I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

recovering_spendaholic

I went to Aldi and Farmfoods today and spent just on £20 in both, but now have plenty of bread, milk, fresh vegetables, weight watchers frozen chips for DD1, peanut butter, bacon and sausages (the Aldi ones are really nice). I have about a quarter of a chicken in the fridge so will take off the meat for sandwiches and use the carcass to make a chicken and vegetable soup for lunches over the weekend. Tea tonight is pork steaks from the freezer with WW chips and a big salad.

Kitty_Ears

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

I went to Aldi and Farmfoods today and spent just on £20 in both, but now have plenty of bread, milk, fresh vegetables, weight watchers frozen chips for DD1, peanut butter, bacon and sausages (the Aldi ones are really nice). I have about a quarter of a chicken in the fridge so will take off the meat for sandwiches and use the carcass to make a chicken and vegetable soup for lunches over the weekend. Tea tonight is pork steaks from the freezer with WW chips and a big salad.

I love Farmfoods, you get so much for so little. We go in there for the LA Diner chips/potato shapes and the offer on 2 for £2 on Walkers crisps is great. Their milk and eggs always last too.

lynneee

bramble1 wrote: »

Still not done a food shop, as not feeling great today, If i've got the car i may head to lidl tomorrow.

Hope you are feeling better today

Quiet day today, its my little boys 3rd birthday, and we had a party at the house for him yesterday. So left over buffet food today

COOLTRIKERCHICK

victoria1988 wrote: »

I've started buying 2kg bag of onions from asda for £1.18. Works out at 59p/kg. They are a little on the small side but for the price I'm not fussy

do you find they go off quick? the last few times i have bought them i have had the odd dodgy one

hope you dont mind me joining in...


I have an upright fridge/freezer, and want to get a chest freezer as well, but before i do that i want to make sure all the 'dregs' are used up out the upright freezer, this will also get me into the habbit of eating out of the freezer, as at the moment if nothing 'jumps' out at me as an instant meal, i end up sending hubby to the chippy/takeaway..

I have a pack of 8 burgers left in the freezer and i was thinking of doing some sort of burger caserole in the slow cooker do you think this would work? i know the burgers will prob just fall apart...not only do i want to eat out of the freezer more, i really do need to make cheaper meals

Trixysticks

I haven't noticed them going off. I've had a couple where I've chopped off a dodgy bit but nothing too sinister. Perhaps they are a little hit and miss!

bramble1

lynneee wrote: »

Hope you are feeling better today

Quiet day today, its my little boys 3rd birthday, and we had a party at the house for him yesterday. So left over buffet food today

Thank you - sleeping alot, which seems to be helping!

Taken some BBQ Drumsticks out for OH for his dinner, I'll have the remaining bit of fish with some chips and veggies.

Then tomorrow we will have the pie.

Going to waitrose for bread and milk in a second, but think we can last until payday now!

Kitty_Ears

I love this challenge, I feel like I'm actually using food instead of buying it, freezing it and forgetting about it! Just had boiled eggs and soldiers for my lunch, which I've had all week but I do love it. Had jelly & custard too.

Not sure what to have for tea, considering sweet and sour chicken that I have lurking in the back of the cupboard and some udon noodles.

bramble1

Kitty_Ears wrote: »

I love this challenge, I feel like I'm actually using food instead of buying it, freezing it and forgetting about it! Just had boiled eggs and soldiers for my lunch, which I've had all week but I do love it. Had jelly & custard too.

Not sure what to have for tea, considering sweet and sour chicken that I have lurking in the back of the cupboard and some udon noodles.

I find i'm being more inventive too!

now the freezer is nearly empty, i'm going to work on the cupboards - i'm sure we've got jars in the there that have moved house twice with us!

mymerrywidow

were eating the rest of our BBE feb 2009 sausages tonight. they were ok last week. we were not ill. i have a thing about throwing food out. i just cant seem to do it. even leftovers on the plate, the cats will eat.

recovering_spendaholic

Made chicken soup with chicken carcass last night - it turned out more like chicken stew though because I put too much barley in - was lovely though!!

Brunch today was Sausage, bacon, egg and beans and tea tonight will be pork steaks (got too many out of the freezer yesterday) with hm coleslaw and oven chips and salad.

I haven't got any "afters" in so I suppose there will be moans from the kids. I have got tinned and frozen fruit and bananas though but they won't want them!!

I did a big long list of meals that I can make from the contents of my cupboards and freezer yesterday and now I can't find it!!