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

foxybabe

Hi everyone, I have got two punnets of cherry tomatoes which are past their best. Any ideas on what i could do with them? I would like to have a go at a pasta sauce but don't know how. Also I bought 3 cartons of elmlea double cream today which only have about a week left. Can I freeze it? Thanks everyone.

Annie021063

foxybabe wrote: »

Hi everyone, I have got two punnets of cherry tomatoes which are past their best. Any ideas on what i could do with them? I would like to have a go at a pasta sauce but don't know how. Also I bought 3 cartons of elmlea double cream today which only have about a week left. Can I freeze it? Thanks everyone.

Pasta sauce is good and can be frozen just blitz them in food processor, add a few herbs. That's what I did with mine. Not sure about cream though I'm sure I have frozen it before but someone on here will know.
Good luck

foxybabe

Thanks for that, do I need to cook the tomatoes first or do I just blitz them straight from the fridge?

sillyvixen

i forgot to buy lettuce for my salad for my lunch today so i substituted if for some leftover raw cabbage it was lovely!!

Annie021063

foxybabe wrote: »

Thanks for that, do I need to cook the tomatoes first or do I just blitz them straight from the fridge?

I didnt cook mine but I did later when I added them to pasta.

dobs

Well back to my earlier post about using up the leftovers andcooking them with toms herbsetc, hubby decided he wanted freshcod to go with it so i went out andbought some specially, heleft his dinner on the couch to pop tothe kitchen (he's only had 2mouthfuls and said it was delicious)he came back to find the dogeating it! So its all gone in the bin after all!!

I did keep some of the veg back uncooked though and have kept the water i cookedthe cauli brocolli etc in so i will use all that up in a soup tomorrow. So pigged off cosit tasted gorgeous - bloomin dog!

Mappygirl

Annie021063 wrote: »

I totally agree. I have just boxed up 2 small portions of mash that I would normally have chucked. I have boxed up 3 small portions of chicken casserole. Now what do I do with a chicken carcas? It was a frozen chicken which I cooked and have dissected for salads etc but I feel I should maybe do something with the carcas but I am concerned about re-heating it. Any suggestions?

Hi Annie, I'm sure there is a recipie for making chicken soup from the carcas in the indexed collections.

HTH

10past6

Hello peeps

Well, I have a confession to make, trying to do some simple home cooking today, nothing went right :sad:

I started off by making a quiche, which consisted of tomato's cheese broccoli mushrooms and onions, yet I couldn't get it to set, no matter how long I left it in for almost 1 hour and 20 minutes, in the end it went in the bin as did the Muffins I made which were as flat as a pancake the tops were done, I couldn't get the mixture at the bottom of the case to set :mad:

Maggie_Bob

Help me avoid throwing things away - any uses for some slightly passed their best red grapes that can't be eaten as they are?

purpleivy

cwp500 wrote: »

what leftovers?

Was taught to clean my plate and never leave a thing (except the pattern of course!)

It's a shame really that so many of us were taught to clean our plate and not leave a thing. There might be less obesity if this hadn't been so heavily ingrained to us.

I understand that there were times of extreme shortage when it wasn't acceptable (well it was punishable!) to waste food at all. I'm not saying it's desirable now, but I would far rather food be wasted than someone eat more than they need.

What REALLY really irritates me, is when people take an amount more than they can eat and then leave it. If one is serving oneself, then there should be no need to have anything left on the plate.