I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

davidjackson_2

I will join you I make my own bread, yogurt etc

Jelly_Biactol

Welcome AlwaysHappy and davidjackson :wave:

joedenise

Not a good day for freezer and cupboard eating up!

Nothing coming from either freezer or cupboard but will be using HG onions!

Will be getting out a couple of pork chops from the freezer for tomorrow night's dinner. Will also be using more HG onions & HG potatoes and some veggies from the fridge, which I will be roasting.

Denise

Welsh_Poppy

Welcome AlwaysHappy and Davidjackson hope you enjoy your time here we are a friendly/helpful bunch:)

Welsh_Poppy

Joedenise

My hg onions are not ready yet you are lucky:-)

AlwaysHappy

So today I have made a small gap - taken a quiche out for lunch tomorrow and some chicken thighs, wings and drumsticks out for tomorrows tea. I have an inventory of the freezer which I have always kept (colour coded as to the month it went in) so I need to try and start with the oldest first and move forward through it, sounds simple doesn't it.....................

Kirri

Also hello to davidjackson :wave:


Been updating spreadsheet again this morning.. I feel the end for me on this challenge is finally in sight.. and definitely before Christmas, items being pared down to the basics and only stuff I really want or use frequently. Much less multiples now, things turned around quicker as don't want out of date things in future and unless they are regular staples, I'll only buy if making specific recipes straight away. I'll also only ever buy 1 of anything!

Spends this week very low £10.75 plus water. Of that food spend, 4 items of veg/salad for pets and only bought for me were bananas, haloumi and a spicy lentil pasty which I'll have today - my kitchen is stripped so wanted something I could just eat without cooking too much. Still feel guilty ish buying ready done things I could make myself but it does look very tasty!

Breakfast - the free cereal
Lunch - lentil pasty & salad
Dinner - maybe more of the red pesto pasta as it's open and HG veg.

I've got a recipe I've had ages of bean and red pesto burgers so I may attempt that at the weekend while the pesto is open. I need to start soaking the beans as they were dried on the allotment 2 years ago.. should be ok I think!

Updated spreadsheet, most items in red are things I've highlighted as being either things I don't really fancy, stuff I won't replace as they are things I don't use.. or are way out of date/been open too long. Some of these things are also in the wrong sections therefore as they just happen to be sat in the cupboard etc still.

FRIDGE

DAIRY
Butter 2
Cheese 3
Eggs 8
CONDIMENTS
Madras paste 1
HM Mincemeat 1
Peanut butter 1
Stem ginger 1
Pesto 2
White wine vinegar 1
Mustard 2
Lemon curd Jan-13
Apricot jam May-12
HG Strawberry jam 2
Marmalade 1
DRINKS
Orange juice 1
Water large 7
Water small 7
Squash/Cordial 2
Mixers 3
Vodka 7
Brandy 1


FREEZER

MEALS
HM Veg Curry 8
HM Polenta chips 2
HM Squash soup 9
FRUIT & VEG
HG Beans runner/french/flat (sliced) 28
HG Strawberries (whole) 1
HG Strawberry sauce (glass jars) 4
HG Strawberry sauce (bags) 7
HG Blackcurrant sauce (bags) 6
HG Blackcurrant sauce (plastic pots) 2
HG Blackcurrant sauce 2012 8?
Bananas 12
MISC
HM Crumble mix 1
Orange/lemon zest/juice 4


CUPBOARD

DRIED WHOLEFOODS
Protein powder 2
Quinoa 3
Pearl barley 2
Paella rice 1 Apr-10
Split peas 1 Oct-13
Red lentils 1 Mar-14
Puy lentils 2
Couscous 1
Basmati rice 1 01-Jan-14
Pasta 2
White beans 1
Borlotti beans 4
CONDIMENTS
Tahini 1
Condensed milk 2 Jan-13
Hot choc 3 Aug 12 & Jan 13
Marigold stock 1
Soy sauce 1
Vinegar 1
Linseed/Olive oil 2
Coconut milk 1
Marmite 2
HERBS & SPICES
Aleppo pepper
Sumac
Baharat
Ras el hanout
Cardomen x 2
Turmeric x 2
Coriander ground/whole
Cumin ground/seed
Cayenne
Chilli flakes
Mace
Fennel
Cinnamon ground/sticks
Mixed spice
Mustard powder
Spanish paprika
Mulled spices
Herbes de provence
Black onion seed
Szechuan pepper
Himalayan salt
Cornish salt x 2
Ginger
Cloves
Mustard seed
Thyme
Pink peppercorns
Bay leaves
BAKING
Strong white 1
SR brown 1
Malted bread 1
Bran 1 Jan-11
Gram flour 1 May-12
Polenta 1 Jun-13
Cornflour 1
Red skin peanuts 1
Hazelnuts 1
Flaked almonds 200g 1 Jun-12
Cobnuts/Almonds 2
Cashews 1 Sep-13
Pine nuts 1
Poppy seeds 1
Flax seed/ground 3 Jun-12
Pumpkin seeds 2
Sunflower seeds 3
Crystallised ginger 1 Apr-12
Dates 1
Vine fruits 2
Peel 2
Sugar caster/granulated 2
Icing sugar 1 Jan-14
Yeast - Baking 1 Nov-13
Yeast - Nutritional 1 Mar-14
Baking powder 1 May-13
Bicarb of soda 1 Nov-12
Malt extract 1
Agave syrup 1
Cocoa powder 1
Cake decorations 5 Feb/Aug 11
Food colour 5
Almond extract 1
Vanilla pod 1
Vanilla extract 1 Jul-14
Amaretti 2 Mar-11
Rose water 1 Dec-11
Orange blossom water 1 Nov-12

fuzz

wow that is some list!!

I watched superscrimpers food challenge the other day and am inspired to be more sensible with the food in my cupboards and freezer - and I want to get organised as my boyfriend is moving in with me and he is an amazing cook so together I am sure we can come up with some feasts for a smaller budget

I tidied up my freezer last night - its only small and there was old bread lurking around in the back so it looks much neater now and I found 3 containers with soup,pasta sauce and 2 portions of pre cooked mince and gravy that I had forgotten about so I am really going to try and use everything up and defrost it

1 small portion of mince n gravy out
1 naan bread out

made it all into a nice dinner with pasta - delicious!

hope to do a lot better over the weekend as only buying milk and a little bread - picked up 3 fresh peppers,4 baking potatoes, 2 mueller yoghurts,a loaf of weight watchers brown bread - all for 10 p each in the bargain bucket at my local coop :T - so am using all that this weekend whilst cooking for me and mum

Jelly_Biactol

Kirri wrote: »

Been updating spreadsheet again this morning

:eek: Wow. But at least you know exactly what you've got, and what you'll not buy again:)

Kirri

Jelly_Biactol wrote: »

:eek: Wow. But at least you know exactly what you've got, and what you'll not buy again:)

fuzz wrote: »

wow that is some list!!

I was thinking it was quite a small list now :rotfl:
It's mainly just basic ingredients, thought I was doing well lol.


Oh and I forgot to add all the multiple types of tea and coffee in another cupboard... (I don't drink it even).