Store cupboard challenge

ShelBell

Only one day left of my no shopping mini challenge to myself! So far so good

kazmeister

2 more things used tonight - gonna be a long process I think

MrsTinks

Crikey! Now I'm glad I don't have a big freezer! Shame you don't live nearby or I'd swap you some rhubarb for some blackberries

Primrose

Oh dear! Right now, we're putting new stuff (surplus home grown beans, etc) into our upright garage freezer faster than we're taking stuff out to eat and it's now a problem to push the door shut. It's beginning to feel like the overpacked airing cupboard - open the door and everything falls out.

kazmeister

Not much gone just a few bits but I have stayed away from shops so nothing added although I do have some more green beans from allotment to put in there :eek:

LARGE FREEZER (drawers 1 & 2 are all HM leftovers)
Drawer 1
Hot Chilli Sauce 1
Surprise tub1
Tomato Sauce 2
Fish Stew 1
Veggie Mix and garlic 5
Veg Soup 6
Nigels curry 1
Lasagne 1
Chicken Soup 1
Drawer 2
Tuna and Tomato Stew 1
Mediterranean veg 1
[STRIKE]Sweet and Sour Chicken 1 [/STRIKE]- used
Fish Pie 1
Bolognese Sauce 1
Lancashire Hot Pot lg 1
Veg Curry 2 one used
Sweet and Sour Chicken 2 one used
Chicken Curry 1
Spanish Stew 1
[STRIKE]Sweet and Sour Chicken 1 [/STRIKE]- used
Turkey Casserole 1
Fish Risotto 1
Chicken Korma 1
Lamb Jalfrezi 1
Drawer 3
Sausages large x 2 - 2
Burgers butchers 2
Bacon value pk 1
Kievs Cheese and Ham (2) 1
Kievs Garlic (2) 1
[STRIKE]Chips Oven 1/2 bag - now 1/4 bag[/STRIKE] all gone now
Chips Home Fries 1/4 bag
Sausages GF 2
Sausagemeat 1 pk
Sweet Chilli Prawn ready meal 1
Fish Fingers 8
Sausage Pasta bake ready meal 1
Chicken Tikka Masala ready meal 1
Peppered Steak Rosti ready meal 1
Spinach and cream cheese pasta 1
Drawer 4
Yorky Puds 12
Chicken Thighs (7) 1
Lamb chops pk1
Goose breast 1 - what can I do with this
Pheasant whole 1 - and this
Chicken large 1
Drawer 5
Chicken thighs (5) 1 - WILL ROAST THESE TOMORROW INSTEAD OF WHOLE CHICKEN
Mince Large pk (divided in 2) 1
Mince Small pk1
Chicken Breast 1
Sirloin steak (3) 1
Lamb chops 3
Chicken drumstix in BBQ sauce 2 pks
Belly Pork slices 3
Chicken thighs in Garlic/Herb sauce 2 pks
Drawer 6
Rainbow Trout (2) 1
Fish cakes cod (2pk) 2
Tuna steaks (2pk) 1
Prawns 1/4 bag
Mackeral fillets in Ginger/chilli/lime 2
Cod Smoked loin 3
Haddock smoked 1
Prawns 1/2 bag
Haddock smoked fillets 2
Mussels 1/2 bag
Kipper whole 1
Lobster whole 1
Sardines 5
Prawns King - Raw 1 pk
Prawns King - Cooked 1 pk
Prawns King - Raw 1 bag
Jamaican Tilapia fillets 2
Fish pc in sauce ?? Nigels 1

FRIDGE FREEZER
[STRIKE]Bread Organic loaf 1[/STRIKE] used
Ice cream soft scoop 1/2 tub
Ice cream Luxury vanilla 1/4 tub
Ice cream Yoghurt and Honey 1/4 tub
Xmas cake 9 slices
Bread French loaf (for cooking only) 1
[STRIKE]Bread Oatmeal loaf 1 [/STRIKE]- used
Bread Mediterranean style 1
Bread Brown 1
Bread submarine rolls wholemeal (2) 3
Bread submarine rolls white (2) 1
Bread submarine rolls white (1) 1
Bread submarine rolls white (3) 1
Bread rolls White (4) 1
Bread rolls White Crusty (4) 1
Bread rolls White Large (3) 1
Bread rolls White Large Seeded (1) 1
Bread Cheese n Pepper loaf 1
Bread Garlic and Parsley Flat bread 1
Bread French part baked baguette 1
Bread Garlic part baked baguette 1
Bread Pitta Wholemeal (6) 1
Bread Pitta GF 2
[STRIKE]Milk 2ltr 2 1[/STRIKE] all used now and not going to buy in supermarket. OH can get at the garage
Ricotta and Orange scone (large) 1
Rice pancakes (12) 1


SMALL FREEZER
Top
Blackcurrants 1 lb 6
Blackcurrants 1/2 lb 3
Rhubarb 4 tubs
Black Forest Fruits 1
Drawer 2
Beans Broad tub 2
Thai wok veg 1 pk
Beans Green bag 3
Peppers Green sliced 1 bag
Drawer 3
Cabbage small bags 3
Beans Runner bags 2
Beans French bags 2
Blueberries 5 pks
Bottom
Basil 2 sachets
Chives 1 sachet
Coriander 2 sachets
Chillies Red
Chillies Green
Chillies mixed
Tomato Salsa 2 tubs
Tomatoes Cherry 2 sm tubs
Bananas 3

kazmeister

MrsTine wrote: »

Crikey! Now I'm glad I don't have a big freezer! Shame you don't live nearby or I'd swap you some rhubarb for some blackberries

Would gladly give away Rhubarb as have a glut of it on the allotment and thanks for the offer of blackberries but we have loads of bushes round here to pick from but end up just storing them in the freezer

MrsTinks

LOL Well you could always do rhubarb ketchup, rhubarb jam, rhubeena, sweet pickled rhubarb or bottled rhubarb with honey... I just looked up a few in my River Cottage preserves book

MrsTinks

Ben & Jerry Icecream 1 tub
Walls Icecream Small sliver
Rasberries 400gr
Blackberries 1 1/2 bags
Frozen smoothie mix x4 (single potions)
Frozen red fruit (smoothies probably) large bag
Smoked Salmon 4 handfuls indivudually packed
Pork Belly
Chicken Breast x2
Turkey Thigh Joint
Stock Ice Cubes x 2
Spinach 1kg (in small portions)
Cooked King Prawns 100gr
Bacon Bits
Bacon 6 Slices
Pork Tenderloin x 1
Pate x 2 (small tubs)
Microwave Veg pack 1 serving

It's coming down!!! YAY

caroline1973lefty

hi everyone,

i wonder if you can help with an odd storecupboard situation.... my cupboards, probably like lots of other people on here, used to be stuffed full of packets of all sorts of things that hardly ever got used, but somehow made me feel vaguely secure!

then a couple of weeks ago we had a 'food moth' infestation. :eek::(disgusting, i didnt' even know there were such things! had to massively disinfect, and throw out more or less EVERYTHING except one or two unopened packets that were stored in a different, unaffected cupboard.

it was awful having to throw so much food away (though some had expired to be honest). So now i am thinking that, rather than rushing out and spending money on a huge variety of stuff i won't use for ages and which might even end up getting spoilt by bugs again, i should just rely on the few storecupboard things i've got left as mcuh as possible for the next few weeks, just buying fresh stuff like milk and eggs and veg, if possible!

sooo.... preamble over, this is all i have got left now -
polenta / cornmeal
wholemeal pasta (penne)
red lentils
quinoa
tahini paste
pumpkin seeds
walnuts
cocoa powder
honey
plus various tins of pulses (mostly chickpeas/haricot beans/chilli beans), tomatoes, and fish.
plus herbs, spices, coffee, vinegar & oil

plus in fridge
salad and summer veg
butter, milk, cottage cheese, hard cheese, parmesan, smoked tofu.
plus soda bread.

i have also just been on a little detox so am quite keen to keep eating as healthily as possible - and usually am just cooking for one/two (though sometimes more).

all suggestions gratefully received!
love
caroline x

PS have also invested in some of those glass jars in the pound shop - no more open packets in cupboards for me, ever! (ok - i probably sound like a terrible slob - but i've learnt the hard way!)

BigMummaF

I keep a lot of stuff--especially opened packets--in old ice cream tubs & biscuit tins. They are kind of seperated into seeds, nuts, dried fruit, puddings[eg jelly, blancmange, semolina]cooking & it makes it a lot easier to store things & also to reach the ones at the back of the cupboard, cuz you don't have to move millions of packets, just the odd box or two. HTH.