I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

Frogletina

quintwins wrote: »

still ill here and did eat the lo :eek: we had planned to yesterday so now it's tonighst eta for the non sick people, i'm not eating anything right now might try a slice of toast in abit

I thought lo stood for little one

ms_night_ryder

for lunch i had oven chips and whoopsied salmon cake, took out my last pack of t finest pork mince from glitch, have stuck it in the slow cooker and half will make a pasta bake tomorrow, half will be frozen.

Also took out some mince i made 2 weeks ago, will have some of that tonight over some wedges from freezer, topped with cheese yum! rest will eaten tomorrow or sunday.

Need a little help people. what can i do with smoked kipper? picked a packet up accidently thinking it was mackrel, was gutted as i wanted to make mackrel pate, it was whoopsied, really dunno what to do with it.

Lynsey

ms_night_ryder wrote: »

Need a little help people. what can i do with smoked kipper? picked a packet up accidently thinking it was mackrel, was gutted as i wanted to make mackrel pate, it was whoopsied, really dunno what to do with it.

Just make kipper pate, or how about kipper and sweetcorn chowder??

Lynsey

recovering_spendaholic

ms_night_ryder wrote: »

Need a little help people. what can i do with smoked kipper? picked a packet up accidently thinking it was mackrel, was gutted as i wanted to make mackrel pate, it was whoopsied, really dunno what to do with it.

Kippers are nice just warmed through with some butter and black pepper and eaten with wholemeal bread and butter! We used to have that as a tea quite often when I was growing up, but I haven't had it for years!! I remember it was nice though!

I also saw a TV chef (can't remember who) making a pate with kippers, pepper, cream cheese and lemon - he just whizzed it all together and had it with toast and cucumber.

Off to Tescos in a minute to get some Jordans oats (thanks Lynsey!! - you are really a mine of info on vouchers and reduced stuff!!)

Lynsey

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

Off to Tescos in a minute to get some Jordans oats (thanks Lynsey!! - you are really a mine of info on vouchers and reduced stuff!!)

I'm still a trainee. lol
The real experts are on the coupon thread.
It's a very addictive thread, but some massive savings can be made (have a look what's available on page 1 and check the updated shopping list which is updated on a Wednesday by the fab MT). Highlight your targets and go for it and max as much as possible.
Seriously, I've done a check of my cupboards etc. today and moved things about and there will be very little non-food items to buy in 2012.............and I've given plenty away.
Just hope I live long enough to use all my shampoo's, conditioners and shower gels.

Anyway, hope you managed to get the Jordans Porridge, see what you think of it. Much chunkier than the normal stuff - I normally make with just milk and add a little sugar during cooking - sprinkle more sugar on top and it's perfect, absolutely lovely.
Can't understand why I eat so much in the winter and very little if at all in the summer??

No spend day so far and probably (well maybe) not going out. Early Lidl tomorrow though!

Lynsey

prepareathome

Well my second day at this, asked hubby what he fancied for tea, and he said sausages, as poor lamb not had any for a long time as we have to keep an eye on his fat intake but went to freezer and yes sausages and decided to give him more of a treat and took out some yorkshire puds ( bought months ago as whoopsied to 5p for 12 and there were 2 packs so bought them both) he wanted spaghetti over it and he was one happy bunny tonight. I just have had some soup but might have one of the cod in butter sauces I have in and treat myself to every few months

ms_night_ryder

Gonna go with the kipper and sweetcorn chowder, found a great receipe online and i have most of the ingreidients or substitute! i'm really excited, gonna bung it in the slow cooker, this will be dinner on sunday along with a hovis home bake bloomer, can't wait!

Thanks Lynsey! and all the others for your ideas, hope its nice, if so will deffo buy whoopsied again!

Lynsey

Good luck with the chowder..............please email me a small bowl full.

Lynsey

Lynsey

Done my Lidl shop and spent £6.31.
2 packs of diced steak.
6 packets of crisps (only charged for 5).
1 pack of noodles.
1 jar mixed herbs.

Had toast today for breakfast and it's chicken stir fry later (never had yeasterday).

Lynsey

Westie69

Middy wrote: »

OK my freezer and stock cupboards are crammed full. I realise have spent a lot of money in the food in there. I want to save money by using these and only buy:
. Milk
. Fruit/Veg
. Bread
. Yoghurt
. Breakfast cereal (only have 2 unopened packets)
. Sandwich fillings (have one pack of ham in the freezer)

as these things I eat virtually every day

Until one of the following happens
. I ran out of food
. I have only fish fingers and cornflakes left.

It will be a challenge as I'm on weight watchers so I have to be extra creative to keep my points down.

I do this every now and again. I do sometimes need to buy things in order to use other things up... for example, had some lasagne sheets in the cupboard, so had to buy mince and made a lasagne (obviously) - but, I realise like you, I have a lot of money in these various storage places.

I do the same with other things too, have so much much shampoo, shower gel, bubble bath sometimes from gifts, so put them all in a box and go through them. Definitely bathing more just to get rid of these, which may be counter productive as we have a water meter!!! Some are going to be 're-gifted' this year - which I know is bad in one sense, but no harm no foul I think :T

Good luck with trying to combine this with Weight Watchers - I can't bare to chuck food, but realise some of it just doesn't fit with a diet... just HAD to make a fruit crumble when I found some blackberries I'd picked from our garden last year.... :cool:

Sarah x