also discovered three opened packs of cat 'nibbles' (Iams, Whiskas and Asda's own dried food) - he doesn't eat them for meals as such but gets a small handful when he starts demanding to be fed way too early. Tiggy-tiger I mean - not the OH!

The minted lamb quarter pounders are now out of the freezer for tomorrow's lunch with potato croquettes and broccoli - sorted :j .

OMG now I'm really ashamed at the length of this post - will creep off to a corner to hang my head in shame .

hayley11

Oooh i've been doing this all week without realising :rotfl:

All week I have made meals with stuff we had in, I think the only thing i've bought is potatoes and a couple of onions. Cooking by numbers is a brilliant site if you're doing this, I got most of my recipes off there and just changed them a bit if I didn't have one of the ingredients.

I bought some fresh meat and veg today for next week so i'm going to try not to buy anything else all week, wish me luck!

ZoeGirl_3

MrsBartolozzi wrote: »

My only problem is not spending money on bargains! I tried to empty my freezer last month, but it is just as full now!!

MrsB.

I so do this too! I did well last month, but this month I have been on holiday so far for a week or so (teacher, its school holidays for two weeks!) and I keep buying really good "specials"... They are good, but I don't really need the food...

Might go for a complete no spend again next month, or as soon as I am back at work for two weeks, too busy to shop then, so nothing but fruit and vege for me, :P

BigMummaF

OK....I'm up to speed now....taken me almost 24hrs to read it all:eek: not in one sitting I hasten to add:p

Those who know me from other threads will tell you that I'm trying to be a tad more 'adventurous' with the meals I concoct for us, but tis awkward when one doesn't eat cream, gravy, milk puds etc & another doesn't like spicy...then of course there's the pets too:cool:

Anyhoo, yesterday the three offspring had salad & Pup couscous with mixed veg, with their whoopsie chicken drumsticks. I had some of the couscous with a tin of mackeral in brine & some sweet chilli dipping sauce, & one of the offspring had the remainder of the veggie couscous with some 'plastic' chicken roll for packed lunch.

Today we have something that looks like a beef stew that got put in the freezer but lost its label, with a tin of chopped toms & some broken spaghetti in it. Pup has some of the whoopsied diced turkey + frozen mxd veg & I'll probably throw in some pasta for him too. Iggie has the second half of a baked butternut squash from yesterday, with some chard from the garden & a bit of nectarine.

I'm also trying to do more baking & made some flapjack with chopped dried apricots that have been in the cupboard how long, so not only is this a Store Cupboard Challenge for me, but "use-it-up-before-anyone-sees-the-date" exercise too:shhh:

As a matter of interest, did you know that a bit less than 454g of dried milk powder will NOT fit in a 500g marg pot---nah? Me either, that's why I spent 20mins yesterday afternoon trying various recepticles, before putting a sandwich bag inside the original milk powder box, & tipping it all back in again :doh::rotfl: