I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

Frogletina

I use Naturally Good vegetable gravy powder

Contents:

wholemeal wheat flour, cornflour,

hydrolised vegetatable protein (contains HVP and sunflower oil)

vegetable bouillon (contains sea salt, HVP, potato starch, palm oil, vegetables (celery, onion) Sugar, maltodextrin, parsley, turmeric, white pepper, garlic, mace, lovage, nutmeg)

seasalt

extract of roasted barley malt

black pepper

It also says it contains soya, that will be in the HVP

jemb

I can confirm the sweetcorn soup of Jellybiactol's was good with the chillis in. I work with him and he let me have a taste, AND i'm not dead so tinned sweetcorn that's ten years old is fine!

Kirri

Kirri wrote: »

Bolognaise 6 portions - now down to 3 portions
Nut Roast 1 portion
Pigs in blankets 4 portions of 2 sausages
Quorn Roast Half
Tortillas 2
Squash soup 9 portions
Beans runner/french/flat (sliced) 31 x 100g portions
Borlotti beans 3 big packs (3kg?) - used 800g - but now have extra 23 hm beanburgers in freezer instead.. and had already eaten 2...
Broad beans 3 big packs (3kg?) -used 2 packs - made big batch of broad bean & shallot dip, part eaten, part in fridge and enough broad beans left in fridge for use in risotto tonight with a few frozen peas and 3 baby leaks fresh from allotment
Ginger 1 open pack
Bananas 10
Strawberries (whole) 1 small potion
Strawberry sauce (glass jars) 4
Strawberry sauce (bags) 7
Blackcurrants (whole) 4 packs
Blackcurrant lollies 4
Blackcurrant sauce (bags) 6
Blackcurrant sauce (plastic pots) 2
Blackcurrant sauce 2012 8 jars

Update

Had great freebie recipe book in the post from DK today (for introducing a friend) - got the Middle Eastern Bible - they couldn't have sent me a more perfect book!

Has a recipe for Dukkah in it I may try, seeing as though Sainsbury's seemed to have stopped stocking the one I used to buy.

ms_night_ryder

Just grabbed some bargains in Mr w meat full price would have cost £20.80 reduced price would have cost me £12.05 I got 2 bbq pork shoulder joints, a meatloaf that feeds 3-4 2 packs of 500g beef mince, 7 pack of hula hoops, a pack of Prawn crackers, a pack of paprika wedges, a huge bunch of asparagus, a pack of chillis for the grand total of £9.11

Funny thing was I was at the meat section where loads was reduced with thus woman and she said to me oh I only came in for 1 thing but I can't resist a bargain, so I said i know and if you get the reduced ones in their deal it takes money off, she said oh i know! I was suprised I thought I was the only one getting away with that lol, she then said but sometimes they don't let you, they call someone to take it off, so i was a bit worried even though it has never happened to me, but i saw her going to a till and realised why they sometimes stopped her, her basket was full to the brim, solely of the reduced meat that takes money off! No kidding she had about 20 packs, I only get a few at a time, think I will continue doing that! As i was leaving I caught her eye and we shared a smile lol, now I know who snatches up all the meat bargains before I get a look in!

I hadn't gotten dinner out the freezer, so I'm having a pork joint, paprika potatoes, asparagus and carrots, rest of the pork will last until Saturday so enough until the start of veg week so meat drawer that was nearly empty will look better, going to split the mince in 2.

Edwardia

Kirri wrote: »

If you didn't know it was gravy it would actually be hard to work out what product it was supposed to be!

Yeah we should have a thread which lists ingredients and then MSErs can guess the product. No point me starting one though cos if I listed wholegrain rye flour, spring water, yeast, salt for example I think MSErs would guess crisp bread.

jemb Martin Lewis was on Radio Five today and he mentioned a woman who was given 300 yr old flour and baked with it :eek:

Welsh_Poppy

Evening

Sorry been AWOL but Mr WP rushed to hospital yesterday with chest pains so he had full mOT very scary time looks like a very mild heart attack.I had to leave him over night and that was hard to do
BUT he was allowed home this morning and he has to take it easy....phew

So I made a dinner today for him with chicken from freezer and HM gravy none of those yucky packets with strange ingredients:-)

Welsh_Poppy

I went to Aldi today and got the super 6 they were fab
I got Broccoli x2
Carrots x2
Leeks
onions
beetroot
cabbage
lemons
and I love different mushrooms they had in jars oyster mushrooms and other assortments for 99p

so total for month £129.00 which I am happy with aslots of bulk buying for pantry.

Florenceem

Welsh_Poppy wrote: »

Evening

Sorry been AWOL but Mr WP rushed to hospital yesterday with chest pains so he had full mOT very scary time looks like a very mild heart attack.I had to leave him over night and that was hard to do
BUT he was allowed home this morning and he has to take it easy....phew

So I made a dinner today for him with chicken from freezer and HM gravy none of those yucky packets with strange ingredients:-)

They didn't keep him long - still better to get home - hospitals full of germs. Did they put him on medication and tell him about his diet?

Jelly_Biactol

Kirri wrote: »

I've no idea what would be in these three:
Disodium guanylate
Humectant
Glyceryl tricetatel

A humectant is a substance that helps a product retain water, and is sometimes used as a component of antistatic coatings for plastics:eek:
(so it's a generic term, and doesn't even specify what chemical it is)

Jelly_Biactol

Kirri wrote: »

I've no idea what would be in these three:
Disodium guanylate
Humectant
Glyceryl tricetatel

Glyceryl tricetatel is Glyceryl triacetate

"Glyceryl triacetate also known as triacetin is the triester of glycerol and acetic acid. It is a synthetic compound that produces a clear, combustible:eek: and oily liquid with a bitter taste that is used as a food additive. It is slightly soluble in water but very soluble in ether or alcohol. It is used in the food industry as a solvent for flavourings, and is used as a humectant in pharmaceutical products. It is also used as a plasticiser and a solvent. Its common uses are in butter, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and cigarette filters":eek:


http://www.foodditive.com/additive/glycerol-triacetate



So, basically, not something that you would normally use to make gravy:)