I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

abitofhelp

Hi all, hope you are all well. i am going to take out a bag of ready cooked chicken strips, i have some yogurt that needs using so i will marinade the strips with a spicy mixture and use for my lunches this week. also have wraps in the freezer so thats me sorted for the week. Oh will have quiche, cheese & onion pie for his lunches( that will also make more space) and i will bake a fresh loaf incase he wants to take sandwhiches. have made up a menu plan for the week to use up some of the excess from the freezers. i found a lovely recipe for crispy beef online, i will now need to locate a pack of thin steaks that i know are hiding in one of the freezers. wish me luck.

Lynsey

Had our "freebie" meal and not brilliant and glad we never paid for it.
It was ok'ish and wouldn't go back ................ unless free.
I ended up having steak and Guinness pie, hubby had the mixed grill.

Popped into B&M's on the way (hubby found another £1 in locker to spend on bird seed. lol) and bought 12 packets of Walkers crisps for £2. 50g packs - 6 steak and onion and 6 cheese and onion (MAX).

£5.63 spent so far.

bunbun2 - thanks, when you say in Durham?? I won't go there. Nice part of the North East.

Lynsey

Edwardia

Lynsey he didn't get any nose (nose of what ?) did get Attis Feta 2 for £3 in Sainsbury's. Sainsbos has 500g TTD baby Jersey Royals for 1.50, medium pineapple £1, 5 satsumas 1.25, 900g Birds Eye garden peas 1.50, 400g plum punnet 2 for £3..

ms_night_ryder and bunbun2 I can eat 350g carbs.. in 7 days !!

bunbun2 Durham has nice scenery besides castle and countryside..all those cute blemish free fresh faced Sloane boy students with Hugh Grant-type voices who sound all innocent but aren't

Sofiaki

Hi oldies and newbies, back again after a short absence.

Still trying my level best to empty cupboards I only have two freezer drawers) and half managing. Approved Foods got me with their organic oils offer, but the use by date is next year, so all's good. I took them down into the cellar yesterday for storage in a dark cool place. I also ended up with quite a lot of wraps, amongst other things (8 50p toothbrushes, 20 cup hooks ... for example. Now wondering how to freeze them. Any recommendations? I've read that people say "separately" but step by step, what does that entail? Any advice gratefully received.

My stock of cheapo mackerel fillets has taken a bashing this week, with my newly found dish of warmed sliced fennel, cut up bacon rasher, small tin of corn and a tin of mackerel fillets with a light dressing, now enhanced by the hazelnut oil c/o AF.

A very simple "recipe" I made up (not exactly inventing the wheel) might be of interest as healthy nibbles with drinks. Greek yoghurt, tinned tuna, drop of olive oil, bit of dill, salt and pepper, bit of lime juice. Mix it all up and serve with sliced veg (fennel again features heavily for me) for dips. Cheap, quick and delish.

Off to make a small portion now to assist some sparkling wine. See you later ladies.

Lynsey

Sofiaki - nice to see you posting.
The wraps will only need frozen individually if you don't want to use the full packet within a day or two. You can freeze them individually or in smaller amounts, wrap in foil to guard from any frost is one way.

Greek yoghurt reminds me I found a OOD tzatziki mix (dry mix) the other day, may get that used next week.

Lynsey

Penny-Pincher!!

OH has done a freezer and tin cupboard inventory.

We have:
Freezer List:

Meat:
4 x cheese/chive burgers
1/2 leg of lamb
7 x chickens
Chicken fillets
Chicken pieces (cheap)
2 x 2 pack steak burgers
4 x 95% meat sausage packets
1kg Aberdeen mince free flow
2 x lamb chops
1kg Silverside joint
Lambs liver
Pork chops
Gammon large joint to cook and slice for ham
Lamb pieces
2 x 4 quarter pound burgers
5 x omega fish fingers packets
Cod fillets
6 sausage rolls/50 sausage rolls

Veggies:
2 x corn cobs/2 x mix veg/1 x cauliflower/1 x mushrooms

Other:
2 x onion rings
Small quiche
6 x Pitta bread and Garlic bread (pack of 2)
8 x WM bread
6 x Large White/2 x small white/3 x Hotdog rolls
1 x Chicken Tikka ready meal
4 x butter
Tomato soup
1 x OJ
25 pints milk

Tin Cupboard-17th April 2012

Soup x 16 :eek::eek::eek:
Beans x 6
Kidney beans x 5
Spaghetti x 2
Tuna Large mine x 12 /Tuna Small mine x 7 /Tuna standard x 8
Coconut milk x 4
Peas Marrow x 5/Peas mushy x 2
Potatoes large x 6 /Potatoes small x 1
Tomatoes chop x 3/Tomatoes plum x 4
Carrots x 2
Pears x 2/Peaches x 2/Oranges x 1/Pineapple small x 6/Prunes x 1/Grapefruit x 1
Rice pudding x 3
Chickpeas x 1
Evap Milk x 1/Condensed x 1
Hotdogs x 1
Red Salmon x 1 (yuk, was in a hamper)
Ham M&S x 1
Pies Fray Bentos Steak (for 2) x 4

OMG, there are so many:o Im really trying to use all this up and utilise them. Been padding out couscous with the kidney beans and having peas with meals to use some up. The peas, kidney beans are value basics and were only a few pence each but are good protein sources. Before anyone says anything about the Tuna, I only like the John West yellowfin in spring water and can only find in Waitrose, so stock up when on offer or get a good voucher code to pad the shop out. I usually have more pulses which I add to curries or sauces to get more protein and nutrients.

I have done a meal plan for the next 3 weeks and as we work from home, I usually have a hot lunch or leftovers. There are 3 of us and DD has a packed lunch which usually is a sandwich, sausage roll, apple, raisins, natural yogurt, biscuit and water. I sometimes have a baked spud with tuna mayo and onion...yum!

Have a voucher code for £20 off a £75 spend at Waitrose, so may use it before it runs out the end of April and stock up on fresh meat as I prefer their meat to most other supermarkets and if I utilise the deals, I may get enough for a month, then we can buy fridge stuff from Aldi etc?

PP
xx

craigywv

hi i going to join it now, so much in 2 freezers not even going to write it down here as be at it all night , have it wrote in notebook............pages of it must have a hidden fetish forchicken drumsticks, found 7 packs with on average 12 a pack need to control my meat buying also 2 full legs of lamb whoopsied christmas eve to 6 quid, origanally had 5 gave 1 to sister for easter ate the other ones.so much pork in every concievable cut, shape and slice.loads of grated /sliced cheese bought massive blocks in li£les 4.00, got a slicer on fleabay 12.00 more than paid for its self a hundred fold so have bags and bags of cheese, cupboards bunged quite scary actually i must be expecting a seige, well i NOT buying anything now for a while, aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i just cant walk past whoopsy stuff its a disorder i have got, away now to count my tins..........hopefully will finish before midnight xxx

bunbun2

lynsey what should I know about Durham?:D

penny pincher wow that is alot of stuff you have there!

OH used a pack of the lid* chicken from the freezer for tea. he made a curry using a sauce from Approved foods. he added chicken stock to mine to make it less hot/spicy - I managed a couple of mouthfuls! I have had toast and jam for tea

katskorner

lidl weekend deals and a few bit and pieces including washing powder on offer - spent £20.

asda spent £4.90 after gift card of £4 on branston beans (same as lidl offer £1 for 4pk), milk and paper and reduced crumpets (2 x 9pk for 50p each)

food is kids pepperoni pizza from freezer and us chicken fajitas from freezer chicken and hubby creating from pack in cupboard and fresh bits in fridge - spent 4p on creme fraiche from tesco to go with it (had coupon).

got chicken out for roasting tomorrow.

btw I better not do inventory as you will all shout at me for having WAY TOO MUCH...lol

Lynsey

craigywv - welcome to the thread, I think a few of us have disorders. lol
Good luck.

Penny-Pincher!! - some list, well done for posting it all.

Looks like my cheap bread/pie runs may have come to an end, seems a new manager has decided to reduce stuff gradually now and not just dumping to 9p's and 15p's etc!!!
Did get a bit and only 90p spent tonight and £6.53 on the day, much lower than expected.

Week 16 total spends were only £16.11 and lowest weekly spend since week 5. Target for this week and next was £40, so almost £24 for next week, though not rigid if the right bargains are available.
I think being out helping with DIY'ing has helped this week along with 2 NSD's.
Need to get a few snacky things next week like crackers, nuts, pickle onions etc.

Lynsey