I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

Lip_Stick

Morning all.

Can't be bothered with the school run, but got to lol. I took some diced beef out the freezer last night. Going to cook it in the slow cooker with onions and have it with a Tikka Massala curry and rice I think.

Have the rats to clean out today and lots of tidying up to do. Need to put £5 in the bank or I'm going to be overdrawn when my mobile bill gets taken out. Pay day soon tho!

Won't be buying much at all this week. Milk and bread I'll need but nothing else I can think of.

Edwardia - sorry to hear about your dog. End of an era eh.

Pamsy

Morning all, I'me ready for work , got that Monday morning feeling, been nice having last week off.
Got myself organised, have taken out of freezer lamb leg steaks for tonight, we have still lots of fish in there so will get some out in morning for tomorrow.
Must dash, Happy Monday to you all:)

gailey_2

Well its new week and trying to remain positive.

we overspent last week by £30 spending £80 including milk , nappies, treated ourselves £3.99 bottle wine for weekend, ran out coffee.

I did fine on evening meals as all the essential extras and overdoes fruit bumped up costs.

I know reason we struggled was trying to do week with empty cupboards and freezer had nothing much to fall back on.

The chicken made 10meals 3curries, 3huge chicken and veg pasties and 4bowls soup.

stocktaking cupboards and down to

1cartin passatta
1 chopped tomatoes
spaggeti only no other pasta.
have plenty flour
need some dried herbs and restock pepper
few potatoes
leeks

few apples , onions thats about it.

frurt and crisps dont last log instead biscuits been making fairly cakes all week but spent a bit on eggs butter and sugar.

packed lunches also bump costs up

nearly out cereal.

so todays plan

make flapjacks
cakes
leek and potato soup.

have some reduced riccotta not sure what to make with it.
was going to make cannaeloni but have no minceor pasta tubes but have lasagne sheets.

nearly out cheese and ham
eggs need restocking
milkman came today so ok for milk at least.
reduced bread in freezer
still have jam and nutella.
out oven chips no just some frozen veg in freezer
out date supernoodles in cupboard
1jar curry sauce left posibly
1pack instant jelly
1carton custard.

list today will be

butter as on offer
small box rice krispies as on offer
on offer crisps
on offer cheese
half price ham.
look at reductions.

off to co-op today as eldest says she sick so have to go doctors not best start to week.

have so much want to do this week.

hubbys off tommmorow so buying very little today and checking out new aldis.

gailey_2

edwardia just catching up so sorry to hear about loss of dog hope you uk.

Lynsey

Morning all.

Got to shop for Brother later and I'll check for offers.
Toasted hot cross bun for breakfast and soup later.
I'll be popping into Tesco on Wednesday to use Nivea coupons and to pick up some foodbank stuff and see what they have worth buying. I think I'll get the Bonne Maman jam and get the 50p's from TCB.
TCB new offers are cr4p to myself and maybe the bubble has burst and the good initial offers were just to draw interest - we'll see.

Think another pork casserole for tomorrow.

Lynsey

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gailey wrote: »

stocktaking cupboards and down to

1cartin passatta
1 chopped tomatoes
spaggeti only no other pasta.

you can make a pasta bake with these if you add the meat. I've made spaghetti pasta bake before, exactly the same as normal pasta bake, tastes delish!

Also for your lasagna sheets and ricotta...
http://www.italianfoodforever.com/2012/08/sausage-mushroom-ricotta-lasagna/

hth x

tessie_bear

hi...delurking to say edwardia im very sorry to hear about your doggie...its so hard when you loose a beloved pet hope you and dh are ok

tessa

Edwardia

Thank you again for all your best wishes for delurking and doing so.. welcome to the thread. I'm getting organised for Spring cleaning, DIY and gardening and hope to have my website ready by end of March too. The house will be cleaner but emptier. Was thinking about all the pets/animals I've been around and I don't think I've been animal-less for more than six months, my whole life.

Abel & Cole delivery due today, I was kinda distracted when I did it Saturday so I forget what else is coming besides milk, eggs and yogurt. Cheese maybe to feed the freezer with.

Sunny here but chilly. No leaves or buds but birds bouncing about. Blackbirds are so cute.

Have a good day all !

Florenceem

ms_night_ryder wrote: »

Florenceem I had the same problem, didnt know you could freeze flour.

Apparently - that kills any thing in the flour that could hatch!

Lynsey

Back from Morries and spent a load .................. well nearly £6 and that's a load for me in one spend. lol

Eggs - 1 dozen f/r for £2, Sharwood's noodles for £1, bread buns for 69p, pease pudding for 28p, gammon ham for £1.20 and "selected seconds" 1kg+ plums for 65p = £5.82.

Gammon ham is a great offer at only 48p per 100g and I'll get more at the weekend.
Got quite a bit from my "wanted list", so plodding along and get on track by Saturday.

Lynsey