I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

quintwins

morning all today were just having plain old toast lunch is pizza from the freezer if were back intime if not granny might feed us or we'll have quick sandwichs dinner is cheese and brocolli pasta uding a sauce made and froze ages ago

Lynsey

Chicken pasta bake today for dinner - getting rid of some of those half-price Lidl offers.

Toasted muffins for breakfast.

Lynsey

lynneee

we are having sausage pasta bake for tea, as I have some (more!) sausage to use up, and lots of pasta, and some cheese which is kind of past its best but will be fine to cook with
Hope everyone is having a good thursday!

bella2121

Lynsey wrote: »

Bella, steak mince is only £1.34 in Lidl's Half Price Weekend offer for 500g, well worth stocking up at this price - unless you find it cheaper.

Thanks Lynsey, until recently I would have quite happily used packet mince but since using butchers mince I dont think I would ever use it again its horrible and greasy (from my experience) butchers mince is soooooo much nicer

This morning I had cup a soup and some bread which was going a little dry but I refuse to waste it

Dinner was a chicken burger and frozen chips yum yum

Tea is chilli and rice for OH, and maybe curry and rice for me and DS using some chicken tikka bites from freezer

xxx

mymerrywidow

teenager is back tonight, so back to "normal" meals again. but i soooo enjoy my chicken currys.

Middy

Popped into the store where I work to update my colleague on my ww weigh in. Saw these TTD Ultimate Steak Burgers reduced to 60p and I had a 50p off coupon - you can use the coupons on reduced things. With the staff discount, as it takes the money off before coupons - 4p!

If your coupon takes off more money than the cost of the object in the reduced, Sainsburys will not give you change. Example, 70p off mince and its down to 60p - no 10p change.

recovering_spendaholic

What is the Lidle steak mince like? I have never bought it but think I might give it a go this weekend. The thing is if it is at all greasy I know that no-one will eat it and I find that boiling it and then skimming the fat once it goes cold takes away most of the flavour.

Anyway if anyone has tried it let me know!

I am still ploughing through my freezer although I did go shopping this week and spent £60, but alot of that was stuff for our two new puppies (toys, puppy pads, food, worming tablets etc). I also bought a HUGE bag of Sainsburys basics chicken pieces (frozen) - I defrosted some tonight and they don't look that pretty but I figure that they will be okay once cooked if I take the meat off the bones and use it for sandwiches or curry etc.

I had friends round last night and for the first time (ever I think!) I didn't go out and buy food to give them. I just did some sandwiches, crisps, made a quiche, made a salad and I also made a lovely coffee and walnut cake out of stuff in the cupboards.

I will need to go shopping on Monday but that is pay day so I had better be careful I don't go into "filling the cupboards" mode!

Lynsey

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

What is the Lidle steak mince like? I have never bought it but think I might give it a go this weekend. The thing is if it is at all greasy I know that no-one will eat it and I find that boiling it and then skimming the fat once it goes cold takes away most of the flavour.

Jane, the steak mince is fine, the "normal mince" has a high fat content though (about 26%). I only buy the steak mince now and it's only slightly dearer than the half-price normal mince. Better value in my opinion. Give one pack a go and if any good you can stock up next time, the offers are always revolving.

I understand what you mean bella, I never buy frozen mince.

Lynsey

jessnjimmy

The Lidl normal mince is not 26% fat. Just looked at the packet as I have one in my fridge and it says typically less than 20% fat.

I find the lean mince and the normal one from Lidl to be great !!

jessnjimmy

I always brown the mince in a non stick saucepan and drain all the fat off anyway before I add sauce or stock etc.