Eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge - part two

Nichelette

In - Crusts of two loafs which I'll eat as toast (may become bread pudding if I accumulate too many), some chopped leeks & cabbage, cooked beef slices, stock

Out - Remains of quorn roast which I'm having in rolls for lunch, box of fish for OH, one pack of veggie jalapeno things, bag of quorn mince

From stores I have used kidney beans, passata, rice, onions & regular & sweet potatoes

I have prepared sweet potato chips for tomorrow and as I was on a bit of a roll so have also made Wednesday's dinner. It's my nieces birthday so I'm going there after work and don't fancy cooking when I get back/will be hungry and don't want to snack on rubbish. I didn't make soup in the end but think I actually have enough other food for this weeks lunches anyway.

white-rabbit_2-2

white-rabbit --- I very often look forward to the food I've cooked but the smell or just the making of it can also very often make me lose my appetite completely. Not good as I already suffer with malnutrition but I find my appetite is so easily annoyed!! Wish my waist measurement reflected this though. I hope you managed some of your pulled pork?

Jensfeet- unfortunately not, I had two pieces of toast from the 10p loaf from yesterday. I had no idea you could freeze homemade coleslaw??

zafiro1984

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

I make up big batches of crumble mix and store in plastic bags to fill the little crevices in my tetris game and then mix with frozen garden fruit for instant crumbles that take up half the space.
SL

I'd forgotten about freezing crumble mix, I must do it again as it would save time and washing up - thanks

Frogletina

First week in the month

Foods in red I cannot eat yet as I am on a special diet for [STRIKE]6[/STRIKE] 8 weeks - has been extended

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

In my fridge

lime juice
lemon juice
mayonnaise
alpro desserts


In my cupboards

tarka dall
stuffing mix
1 tub golden breadcumbs
9 small boxes of raisins
[STRIKE]peanut butter[/STRIKE]
almond flour
millet
walnuts
marmite
flax seeds

Total money spent on food groceries this week is £11.21, I only went food shopping once.

Only used up the peanut butter this week

frogletina

Ginmonster

Used up some pizza dough from the fridge yesterday for a slightly strange pizza. I spread it with hummus that needed using up and added chillies, tomatoes and red peppers. It was surprisingly good.


Working from home today so I'll be able to cook for lunch which will be nice. I used up yoghurt (Use By yesterday so I reckon if I finish it today it'll be fine) fruit and oats for brekkie and will finish the last of the yoghurt for hm naan bread with dal for lunch.


After a hearty lunch I reckon soup'll do me for tea. Or marmite on toast if I'm feeling lazy (husband away for work and child gets fed at nursery). I don't know why I'm even pretending, it's so going to be marmite on toast.

Franalamadingdong

Welcome White rabbit.

Zafiro thanks so much for the tip. You learn something new everyday!

Defrosted pastry for making a cheesy broccoli puff for tea tonight.... Just got to find the recipe now! I've half a tin of beans in the fridge that needs using. So that will be lunch. If I do go to the tip and leedle tomorrow my cupboards and freezer will be getting filled back up. BUT I am happy to report that I have two, yes two, empty freezer drawers out of 4 drawers! I've planned for the month so I know what stuff I need to get for the freezer. I have no idea where this leedle is, but apparently it is near the tip. I finish work at 11am tomorrow and don't need to pick the boy up until 4:30pm and my parents don't need my help. Plenty of time to work out where I am after getting lost!

zafiro1984

Well done Franalamadingdong, not one but two empty drawers :beer:

OUT
portion of soup - lunch
2 very small gammon slices, cooked for DH lunch as he had a cramp attack this AM.
4 slices bread
uncooked turkey breast which should have been defrosted yesterday but life got in the way - that will do at least three meals, so its roast tonight.
Some half cooked HM roasties.
Everything else is from the fridge and cupboards.

IN nothing

MallyGirl

The freezer stocks aren't diminishing as fast any more as I am in 'use it up' mode on the fridge contents before a holiday but very little is going in.

out:
pork belly slices
1 portion lasagne
HM naan
crumble topping
spinach

in:
2 portion box of sweet potato & lentil curry
gammon stock in cubes

JensFeet

NSD #4 today as planned. Had an unplanned tea here as we both came back from DD's dance class so hungry and just grabbed a fast and totally not healthy supernoodles with hot dog sausage chopped up in it. We were in the house and eating within 4 minutes of being home. Was really needed and made such a nice change (true story even though I know it's not proper food).

IN: leftover pulled pork into freezer as not used up today
OUT: nothing from freezer - supernoodles and hot dogs from cupboard

Tomorrow DS is making chilli con carne for serving with nachos and I'll be stuffing half a green pepper with chilli and baking it so no tortilla chips for me. Everything in stock - mince to come out of freezer in the morning.

I STILL have the 4.5kg+ brie in the fridge from Xmas YS. Need to seriously tackle this mountain this week as only using tiny bits in a week and it's already 5 or 6 weeks past dates (yummy gooey brie)...

Suffolk_lass

JensFeet wrote: »

I STILL have the 4.5kg+ brie in the fridge from Xmas YS. Need to seriously tackle this mountain this week as only using tiny bits in a week and it's already 5 or 6 weeks past dates (yummy gooey brie)...

Mine is in quarters in the freezer... Have you considered chopping some off for cooking (crumbed and shallow-fried with cranberry sauce is my fave) and some of the less walky-bits for frozen? the danger is that it moves from yummy to beyond hope...

Just saying
SL