I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

recovering_spendaholic

I am getting on okay reducing my vast (now not so vast) stocks of stuff from the freezer and cupboards, but I keep falling off the wagon and going round to the little tescos and buying sweets:o

Tonight I used up half a packet of sausages in a toad in the hole and then DD1 came in and wanted something else, so I ate the other half of the toad in the hole (am on a diet and was only going to have half a toasted bagel and a bit of cheese and tomato), and made her some stir fry using some frozen stir fry veg and some Aldi wok noodles which I'd had in the cupboard for a while. I gave it to her with some Sainsburys yakitori chicken skewers from the freezer which I did on the George Foreman. I resurected my George Foreman the other day when I was cleaning the kitchen (one of the few occasions when I do it thoroughly and clean out all the cupboards and stuff) and I found it put away at the back of a cupboard. I washed it and used it that night and had forgotten how quickly you can do stuff like sausages, bacon, chicken thigh fillets etc. So I will use it for a while until I get sick of it again!

Am determined not to buy anything over the weekend as money is VERY tight - I am self employed and awaiting a fee cheque which is late... I have got chicken thighs for tomorrow night, which I will serve with chicken byriani which I have just taken out of the freezer to defrost. I made a HUGE bryiani the other week and there was enough left over for another complete meal.

For Sunday I will do a roast dinner with a chicken out of the freezer and I will make stuffing and yorkshire puddings to go with it.

Monday will be sausage casserole and then I think I will need to go shopping.

Breakfasts will be cereal or porridge and lunches will be sandwiches and fruit.

Do any of you make yoghurt? I have a carton of natural probiotic yoghurt in the fridge and was thinking of trying to make some yoghurt using some of it as a starter. I have an easiyo kit and wondered if that would work but using natural yoghurt and starter instead of the very expensive easiyo sachets?

Lynsey

Hi Jane, hope you have recovered and are fit and well again.

Spent 1.09 today, only because there was something worth buying late in Sainsburys (reduced) - got a twin pack of back bacon for 99p and a twin pack of gem lettuces for 10p. Bacon wasn't brilliant, but will use in minestrone and pasta meals.

Will spend a little tomorrow as Lidl have the mussels in garlic sauce on at half-price and sliced chicken breasts. Back bacon is only 99p for 250g and is usually a good buy.

Lynsey

kittywight

Lip_Stick wrote: »

Hiya kitty welcome to the thread. I take it you haven't got the free goodfellas pizzas then? Those would have saved you a lot of time lol.

not got a printer was gutted i really wanted the goodfellas pizza

must try and find a cheap printer somewhere ...
most of the vouchers and freebies ive found need to be printed

:cool:

Lip_Stick

quintwins wrote: »

could be worse i paid full price for mine :eek: saying that there very soft and yummy we've already eaten half a packet lol pancakes don't last well in this house

Well, I only got about 7p off, so don't know why I bothered getting them whoopsied lol. Had some this morning and they were lovely with jam on. yummm

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

I am getting on okay reducing my vast (now not so vast) stocks of stuff from the freezer and cupboards, but I keep falling off the wagon and going round to the little tescos and buying sweets:o

Tonight I used up half a packet of sausages in a toad in the hole and then DD1 came in and wanted something else, so I ate the other half of the toad in the hole (am on a diet and was only going to have half a toasted bagel and a bit of cheese and tomato), and made her some stir fry using some frozen stir fry veg and some Aldi wok noodles which I'd had in the cupboard for a while. I gave it to her with some Sainsburys yakitori chicken skewers from the freezer which I did on the George Foreman. I resurected my George Foreman the other day when I was cleaning the kitchen (one of the few occasions when I do it thoroughly and clean out all the cupboards and stuff) and I found it put away at the back of a cupboard. I washed it and used it that night and had forgotten how quickly you can do stuff like sausages, bacon, chicken thigh fillets etc. So I will use it for a while until I get sick of it again!

Am determined not to buy anything over the weekend as money is VERY tight - I am self employed and awaiting a fee cheque which is late... I have got chicken thighs for tomorrow night, which I will serve with chicken byriani which I have just taken out of the freezer to defrost. I made a HUGE bryiani the other week and there was enough left over for another complete meal.

For Sunday I will do a roast dinner with a chicken out of the freezer and I will make stuffing and yorkshire puddings to go with it.

Monday will be sausage casserole and then I think I will need to go shopping.

Breakfasts will be cereal or porridge and lunches will be sandwiches and fruit.

Do any of you make yoghurt? I have a carton of natural probiotic yoghurt in the fridge and was thinking of trying to make some yoghurt using some of it as a starter. I have an easiyo kit and wondered if that would work but using natural yoghurt and starter instead of the very expensive easiyo sachets?

I've managed to reduce a fair bit in my cupboards, or maybe they're just slightly more tidy than before as I've almost cleared a section, but I have been moving things about a bit lol.

I do plan to be good next week and plan meals for the entire week. I've just put up an organiser on the kitchen wall so I will do it!!

As for making my own yoghurt.. I don't I'm afraid. I only just manage to make my own bed LOL.

kittywight wrote: »

not got a printer was gutted i really wanted the goodfellas pizza

must try and find a cheap printer somewhere ...
most of the vouchers and freebies ive found need to be printed

:cool:

Apparently you can get the vouchers posted to you. It tells you how to do it on the pizza thread somewhere.

Lip_Stick

Lynsey wrote: »

Hi Jane, hope you have recovered and are fit and well again.

Spent 1.09 today, only because there was something worth buying late in Sainsburys (reduced) - got a twin pack of back bacon for 99p and a twin pack of gem lettuces for 10p. Bacon wasn't brilliant, but will use in minestrone and pasta meals.

Will spend a little tomorrow as Lidl have the mussels in garlic sauce on at half-price and sliced chicken breasts. Back bacon is only 99p for 250g and is usually a good buy.

Lynsey

Best let my folks know about the mussels, they're a big fan of them. thanks.

cleggie

Hi guys,
do you mind if i join in please?
i have LOADS of food in the house (to the point where i am running out of space to keep it all!!) and need to stop spending money, so it makes sense to eat everything i have and spend as little as possible on more!

I have been writing a list of all the meals i have in the cupboards/freezer/fridge and stopped at 29 meals as i ran out of steam!!

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Okay definitely need to get back on track with this!! without going to the supermarket (except for milk, fruit, bread and a chicken) we have enough in the house I reckon to feed us for 32 days!!! This is WITHOUT going into strange combinations of food and the really scraping the barrel cupboard finds of tinned hotdogs etc....
Somebody please ban me from the shops for the next month!!

Lynsey

Spent £7.53 (big spend), but got lots.
Mussels, chicken slices, onions, muffins, ketchup, carrots, swede and a couple of packets of crisps.

Need a few no-spend-days to average out a little. Positive, I need very little now for the next few days - milk maybe on Monday. Negative, still getting a few thing I don't really need (crisps, mars bars, milky ways) - got to have a few treats though!!

Just messing today, had jacket potato with grated cheese and hubby made curry and took out some nan breads.
Lamb chops out for tomorrow, make a casserole - cheese muffins toasted for breakfast (half-price in Morries @ 37p per pack of 4).

Lynsey

cleggie

Hi guys, me again!
Just thought i'd ket you know what meals i came up with that are purely using up what is already in the house...

'Big Salad' (this is what i call my salad thats made with heaps of lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, rice, sundried tomatoes, croutons, chopped apple, raisins etc)
Veggie pasta bake
Fish Pie, Salad and carrots
HM Burgers and chips, curry sauce
Sweet and sour chicken, rice
Tomato, Ham and Cheese Tart, salad, veg
Chicken pasta bake, salad and/or veg
Fish cakes, vag, salad
Lasagna, chips
Veggie curry, rice, nann bread
Toad in the hole, veg and salad
Spag bol, salad
Teyaki chicken drumsticks, salad, rice
Fajitas, salad, garlic bread
Sausage Special
HM Fish and chips
Chicken curry, rice, nann bread
Chilli con carne, salad
Cowboy chicken, pasta, veg
Meatballs and spaghetti, garlic bread
Marmalade chicken, salad, veg
Sweet and sour prawns
Pizza and salad
Chicken paella.

And 1 day every week is 'leftovers' day to make sure that every thing gets eaten.

And thats just the things that were 'easy' to come u pwith, i reckon i could make another 10 meals on top of that for the following month!:eek:
I had no clue i had quite so much!

bramble1

I'm failing so bad at this!

Had indian takeaway last night....and tonight we are out again! But we're skint now till OH gets paid again, so have no choice but to eat out the cupboards.

I will check the weather but think Stew is going to be on the menu for tomorrow.