What food items will you never use/swap ideas?

black-saturn

I don't think I've got anything at the moment. I've only got one small cupboard for the food in the kitchen so I tend to only buy what I need. I did have a load of jars of different spices in the cupboard for about 4 years but when I had to get rid of one of the kitchen cupboards I got rid of them.

sophiesmum_2

A tub of spirulina (sp) algae powder:eek: bought when I was on a health kick a year ago. Was meant to add to fruit smoothies but made one and it looked like swamp slime,drank it and it tasted like swamp slime too:eek: :eek:
promptly threw up over kitchen floor and have never used it since:rolleyes: :rolleyes: .Must get around to throwing it out but it was about £14 so hate the thought even though i know it will never be used. Think I will put it on freecycle see if any healthy bods want it.

sophiesmum

mirakl

about half the impluse buys I made when I first discovered an Asian Supermarket nearby.

LydiaSophia

A tub of spirulina (sp) algae powder bought when I was on a health kick a year ago. Was meant to add to fruit smoothies but made one and it looked like swamp slime,drank it and it tasted like swamp slime too
promptly threw up over kitchen floor and have never used it since .Must get around to throwing it out but it was about £14 so hate the thought even though i know it will never be used. Think I will put it on freecycle see if any healthy bods want it.

Oh that made me laugh out loud at my desk.

I have tons of stuff in my cupboards that I know I'm not going to enjoy eating. Whenever I do a big shop I always buy loads of brown rice and yellow split peas etc etc.

However having examined one of my Mums vegetarian recipe book (she isn't vege so don't know why she's got it) there are actually some really nice recipes in there.

I am determined to use everything in my cupboard before I do another shop as I hate throwing food away.

Just look for recipes for stuff that you have any believe me you will be pleasantly suprised at the results.

Raspberry_Swirl

crumble up some seaweed into miso soup or a plain broth.

lynzpower

sophiesmum wrote:

A tub of spirulina (sp) algae powder:eek: bought when I was on a health kick a year ago. Was meant to add to fruit smoothies but made one and it looked like swamp slime,drank it and it tasted like swamp slime too:eek: :eek:
promptly threw up over kitchen floor and have never used it since:rolleyes: :rolleyes: .Must get around to throwing it out but it was about £14 so hate the thought even though i know it will never be used. Think I will put it on freecycle see if any healthy bods want it.

sophiesmum

maybe mikeywills would want it

beachbeth

lynzpower wrote:

half a bag of mung beans ( just cannot be bothered to sprout them again, hassle)

Me too! Just ended up throwing them away. Im afraid I recently threw some couscous away too because I had no idea what you did with it or how to cook it!

I have used quinoa but it was in cinnamon and date bread so you couldn't taste it (I have no idea what it tastes like). The bread was lovely though! I intend to make it again, its delicious for breakfast and very filling!

carol9uk

pudding o6 what slimfast was it

Sassers

Queen.Bess wrote:

Once bought, what I thought was mango chutney, was in fact lime chutney and I hate limes!

I eat lime pickle out the jar with a spoon! :eek: I love it.........(oh and nice with a cheese sarnie instead of mango chutney)

blessings3

Chipps wrote:

One of these days I will probably get round to using the jar of cherries in the larder.
...probably...
........I think...
.................not sure what the use by date is........
..............................wonder how long it's been there??????

Have a retro party and buy some babysham