Eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge - part two

caronc

On-line shop today so some things in the freezer/cupboard,
In: 2 pizzas, 3 baguettes, jar of mayo, noodles and teabags
Out: portion of breaded fish, oven chips and peas
Used up: a banana and the remains of a little gem lettuce

Nodette

Hi - you probably don't remember me. . . .

It's a long, long time since I was on this thread as I moved house (got down from 4 freezers full of stuff to only 1 freezer). Moved mum's house (acquired another freezer plus some food). That all happened two and a half years ago. Now mum has beginning of dementia so had to re-jig what we do about her food, which means I acquired another freezer full of food. Additionally, mum-in-law died and we got HER freezer full of food as well.

Thankfully, we have a cellar. Sadly, it is full of freezers!! I actually have 3 freezers in the cellar, one in the kitchen, and one in mum's garage - all full of food. I know - it doesn't add up. Who knows where that 5th freezer full of food came from??

As there are only two of us to eat our way through this, I feel a little overwhelmed. (Mum still has her own freezer full of food in her kitchen and that's all she needs - so I can't even sneak anything into hers).

We have two small joints of beef, a pack of oxtail pieces, a pack of 2 pigs trotters (they were 25p - I couldn't resist. Gotta find what to do with them) and pork ribs in the fridge waiting to be eaten or stuffed in freezer.

I will admit there's quite a bit of bread / rolls/ hot cross buns, etc taking up a lot of room.

Somewhere in one of the freezers I have 10 (yes, 10) small freezer bags stuffed full of chicken wings (uncooked). They were a huge pack reduced from £21 to £3. I can't resist a bargain, you see.

(Not many veggies in there. Probably frozen broccoli and some runner beans).

Took mince out of freezer last night and made chilli con carne. Will have leftovers tonight, as I can't fit them in any of the freezers.

So, joining this thread is my attempt to force myself to buy no food (apart from perishables) for the foreseeable future!!

caronc

Hi Nodette

Realised I didn't post yesterday so yesterday and today:
In: nothing
Out: portion of pasta, piece of steak, haggis stuffed chicken breast, small bag of white sauce, portion peppercorn paste
Used up: slice of cooked ham and a sprouting onion

zafiro1984

Welcome back Nodette, you certainly have a mountain to climb with all that frozen food.

I did a stupid thing to day, my DH has been painting the doors leading off the kitchen and replacing the door handles. Last night he did the one between the kitchen and the room where 3 of my freezers lurk. I had strict instructions not to close the door as there was no handle on it Well today I went to a freezer, got what I needed and automatically closed the door as I came out. Now I can't open the door, the hinges are the opposite way and my DH is not too pleased.

OUT venison
IN nothing

Florence_J

IN

Nothing (today, lots yesterday)

OUT

2 potatoes, 3 carrots, cheese, 4 part baked rolls, broccoli, peas, 3 sausages

USED UP

Pack of veggie sausages

IN THE BIN

2 bad apples and 1/2 bunch of bad celery, feel very bad about that.

caronc

In: nothing
Out: piece of baguette
Used up: LO peppercorn sauce, 1/2 a little gem lettuce

Florence_J

IN

Nothing at the moment, I may have to buy bread.

OUT

OH's chilled spag bol sauce, some spaghetti, 1 portion of batch cooked pasta, 1 garlic baguette, cheese.

USED UP

Eggs, chives.

NEARLY USED UP

My gin :eek:

zafiro1984

OUT partly cooked turkey wrapped in bacon, 2 pieces of cheese, milk.

IN nothing

USED UP mangetout, sugar peas and new potatoes from the fridge, small bar of chocolate - not by me - honest

FLORENCE j - sad day when the gin has gone

Ginmonster

Florence - Running out of gin definitely counts as an emergency.


I've got a portion of butternut squash risotto from the freezer for my lunch today and am planning to make a big fat veggie chilli with some tins of beans and veg that's lurking in the fridge this evening. I might even try and find the ancient bag of green beans I know is hiding in the freezer and add some of those too.

Primrose

I can't help sensing that some of you share my sometimes less than 100% enthusiasm for using up stuff that has been in the freezer a little too long! We know it goes against the grain to waste it but oh, does it always fill us with joy that we're going to enjoy every mouthful when we eat it ?

I do think this when I look at my mountain of now somewhated frosted frozen runner beans still lurking in the freezer and wonder why I'm bemoaning the failure of some of my runner bean seeds to germinate this year when in reality it's only going to perpetuate the problem:eek::rotfl: