I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

Welsh_Poppy

Lynsey

I do hope it is not one of us have set to record.

I saw a programme this year doomsday preppers......we think we are organised with freezer and larder this woman in USA had 8 years worth of food!! every part house had freezers and food storage she was stuffed to the gills.I think she was ready for Friday and end of the world according to the Mayans.

Lynsey

Afternoon all.

Took Brother shopping and he spends far too much for a single person!!
Think I'll show him this thread. lol
NSD for me so far, but was tempted with the BOGOF tea-cakes in Sainsbury's - another day.
Just having soup today and snacking, but should be using freezer stuff.
Not sure if I'm happy or sad for having almost two full freezers!! Spends could have and should have been far less if I wasn't a "stasher" ....................... and that's NOT me in that program!!

Wrapping stuff today and should be almost sorted by tonight. Hopefully I haven't missed anything.

Lynsey

AmericanInScotland

Hi everyone.
For breakfast, it was egg on toast
Lunch was (I couldn't be bothered with anything else)
Tea is to be determined as I'm really not in the mood for cooking. I may just have leftover peas, again or salad.

Pretty quiet day here. I may venture to Poundland tomorrow to look for my bf's stocking stuffers.

Kirri

Lynsey wrote: »

Not sure if I'm happy or sad for having almost two full freezers!! Spends could have and should have been far less if I wasn't a "stasher" ....................... and that's NOT me in that program!!

and your challenge for next year is to eat out of the freezers Two full freezers is quite a lot! You'd be having a cold sweat seeing what's in mine!!! There is now no shop bought food at all, just a lot of beans, soup and fruit... even I'm feeling a bit :eek:

Toast and marmite for breakfast, banana for lunch. Run out of fruit again so need to go to the dreaded supermarket tomorrow.

Used up the Quorn mince today and made it into bolognaise with carrots, celery and onion that needing using up. Also chucked in a bag of borlotti from the allotment to bulk it out. Used up a tin of toms out the cupboard. Should make a week's worth of dinners, may turn a portion or two into cottage pie as I have a lot of allotment potatoes still.

Not sure what else I will be eating apart from that, but something along the lines of bean burgers, bean risotto, bean fritters, dahl... may buy a few bits to liven up meals inbetween all that.

AmericanInScotland

Correction, I made pasta with sun dried tomato cream sauce using pantry spaghetti, soft cheese, sun dried tomatoes (pantry), passata (leftover in the fridge), Italian seasoning, and garlic. It was delish!

Becky_2

AmericanInScotland, I read previously that others on this thread suggested to you where to buy American food. I am not sure if Ocado was mentioned, if not here is the link http://www.ocado.com/webshop/getSearchProducts.do?clearTabs=yes&isFreshSearch=true&entry=american

Lynsey

Morning all, mild here ................ but raining a little.

Kirri wrote: »

and your challenge for next year is to eat out of the freezers

Used up the Quorn mince today and made it into bolognaise

I think I need you as my "mentor", but you are right.
I love the Quorn mince in spag bol.
I just can't meal plan though!! Much easier to buy than to use, sadly.
I honestly and mean honestly, thought the budget would clear everything and I would struggle .................... but it's been a cinch as coupons and "whoopsies" haven't dried up.

Only spent £1.16 yesterday on Morries half-price cream scones and reduced choc brownies from Sainsbury's. Trying to keep spends down until the weekend when Son comes home!! £1 bags of salad/spinach probably. :eek:

I'm not 100% today and hubby has been "iffy", so Wetherspoons is a miss. Took out some sausages and will do sausages in gravy, mash and veg today.

Coffee and toast for breakfast, cake and brownies for lunch.

Dropping off foodbank stuff later - last one for the year.

This time next week ................................ is next Tuesday. lol

Lynsey

Welsh_Poppy

Morning

Today I shall be buying a dozen eggs from the farm I have run out and we adore eggs and I have to ice 4 small christmas cakes .
We will be getting the fresh things we need Friday I am hoping we won't need to spend much.

Dinner will be chicken curry for OH from freezer with rice.
I shall be having toasted muffin with a veggie burger and sliced onions with chilli jam and stuffed mushrooms with goats cheese.

quintwins

I have 2 full freezers aswell mostly filled with whoospies and on offer items, and theres still a few bits from the batch cooking i did when my freezer broke, i'm reducing my food budget by alot next year so it will all help, it should keep me going in weeks i can't find good whoopsies.

Today i have taken out, 2 packets of philly and a packet of wraps.I'll be putting in 2 dinner portions of chicken ham and leek pie filling and 2 portions of carrot and parnsip mash, chicken was ood and carrots and parsnips were looking very sad. All of this was made with whoospies except the philly which i bought to bump up my shopping for a till spit :T

AmericanInScotland

Thank you, Becky 2, and everyone else for their kind suggestions!

I discovered late last night that there was fraudulent activity on my bank account, and someone using payday loans had taken out £111! That's a TON when you're a strapped student! I called the bank this am, and they are investigating it. Luckily, they almost immediately put the money back in my account, but my debit card was cancelled. I popped into my bank to get a bit of cash to last me for awhile.

So, then I went out on the hunt for a few specific things for my boyfriend's upcoming visit (6 days) including stocking stuffers and foods we'll eat using other staples in my cupboard and freezer.

With the limited cash I took out, it REALLY limits my spending!

Poundland: Spent £5 on stocking presents for bf and toothpaste

Went to Lidl and got a few things:
Pork Chops (I've been on the look out for sales for awhile with no luck): 2.99
Camembert wheel (for a baked cheese meal for bf and I): 1.35
Green Beans: 89p
Eggs (10): .89
Choc creams: .54

I also popped into Tesco Metro to look for reductions, but didn't find anything worth using my pounds on. I did pick up:
Soy Longlife Milk: .59 (for my morning cereal)
A packet of crisps: .69 (for bf's stocking)
and a packet of dumpling mix (for stew when bf visits): .55

Breakfast was cereal and a banana
Lunch was an egg sandwich
Tea is hm oven chips