Use it up! Don't throw it in the bin!

Aussieonabudget

Another slip up for me - threw out a bunch of spring onions and 3 small carrots that were lurking in the back of the cupboard - was so proud of myself too cos our shelf of the fridge was empty without anything being thrown. Looks like I'll have to streamline storage so that things cannot lurk!

loopy_lass

dont know if this is the right place, but i shop at asda latish on when all the markdowns come out.... either freeze it or use it for that days dinner. usually spend around 30 quid a week for 3 of us .

loops

Claero

I had to throw away one solitary mushroom because it had gone, well, mushy. *ick* Other than that, it has got to the end of my shopping week (off to supermarket tomorrow, yay!) and I've not had to throw very much at all, thankfully. Some haslet that was in danger of going out went into an omelette last night, and I've frozen everything else that needed it.

MadMonkey

We had some hot dog rolls that we had been given from a summer fair that were going hard so i sliced them up and made a garlic butter to spread on them and chucked them in the oven to make mini garlic bread slices - much nicer than the norml stuff !!

Herewegoagain

This looks like just the right thread for me, will read through and see what gems are on offer;)

zarazara

ideas please! I have some left overs in the fridge
a small amount of solid set custard,a couple of portions of cooked peaches topped with spongecake which i made a couple of days ago.
some cabbage, a celery ,a few radishes and carrots and 2 shallots.
3 pots of jam each with a bit in the bottom, different fruit flavours.
In the store cupboard theres lots of herbs and spices,cereals,flour, dried chick peas etc etc

essexgal

zarazara wrote: »

ideas please! I have some left overs in the fridge
a small amount of solid set custard,a couple of portions of cooked peaches topped with spongecake which i made a couple of days ago.
some cabbage, a celery ,a few radishes and carrots and 2 shallots.
3 pots of jam each with a bit in the bottom, different fruit flavours.
In the store cupboard theres lots of herbs and spices,cereals,flour, dried chick peas etc etc

Don't know how many people you want to stretch this for but here goes

use the jams, peach spongecake and custard to make 'self-assembly' trifles - if you've got a jelly you could make that up with the peach/cake first. (I'm assuming here that there's only a couple of spoonfuls of jam and not enough to have on toast....) If you do these in individual glass dishes it appears to go further than in one big bowl

Not sure what to suggest with the veg - I'd probably cook it all up together and use as the base of a veg. curry.

essexgal

zarazara

Thanks! ended up making a pan of soup with the veggies and eating the peachy cake. still got the jam. might make a few jam tarts. ummmmmm might strain some of the veg out of the soup for a curry tomorrow.

queen_of_string

have searched and failed, got a big pot of single cream on whoops in Mr A for 10p. Any thoughts, I dont cook with cream very often?

slash69

queen_of_string wrote: »

have searched and failed, got a big pot of single cream on whoops in Mr A for 10p. Any thoughts, I dont cook with cream very often?

there's a thread somewhere try the indexed collections on making butter if memory is working ok(not guaranteed lol)you can make butter with it with an empty coffee jar.