Eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge - part two

pawlala

Managed to find that Sains. were selling Christmas puddings for cheap, which will help me use up the brandy sauce still in date in the fridge! Didn't fancy eating the sauce on its own :eek:

snowfox

Out yesterday:
- Half a loaf of rye bread
- Portion of strawberries/nectarine/kiwi I chopped up and froze in the summer. Made into a smoothie.
- Last bit of a vanilla ice cream tub, this challenge is tough

In:
- Bag of sweetcorn
- Bag of cauliflower florets
both for meals this week.

I organised my pantry cupboard this morning (it's just one big shelf really) putting all loose treats and chocolate bars into a big tupperware. Looks much better now without all the random open packets.

zafiro1984

jintyb wrote: »

Good morning, I too am trying to use up freezer stuff. Ive found a box of frozen mango and a box of frozen pineapple. Other tgan smoothies, anyone got any ideas for using up?
TIA x

Make jelly with the smoothies, I make them with left over fruit juice and usually add any fruit that's lying around, maybe put sponge/cake at the bottom, custard on top - old fashioned trifle

So far, and it's only Day 3 I've not had to buy anything. I'm staying away from the supermarkets which is a first for me, I'm becoming quite enthusiastic about reducing what I have tucked away, not to mention the savings I'll make - thanks every one, reading your posts really helps.

Lunch egg on toast/defrosted mince pies for DH, - soup from freezer for me.
Tea, leftover lamb, frozen veg, HM meringues with toffee or chocolate sauce as I've run out of cream.

Soworried

Freezer inventory done.
Hm vegetable lasagne x3
Smoked haddock x1
Salmon fillet x 7 now 5
Carrot batons x4
Parsnip batons x4
Roast potatoes x4
Brie
Pastry scraps (I freeze these every time then end up with a full batch)
Blueberry muffins x1
Coated Chicken strips x2 x1 now
Cocktail sausages x5
Oven chips x4
Petit pois x4
Mashed swede x8 now x2
Chinese Pork chop x5 x4
Black chick peas x 10 (I boil kg at a time and freeze) x5 now
Cauliflower rice x2
Sausages x1 (Could maybe stretch to 2)
Beef burgers x2 Now 1
Spicy pulled pork x1
Chicken nuggets x2
Gammon x2 x1 now
Beef x3 x1 now
Steak x3 x1 now
Cheese topped baguettes x8 now 3
Stuffed mushrooms x1
Mashed potatoes x4
Yorkshire puddings x4
Smoked salmon (Sandwich or cracker type) 2.5 full packs. May save for family coming at easter.
Sausages wrapped in bacon x4 x2 now
HM chilli x1
Garlic mushrooms x1
Stuffing x4
Spring rolls x1
Random slice of bread x1
Curried vegetables x1
Fish pie x1
Diced chicken x4
Wrap x3
Meat loaf x8
Lemon cheese cake- Full one, may keep till Easter
Prawns- Full pkt. Again may keep until Easter
Full huge chicken

The x? Means how many portions it will serve. As a family of 4 we have a lot of bits left. DD hardly ever eats here so most nights I cook for 3.

Have put the chicken on defrost in my microwave. Will serve it with the mash, stuffing, yorkshire puddings. I have broccoli in the fridge that needs used so will serve that too with peas. That is today sorted.
Just need to meal plan the rest now.

Maiden_Mum

Hi I just posted on another thread about the depressing amount of food that I have thrown out from my cupboards that was out of date. Not just a bit out of date but in some cases years! On the trying to remain positive note I am just about to go & make banana loaf with a couple of brown bananas but wanted to ask a question about sugar? Does caster sugar ever go out of date? I have a couple of packets of icing sugar & that has Best Before dates stamped on their packets but the 3 (yes 3!) bags of caster sugar I have, do not have a date on them,
At least now I suppose I know what I have & what needs to be used up soon in order to prevent wasting even more money!

Franalamadingdong

Caster sugar will be fine out of date, just check it's not formed a solid block. Haha.

How big is your freezer soworried?! I'm impressed! Also, you might find me coming for tea....

Soworried

Franalamadingdong wrote: »

Caster sugar will be fine out of date, just check it's not formed a solid block. Haha.

How big is your freezer soworried?! I'm impressed! Also, you might find me coming for tea....

You'd be welcome, just give me warning what you'd like so I can defrost it :rotfl:

meg72

Maiden_Mum wrote: »

Hi I just posted on another thread about the depressing amount of food that I have thrown out from my cupboards that was out of date. Not just a bit out of date but in some cases years! On the trying to remain positive note I am just about to go & make banana loaf with a couple of brown bananas but wanted to ask a question about sugar? Does caster sugar ever go out of date? I have a couple of packets of icing sugar & that has Best Before dates stamped on their packets but the 3 (yes 3!) bags of caster sugar I have, do not have a date on them,
At least now I suppose I know what I have & what needs to be used up soon in order to prevent wasting even more money!

Providing sugar is kept dry it never goes off. I remember some 20 years after the war my grandmother having a stash, she had run a corner shop during the war.

celyn90

*face palm* OH has just decided to go to lidl to get cat litter - which would have been fine had he not come back with £30 worth of really random stuff because he had a voucher...

*sigh* back to square one

Lots of chocolate, sweets and biscuits to take to work tomorrow though, so not a dead loss (all left overs from Christmas). I have a cupboard in my office where this stuff lives - I'm responsible for postgraduate student welfare at work, so find that making them a hot drink and providing sugar when they come in to chat helps a bit. It'll save me buying cookies for at least a month I reckon, and gets the stuff out of the house.

SophieLoui23

I've just come across this thread which is great as I'm v low on cash right now and my freezer could do with a defrost! I've worked out a meal plan for the week, shouldn't need to buy anything apart from maybe milk and a couple of bananas.

Quick question - I've got some raw mince in the freezer which has gone brown... Should this be okay to defrost and cook or does it sound like it's gone off?