I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

Lynsey

Morning all, a very windy and wet day here!! Woken at 5am with the rain lashing at the windows!!

Lip_Stick - hope that cold doesn't linger - take care.

Toasted tea-cakes for breakfast and I may have to sort some food out as planned day out may be on hold - I'll give it an hour or so to see if it's worth venturing out or to stay in and keep warm.

Hubby's having boil-in the-bag kippers, so only myself to sort out.

You may have noticed (lol), that I change my mind a lot. Well, we've decided (definite if in stock) to stay frugal to the end and have decided our Xmas meat will be a Sainsbury's Just Cook turkey joint to go with the small pork joint. I'll buy the turkey joint, chicken crown and gammon joint on offer @ 3 for £10 and use some till spits to reduce the spends with other shopping.
I'll use that leg of lamb on New Years day.

Early elevenses I think and see what happens weather-wise.

Lynsey

AmericanInScotland

Lynsey wrote: »

You may have noticed (lol), that I change my mind a lot.
Lynsey

Ha, Lynsey I do the SAME thing!
Lip_Stick, I hope you feel better!

Today, it's VERY rainy here so I'm staying in. Cleaning, organizing, and sorting will be my duties.

I had cornflakes for breakfast.
I'll have some sort of leftovers for both lunch and tea since I have so much to eat up!
It will be either pasta with cream tomato sauce, black eyed peas, or leftover stir fry!

Mockingjay1

Hi,

Is it safe to eat food that has been in the freezer for months? I have a lot of meat in the freezer that I have forgotton about, some with dates going back to April and maybe even some before that! Will i get poorly if i eat them? Obviously I will defrost and cook thoroughly but just wondering.....
Sorry if this has been asked before but I couldnt wade through all 377 pages!

Towser

Has someone done a summary? I didn't fancy reading all 377 pages!

To reduce food budget sum up: shop at Aldi and Lidl with whoopsies after 9pm? & coupons from everywhere else.

With buying whoopsies is there a price per lb/kg guide that you should never pass up?

Is that right? With meal planning and writing lists.

Is there anything I have missed?

As always cutting back not cutting out.

Edwardia

Well we just kinda chat away on here sort of like the MSE version of one of those daytime shows..

Lip_Stick feel better soon ! Lynsey you have the money saving bug there

My tips for eating organic as cheaply as poss.. avoid Tesco But seriously I'm getting better here.. Yeo Valley butter is 11p cheaper than Tesco at Abel & Cole, Daylesford organic chicken legs at Ocado are 50p cheaper than Sainsbury's and miles better and I've started bulk buying cleaning stuff etc at Shorters Club to spend more money on food.

katskorner

well, they have the turkeys in and butcher chum in tomorrow but can't see how he can blag this one. Watch this space. Could be epic fail!!

freezer has gone down this week but not as much as last week due to abundance of party food and a couple of YS meals (ok I know i didn't need to but life sometimes calls for it..) but we aren't doing too bad.

Whichever way the turkey arrives now it won't be needing to go via the freezer!! So I guess I made it! lol . (although I best not cluck too loud yet as it isn't even here yet.... )

katskorner

Mockingjay1 wrote: »

Hi,

Is it safe to eat food that has been in the freezer for months? I have a lot of meat in the freezer that I have forgotton about, some with dates going back to April and maybe even some before that! Will i get poorly if i eat them? Obviously I will defrost and cook thoroughly but just wondering.....
Sorry if this has been asked before but I couldnt wade through all 377 pages!

Defrost, smell, look at and if that is all ok then cook well. We have giant gammons in our freezer that we had from tesco misprice deals (ie free) and we are having one for Christmas again this year. Got be four years now at least!! Not dead yet

ms_night_ryder

Evening all

Day started off well, got my free litre of gelato and a ww meal, the last of the presents, then it rapidly went down hill, got told that the pay I was expecting to land in My ac, Christmas eve now wont be paid until the 1st week in Jan, I'm beyond angry, had to cancel some of my cousins bday plans, suprise party is still going ahead, but heading into the new year i will be very broke! Not happy one bit.

Also means I miss out on all the whoopsies I know will be happening.

Lip_Stick

Morning all. Feeling a bit tired, so much to do but can't be bothered! Need to head out to shops to get a few treats as I'm having my nieces over for the night. :eek: Dreading it! lol

Will be burgers, chips and beans for tea, as they can be a bit fussy. Also need to look out for Trex for making pastry. Had a go at making pastry the other day and it came out rubbish so trying a different recipe.

ms_night_ryder - sorry to hear you won't get paid, things like that can put a real dampener on your spirits eh.

Welsh_Poppy

Morning
ms_night_ryder
Really sorry to hear you wont be paid till after Christmas that is awful.

I have been to collect the flowers I ordered for church(I do the flowers and it has to be perfect for Christmas day) it was hectic in the supermarket.

I need to get some food but will head out later I dont need much just basics for over Christmas and want to get some big reductions on Christmas eve.

Dinner today is Fish ,chips and mushy peas....I shall have veggie sausage.