Store cupboard challenge

D&DD

I think its time I did another one of these too I bought an extra freezer this year for the garden produce in the hope that by xmas it would serve as 'extra space' then be turned off again until the following summer...:o *I ain't sayin' a word* :whistle: :shhh: :silenced: it didn't work...

In some ways it's helped being housebound with DS as I've done heaps more cooking than I usually do..but I've also had a bit of a run on Tesco's bargains too!!

I can't even make a list as 1 freezer alone has 2 A4 sheets (with 2 columns) as an inventory..I'd be here alll day so I'll just post what I've made from the stores if thats ok??
I'll list our 'staples/need to buy' list tomorrow

HariboJunkie

OK... Here goes. :rolleyes:

Freezer

Meat

1 packet YS chicken fillets
4 packs pork sausages
[strike]2[/strike] 1 pack mince
2 lamb shanks
2 packs turkey mince
[STRIKE]6[/STRIKE] 5 packs of bacon
1 doz HM sausage rolls

Fish

[STRIKE]8[/STRIKE] 5 Salmon fillets
[STRIKE]4[/STRIKE] 3 packs tiger prawns
[STRIKE]3[/STRIKE] 2 packs seafood mix (squid, prawns and mussels)
1 pack cod gougons

Veg

frozen cauliflower florets
green beans
HG runner beans
HG broad beans
Frozen peas
1 bag oven chips
bag of onions

Ready prepped

1 HM lasagne
1 HM macaroni cheese
1 HM pumpkin and coriander soup (2 portions)
1 HM curried parsnip soup (2 portions)
1 HM tomato and basil soup (2 portions)
1 bag HM bolognese

Bread

2 packs wholemeal pitta
1 pack hot dog rolls
2 packs tortillas
2 HM pizza doughs
2 garlic bread

Bits and bobs

3 HM pizza/pasta sauce (tomato and basil)
2 pats garlic butter
2 tubs HM smoked salmon pate
1 tub HM chicken liver pate
3 tubs HM houmous
3 bags breadcrumbs
8 bags grated cheese
[STRIKE]
1 bag grated onion.
[/STRIKE]1 tub HM pepper sauce
2 tubs HM cheese sauce
1 bag HG coriander
1 bag HG tarragon
1 bag HG celery
Lamb gravy
chicken stock
Saag alloo sauce
1 large bag roasted pumpkin
2 packs buffalo mozzarrella
2 packs pizza mozzarrella

2 tubs ice cream

Baking (frozen)

[STRIKE]8[/STRIKE] 4 HM fruit scones
[strike]6[/strike] 4 lemon muffins
6 apple muffins

Larder

2 bags plain flour
2 bags SR flour
1 box icing sugar
1 bag marshmallows
glace cherries
4 tins condensed milk
1 box organic chocolate instant whip
8 packet of jelly
plenty of cereal (girls eat mainly porridge)
4 bags caster sugar
2 bags macaroni
2 boxes lasagne
[strike]1 bag pasta shells[/strike]
2 bags spaghetti
6 bags of strong white bread flour
1 bag wholemeal flour
1 bag soda bread flour
4 bars dark chocolate
2 lidl cake mixes
Pop corn

Kilner jars (one of each) (dried)

chickpeas
split peas
dried peas
lentils
puy lentils
butter beans
dried HG chilis
dessicated coconut
[STRIKE]
dried shitake mushrooms
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Chantarrelles in oil[/STRIKE]
Porridge oats
Wheat germ
Wheat Bran
Muscovado sugar
Raisins
Pumpkin seeds
sunflower seeds
Poppy seeds
seame seeds
Pudding rice
[STRIKE]
Arborio rice
[/STRIKE]Basmati rice
HM pickled onions
Cornflour
dried Milk
Couscous

Preserves (homemade)

4 jars green tomato chutney
3 jars spitfire sauce
3 jars raspberry jam
3 jars strawberry jam
Preserved pears
picallili
2 jars bluebrry jam
4 jars fruits of the forest jam
1 jar lemon curd
1 jar apple sauce

Shelf

2 large tins pink salmon
8 tins tuna
12 tins various fruit in juice
6 jars peeled chestnuts
4 bottles white wine vinegar
1 tub mincemeat
1 bottle pickling vinegar
6 cans baked beans
8 litres UHT milk (for yoghurt)
[STRIKE]6[/STRIKE] 5 jars princes tuna paste
4 jars sun dried tomatoes
4 jars artichokes in oil
2 jars roast peppers in oil
[strike]6[/strike] 5 tins tomato puree
[STRIKE]12[/STRIKE] 11 jars of ovaltine (don't even go there. :rolleyes: )
cocoa
drinking chocolate
2 tins mackeral fillets
2 jars of green olives
2 tins corned beef

Fridge

Can't really be bothered to look but lots of jars of mayo etc, plenty of cheese, some chorizo, HM yoghurt, milk and OJ. Lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber. Fresh chicken stock. fresh pneapple and a melon. Eggs, garlic.


Veg basket

Loads of spuds
runner beans
2 bags carrots
enough fruit for a few days

Garden

4 celery plants
lots of baby carrots
10 nearly ready cabbages.

Drinks Cupboard

Erm. Well..... Let's just say it's well stocked.

Also have plenty of coffee (dried and instant), condiments, soy sauce, mango chutney, marmite, ketchup, yeast, dried herbs and stock cubes.



There you go. Is this the bit where I sit back and let everyone else meal plan for me?

Girls' lunch tommorrow is cheese and crackers, fresh melon and pineapple, HM yoghurt and a lemon muffin. OH eats tins of soup in work. :rolleyes: And I usually have toast.
[strike]Lasagne tommorrow night with garlic bread for OH and I. Girls have a friend coming so it's sausage, chips and peas for then before we go out for the fireworks. Will also make toffee apple muffins and hot chocolate to take with us.[/strike] Change of plan... Spag Bol all round!!


Will still need a small meat order from the butcher every week and the usual milk, eggs, fruit and veg.

taurusgb

Can I join please? Freezer jam packed full of this, that and the other - I do have a list but I've scribbled over it to try and keep it up to date so will post tomorrow when I've retyped it in proper English . MUST get some space sorted in the freezer ready for Christmas cooking.

All kitchen cupboards are full - but only of tins and staple ingredients to make meals with - no convenience foods. Don't know what's in there "exactly" - do know there is a goodly assortment of tins (baked beans, kidney beans, tomatoes, sweetcorn, corned beef, tuna, salmon, fruit of various types). I also have emergency stocks:o in the 3 dresser cupboards and behind all the books in the bedroom bookshelves (there are 22 book shelves in the bedroom and DH already thinks I am neurotic when it comes to food stock so :shhh: please- this is our secret). I don't think I dare take up the space to post a list of what is in the cupboards, so I'll just stick to posting the freezer list if that's OK.

Am getting very worried about the likelihood of redundancy for either one or both of us in the next few months so don't want to run my emergency stocks down too much, but it would also be a good idea to have a bit more of a cash cushion than we currently have, so if I run down things a little and save the money instead of replacing things I could perhaps have the best of both worlds.

Will continue to buy fresh fruit and vegetables, milk, flour, eggs - all the usual short life stuff on a weekly basis.

Hardup_Hester

Wow, aren't you all so well organised, I'll have a go, but wil only list my freezer too if that's ok.
6 pork chops
6 lamb chops
8 small bags of mince
1 whole chicken
4 chicken breasts
2 small bags of liver
1 bag frozen peas
6 coley fillets
1 large smoked haddock fillet
I think thats it, but I have to go to work, I'll add anything else I find after work.
Hester

Penelope_Penguin

Good morning everyone :beer: Great to see so many people wanting to revitalise this thread :j and plenty of lists of people's stores to have a sticky-beak at :rotfl: I'm in, too. I'm at work today, so will check what I have in tomorrow. I have a large pantry that I keep well stocked, so will be checking what I have in there that I bought for some now long forgotten recipe to see if I can get some ideas. It's mainly my freezer that needs a clear out, so I'll start there

I woke up feeling really excited about this challenge - sad, I know

thriftlady - any chance of the Chinese plum pork recipe, please?

Penny. x

catznine

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I woke up feeling really excited about this challenge - sad, I know
Penny. x

Me too Pen Pen! :D wonderful to see so many folk joining in, very inspiring!

Can't do my list until I am back from drs but hopefully will have it done today!

Catz x

thriftlady_2

Plum Pork for PP -not as exciting as it sounds I'm afraid. Devised to use up Chinese sauces bought for other recipes.

Diced pork (I had 2 lbs), carrots, onions and peppers cut in strips in a casserole with half a jar of Sharwood's Plum-Hoisin Sauce and half a bottle of Sharwood's Hoisin sauce. Bit more water. In oven for 2 hours.Frozen peas added at the end for colour;)

It wasn't at all bad.

Haribo I've got to ask -12 jars of Ovaltine????

taplady

Haribo - you've certainly got a well stocked store cupboard:A :T is there about to be an Ovaltine shortage that I dont know about

BigMummaF

HariboJunkie wrote: »

OK... Here goes. :rolleyes:

Freezer

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Ready prepped

1 HM lasagne
1 HM macaroni cheese
1 HM pumpkin and coriander soup (2 portions)
1 HM curried parsnip soup (2 portions)
1 HM tomato and basil soup (2 portions)
1 bag HM bolognese

- - - - - - - - - - - - ->
Bits and bobs

3 HM pizza/pasta sauce (tomato and basil)
2 pats garlic butter
2 tubs HM smoked salmon pate
1 tub HM chicken liver pate
3 tubs HM houmous
3 bags breadcrumbs
8 bags grated cheese
1 bag grated onion.
1 tub HM pepper sauce
2 tubs HM cheese sauce
1 bag HG coriander
1 bag HG tarragon
1 bag HG celery
Lamb gravy
chicken stock
Saag alloo sauce
1 large bag roasted pumpkin

2 tubs ice cream

Baking (frozen)

8 HM fruit scones
6 lemon muffins
6 apple muffins

- - - - - - - - - - - - ->
Preserves (homemade)

4 jars green tomato chutney
3 jars spitfire sauce
3 jars raspberry jam
3 jars strawberry jam
Preserved pears
picallili
2 jars bluebrry jam
4 jars fruits of the forest jam
1 jar lemon curd
1 jar apple sauce




There you go. Is this the bit where I sit back and let everyone else meal plan for me? So I can gave a sticky beak too please!

- - -> before we go out for the fireworks. Will also make toffee apple muffins and hot chocolate to take with us. Have a lovely time!!!

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Hope you don't mind me snipping bits of your post, but I am curious for your recipes if you would be so kind pretty-please-thank-you Also any tips on your yog making--are you a thermos flask or esi-yo gal? I really would like to give it a go, but haven't felt brave enough as yet

I am very close to emptying the little table-top freezer for a good clean so am already doing the challenge in that dept. I should also do some baking too, to relieve the stocks of little cake decorations that seemed to jump into my trolley rach time I walked past the 10p-a-go tubs :whistle:

Gryfon

I should join in and dig down to the bottom of the chest freezer and see what's lurking apart from bits of fruit where the packet broke :rotfl: My mum and dad usually store stuff in there as well though so I'm never sure what's mine and what isn't! Actually I think I might join you...I only have a few shelves of stuff I think...