I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

bramble1

Hope you had a good time Lynsey!

recovering_spendaholic

ms_night_ryder wrote: »

Have a pack of 25 chicken thighs, my grandma put them in the freezer to keep, not thinking to portion up! grr so will have to batch cook those and freeze loads at weekend, but that should be great for lunches, as then i can cook up more pasta, yes i have at least 5 more packs of that ready made stuff, just add milk and take a cooked chicken thigh out and have that for some lunches, also at weekend gonna batch cook a pasta bake, so there is some variety, prob a mince pasta one.

Off now to think up chicken thigh ideas, so far i have, thighs in a slow cooker along witha campbells chicken soup, onions and some herbs, chicken wrapped in bacon, had it at a rodizio and it was yum! after that i am a bit stuck.

I love Chicken thighs - there is loads you can do with them - I like to take the bone out (if they're not boneless) and then stuff them with home made sage and onion stuffing and roast them. I also use them to make curry as the meat is loads tastier than breast meat.

Hm Sage and onion stuffing:
2 slices bread, or 2 rolls
1 onion
1tsp dried sage
pack of sausages

Just chop the onion and fry in a little butter or oil until soft. Blitz the bread to crumbs and mix with the onion and sage; take the skins off the sausage and then mix the sausage meat with the sage and onion mixture. You are best using your hands and really mushing it all together. Make into little balls, spread into a tray or use to stuff poultry or pork. If cooking as balls they do in about 15 minutes in the oven, in a tray it takes about 45 minutes.

I had bacon and the last slice of bread for breakfast; Have spaghetti and meatballs for tea with garlic bread and haven't decided what to have for lunch yet.

dannie

Hello everybody,

One positive thing from yesterday was that I cleared five bags of veg from the freezer. It created a "makeshift" recipe mixed into a type of savoury bread recipe and was tasty moreso than eating the veg as it was. Today, maybe will use up 300gr of baked/chipped potatoes.

ms_night_ryder

cheers rs, gonna do just that, except with paxo from the cupboard! lol, so i'm gonna do, 4 chicken thighs in bacon, 6 thighs in slow cooker, as its only 1.5 ltr baby one, gonna do bbq chciken and stuffed chicken woo!

Had brekkie of porridge and 4 tiny satsumas from fridge that needed eating, i had the packet cheesey pasta for lunch, it wasnt that nice, i think i put too much pepper, only 4 more packs, prob make em next week, for dinner i had the last burger monster quarter pounder from ross's and chips all from freezer, not brining any more lunches this week, as i dont have anything lol, cant wait to batch cook on sat!g

Lynsey

bramble1 wrote: »

Hope you had a good time Lynsey!

Well, it was a break...........a wet one at times..........but a break!!
Spent just 92p tonight at Sainsbury's, got a loaf, cucumber, bag of salad and some mushrooms. Walked away from lots and lots of potential bargains (mostly ready meals).

Lynsey

bramble1

A break is a break after all - i love to get away from normal life!

I had a NSD day today

Had fresh raspberries and ice cream for afters.

need to meal plan from friday onwards

jas1966

Hi

New on here does anyone have any ideas for packets of cous cous? I seem to have gone a bit mad on approved foods website & have around 24 packets of spicy veg and mushroom cous cous:eek:

bramble1

I would use them to make a salad for lunch or a morocan inspired dish with lamb meat balls or something similar. I'm sure you can use them as stuffing for something or other!

bramble1

Doing well this week

Soup for lunch today, cereal bar and apples for snacking on in the day. OH has cheese sarnies and bits for lunch.

Dinner will be out the freezer, exactly what yet, i am not sure, will sort that out later!

quintwins

morning all still using things up, yesterday the kids had toast and bananas for breakfast, i had paoched egg on toast, hunny brought me chippy for lunch but it was free (inlaws paid) dinner was pasta as i had a jar that needed used up, but just as it was ready one of our kids were sick so i dished up the other 2's and put the rest in a casarole dish once we had settled them all in bed i added cheese and put it in the oven, but it was awful really dry and just not nice at all we still eat enough to do us tho, today it was toast for breakfast i'm gonna have some cheerio's soon, lunch will be soup, i'm gonna make the potatoe and onion one from the feed a family for 4 for £100 site as i ahve some cooking bacon that needs used, i've made it before it's very filling, dinner is sausage casarole, mash and brocolli made with the te$co cheap coctail sausages from a few weeks back


i can see a good bit of space in my freezer but i'm getting bored i fancy a chicken keiv but it will have 2 wait