Eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge - part two

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Back home after op and recovery at daughter's so am using freezer stuff I had made pre-op. Son brings me cooked dinners (the meaty part) but they have large portions so they make 2 meals for me, even my own bol mix now makes 2 meals, must be off feed at the moment. Did manage to get a box of wonky veg last week, reduced from £3.50 to £2.99 and have used most of it so not used a lot of the frozen veg. Noticed top drawer of freezer has quite a build up of ice so will just have to try hard to use stuff so freezer can be defrosted as soon as I am fit enough (or get some-one to do it for me). Tinned goods have also reduced quite a lot so will have to restock a little but lesson has been learnt honest! Tinned fruit, evap, corned beef, veg. Onwards and upwards.

Florence_J

Have banished lots of leftover and half eaten chocolate into a tiffin, will make hot cross bun bread and butter pudding later that will also use up a few store cupboard bits.

Florence_J

Used up some bread flour, leftover yogurt and all my frozen berries as well as some icing sugar doing a bit more baking.

FurryBeastOz

Made a huge vat of Arrabiatta sauce, turkey muffins, Chicken Bacon and Mushroom casserole and baked sweet potatoes. All gone in the freezer. It's filling up again and the MF order hasn't arrived yet.

However, the new season lamb for lunch was delicious, and well worth the expense. It will do DH and I another meal and then probably a curry.

Tonight I have used up an about to turn Avocado with tuna and salad. I'm going to make custard to have over some YS raspberries.

We have 2 large milk chocolate Easter eggs which I need to resist. I'm going to find a recipe an bake with them for DH to take something with lunches.

caronc

Various things in and out over the weekend and keeping my fingers crossed the kids have marked up the freezer inventory!

Today:-
In- 2 tattie scones
Out- Gammon steak, pine apple ring
Used up - various LO buffet bits

K9sandFelines

K9sandFelines wrote: »

IN Bottle of D and B, oatly, alpro custard, easter egg and flake choc tarts, meat free sausages, onion bhajis, vbites slices and garlic bread ( to be turned into vegan pizza)

OUT takeaway curry (bought on 5/4 for daughter's birthday and frozen), rice, curry paste, onions, 1/3 pepper, quorn pieces, clay oven naan bread and bhajis.

Predicted later tonight ... outs - d and b pop, beer, chocolate, sweets, and possibly pretzels and/or nuts

Saturday night ...as above, plus tiny sliver of chilli chocolate which i was really looking forward to, but didn't really like. May melt down to make something else.

Sunday
IN Nothing
OUT pasta, mince, chopped tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, bread, lettuce, cucumber, crisps, usual spread, tea/coffee/sugar/milk. More chocolate (DD2)

Monday
IN seed bars x 2 (got asked to stay two hours extra at work and by this point was famished), ys part baked baguettes
OUT bread, spread, avocado, garlic pizza bread, spring onions, mushrooms, pepper, small portion of vegan hoi sin duck, chickpeas and broadbeans (which i didn't like and were lingering in freezer) into houmous ... this also used up last of the tahini, a bit of olive oil and fresh mint from freezer. Also, part baked baguette, cucumber, peas, noodles, quorn bites, biscuits. Packed lunch and whatever DD had for her dinner. Tea/coffee/milk/sugar/juice

Tuesday
INReduced easter eggs at work, tooty fruities (as they are vegan and don't aleays sell them at work) and ys milk for DD.
OUT wraps, lettuce, beetroot burgers (freezer), biscuits, and whatever DD has had whilst at work (i spy burger box in recycling and Cadbury flake tart box), baguettes, houmous, cucumber, packed lunch bits and tea/coffee/sugar/milk/juice.

Expecting Tesco shopping today, so predicting (providing no subs or missing items)
Wednesday
IN
Cupboard - vegan mayo, tinned toms x 3, hemp milk x 4, pop x 2, oatly milk x 2, drumstick and refresher choos (new vegan sweets)
Fridge - grapes, apples, beansprouts, onions, vegan jalapeno and chilli cheese, vegan parmesan, peppers x 2
Frozen - 6 pack of burger buns x 2, y. puds, petits pois, brocolli, vegan chorizo sausages, tofu, fishless fingers x 2, vegan scampi and corn on the cob

zafiro1984

K9sandFelines How do you remember what you used last Saturday. I have trouble remembering what I did yesterday let alone 4 days ago:rotfl:

Out:- a portion of plain cooked venison and one of plain cooked plums. I'll turn the venison into a casserole with some vegetables from the fridge and the plums into a pie. - that's tea sorted

In:- I needed to go to the bank this AM and the only place to park was in the M&S carpark. On the way back I spotted quite a lot of fish were displaying YS so quite a bit ended up in my trolley. It didn't do much for the monthly food budget but at least it will be make nice change.

Ginmonster

K9sandfelines - i don't like chilli chocolate either. I like chilli and i like chocolate though. I got given some so I've been adding it a bit at a time to any veggie chillies I've made. That works fine and adds to the taste.

Hubby made us toad in the hole last night for tea and used up the last of the frozen quorn sausages thank goodness. I've realised i really don't like them, they have a strange texture. I took leftover black bean and pineapple stew in for lunch today so there's no leftovers left in the fridge now. :-)

Toast for tea tonight as we're rushing out to a concert. A rare treat!

K9sandFelines

zafiro1984 wrote: »

K9sandFelines How do you remember what you used last Saturday. I have trouble remembering what I did yesterday let alone 4 days ago:rotfl:

Out:- a portion of plain cooked venison and one of plain cooked plums. I'll turn the venison into a casserole with some vegetables from the fridge and the plums into a pie. - that's tea sorted

In:- I needed to go to the bank this AM and the only place to park was in the M&S carpark. On the way back I spotted quite a lot of fish were displaying YS so quite a bit ended up in my trolley. It didn't do much for the monthly food budget but at least it will be make nice change.

I would be exactly the same if it wasn't for my fitness pal. I have a rough idea from that what has gone out, and i cross reference anything in with spends on YNAB, otherwise i would be clueless

K9sandFelines

Ginmonster wrote: »

K9sandfelines - i don't like chilli chocolate either. I like chilli and i like chocolate though. I got given some so I've been adding it a bit at a time to any veggie chillies I've made. That works fine and adds to the taste.

Hubby made us toad in the hole last night for tea and used up the last of the frozen quorn sausages thank goodness. I've realised i really don't like them, they have a strange texture. I took leftover black bean and pineapple stew in for lunch today so there's no leftovers left in the fridge now. :-)

Toast for tea tonight as we're rushing out to a concert. A rare treat!

Hi Ginmonster, i like it normally, but just didn't like this the Lidl one.

Wednesday
IN Shopping came as planned, no substitutes. A jar of tahini purchased which annoyingly i already had one, and some bits from wing yip that my friend got me - vegan condensed milk x 2, jackfruit and two curry pastes.
OUT granola, milk, baguettes, tinned soup and homemade soup (1/3 spring green, two carrots, celery, onion, clove of garlic, 1/2 a leek, tin of tomatoes, stock, herbs, 1/2 a courgette ( these were massive last time in Morrisons, like marrows) and some orzo.