Eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge - part two

Franalamadingdong

I don't like frozen meals, but I'm happy to freeze and use the ingredients when defrosted. This is why you'll find me eating bean stew 3 days in a row. Haha.

Out today was two portions of salmon, used the last of the celery too and green lentils only have another portion (uncooked) left.

Parents have just said that they'd rather have me on Wednesday (I finish work early and DS has an after school club so I pick him up late) instead of tomorrow (finish at noon and pick son up at 3:30pm). So I will be shopping tomorrow, not Wednesday. All I can say is a definitely do not need pasta or oats still. Actually! I spilt the last of the cornflakes (less than one portion) on the floor yesterday, so we're now down to oats or puffed rice! We shared a little pot of savoury snacks today too. One of those 8 pack things from lidlly. We just use one at a time instead of having a variety and them all going stale/mixing flavours. The main thing now is DS's treats. No need to buy any until Easter at this rate. Although I may liberate a tube of milky bar buttons or freddo faces at some point!

Gone: 2 portion salmon, celery, cornflakes

caronc

Roast lamb was lovely last night but ended up making a mixed root mash as discovered a bag of carrots and one of parsnips lurking from Christmas and beginning to look a bit sad. A deed a slosh of single cream again lurking that's that gone It made loads so will mix some with some celery and onion cooked in veg stock to give soup for lunch for a few days and use some to make a wee shepherd's pie for me tonight but suspect some will need wedged in the freezer along with a couple of slices of lamb. Used up some savoy cabbage and will have again tonight. Although basically the same meal twice I always think shepherd's pie tastes different to the component roast dinner parts. Not expecting to really take anything in or out of cupboards/freezer today apart from onions, celery and a few mushrooms. Still have stilton scones lurking. I'm abandoning freezing them and will heat up to refresh and use up to go with the soup. Am entertaining the next two weekends so will have a rattle round to see what I can use up - thinking chicken casserole for Friday (would need to get chicken thighs, shallots and mushrooms but should more or less have everything else) and Lasagne for the following weeked (mince and lasagne sheets needed and a couple of baquettes). Both events have a "picky" eater coming along so what to make sure I make food everyone will enjoy with as little spend as possible

FurryBeastOz

Taken out this morning. 1 portion of lasagne and one of Rissotto.

Put in. NOTHING:j

MallyGirl

out (over the last few days)
braised red cabbage
gammon stock
2 lamb fillets
pork mince
beef mince
Quorn mince
small loaf of bread
naan bread
beef curry
1/2 pack fresh lasagna sheets

in
1 portion channa masala
1 portion lasagna

cauli soup on the stove so some of that will go in if it is nice

Frogletina

Frogletina wrote: »

Foods in the freezer past the bb date

1 loaf of bread
1 part used loaf of cheesy bread
1 packet of rolls
Home made vegetable curry
Home made quorn curry
chopped ginger
green beans
1 part used gluten free loaf


In my fridge


lime juice
lemon juice
mayonnaise
alpro desserts
gruyere cheese


In my cupboards


tarka dall
stuffing mix
Golden breadcumbs - one still unopened
11 small boxes of raisins
peanut butter
almond flour
millet
walnuts
marmite
peppermint and nettle tea
flax seeds

frogletina

Two weeks in and these are the items I have left.

Foods in red I cannot eat myself as I am on a special diet for 6 weeks but the frozen bread has come in useful for visitors.

One thing I am happy with is that I have only spent £15.75 on food so far.

Penne pasta
Cornflour
Milk
Doz eggs
Cucumber
Lettuce
Peppers
Carrots
Sprouts
Tenderstem broccoli
Clementines
Strawberries
Bananas

Today I will go shopping to buy fruit, eggs, milk and vegetables. I was hoping to spend only 50% of my usual spend on groceries this month. I will only exceed that if I do an online shop which are often fatal for me as I have to spend the minimum of £40. This will make me add things that I don't need immediately but then eat them anyway instead of the foods I need to eat up.

frogletina

Tink_04

out -
- sausages
- beef
- mince
- tin mushy pease

in -
- bread
- portion of beef casserole

Nelski

Nothing out
2 bags of spouts and leeks in
2 jars of spicy pickled shallots brewing in the cupboard

this is going to take a long time

zafiro1984

Nelski wrote: »

Nothing out
2 bags of spouts and leeks in
2 jars of spicy pickled shallots brewing in the cupboard

this is going to take a long time

I definitely agree with the 'long time' I can't see any space yet.

Out:- half a turkey carcass, making stock, some will go back in the freezer and some will be used for parsnip and squash soup for tomorrows lunch.
I'll see how much usable meat it yields before deciding what to do with that.
out:- one packet of YS sausage meat bought just after the Christmas rush - sausage rolls - some will go back in freezer some will be eaten mid-morning by a group of folk.
In:- apart from the above, nothing - I hope

dannie

Yesterday (15/1/2017) :-

Created recipes from fridge freezer had = 3
Food products had = 3 (last year purchases and a Xmas present)

A tough challenge this one. Yes, I am also another one "going to take a long time".

caronc

I'm definitely in the "going to take a long time" camp as well A wee(ish) chocolate Lindt Reindeer also out of stores- all in the spirit of this challenge of course.....:rotfl: