Eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge - part two

zafiro1984

Florence_J wrote: »

Oooh, what show is that Zafiro? I will watch anything that even suggests it might save me money

It was called 'Right on the money' and it was on at 9.15am - 10am that's why I watched it on BBCI player. It doesn't look to be on this week but they hold programmes open for 28days- I think.
I saw another one on ITV called 'Eat Shop Save' on Thursday's at 7.30pm

Florence_J

Thanks Zafiro1984, I had forgotten about Eat Shop Save, I've put it on catch up now!

caronc

In: 3 beef burgers, 4 pork burgers & 2 smoked haddock fishcakes
Out: bag of passatta, ball of mozarella, piece of pitta bread
Use up: basil & sun-dried tomato pate, yellow pepper, mushrooms, courgette and aubergine

zafiro1984

Items from freezer, fridge, cupboards, veg plot
Out ginger icecream, smoked salmon trimmings, pastry, 4 slices bread, cucumber, cooked seafood, tomatoes, egg, asparagus.
made brandy snaps to go with icecream - we ate them all, DH had cream with his!!!!:D
In - nothing

caronc

In: nothing
Out: fishcake
Used up: fridge gravel salad

zafiro1984

caronc wrote: »

In: nothing
Out: fishcake
Used up: fridge gravel salad

What is gravel salad?

Out:- 2 small pieces steak, 2 pieces bread, 4 lambs hearts to cook and refreeze. frozen fruit for a pudding
Used up: fresh fruit, vegetables, half a pk of biscuits.
In: nothing

maisymoo5

Hi all, Long time, no chat. I've been on holiday and just generally enjoying the summer so it's time for a catch up. I completely lost what was going in and out of the freezer so I'm starting again and have done a stock take of the freezer so I know where I am. I'm hoping to start eating everything in there but we shall see. I need a bit of cold weather before I can enjoy all those beef roasting joints.

In there currently
steak mince
4 steaks
1 large frying steak
beef mince
15 beefburgers
3 beef joints
1 brisket joint
2 port steaks
2 gammon steaks
1 small gammon steak
6 pork sausages
6 smoked sausages
1 pack streaky bacon
1 pack of back bacon
breakfast sausage meat
1 pork shoulder
3 chicken fillets
1 turkey thigh mince
1 shoulder of lamb
4 cod loins
4 cod in butter sauce
4 white fish fillets
1 packet of prawns
8 fishfingers

out
2 pork steaks

caronc

zafiro1984 wrote: »

What is gravel salad?

Bits its of "stuff" in the fridge/cupboard that need using up, chopped small and mixed with mayo/greek yoghurt. In this case carrot, celery, spring onions, a sad apple, raw beetroot, parsley and radish with a handful of peanuts chucked in.

In: nothing (though there will be a portion of lasagne and spare white sauce probably going in tomorrow)
Out: italian sausages, stottie cake, lasagne sheets
Used up: lurking rasher of streaky bacon, LO ratatouille bake, 3 wrinkly mushrooms, apricots , excess milk near it's use by

marygoodwife

Just spotted this thread, strange as I had decided this week to put a dent in the freezer, I have a chest freezer in the garage and a small side freezer in the kitchen, there is only 3 of us and I still buy like I have a house full.
So out was, meatballs, fish cakes, fishfingers, and potato cakes.
In picked blackberries.
I do make everything from scratch most of the time and I would prefer the freezer to be full of stuff I've made rather than just bought.
I have 3 bags of veggie burgers to get through .🤢 I was given them free so I can't waste them.

zafiro1984

Thanks Caronc for explaining what gravel salad is. I realise I've been living on it for ages but it's good to put a name to it. There will be some for my lunch. I've discovered in S...bury's two grinders, one is roasted garlic and herb, the other is dried Italian tomato and herb. I use them on both fruit and vegetables, they really give them a zing without many calories.

Welcome Marygoodwife. I think there are quite a few of us on here who cook from scratch, batch cook and even grow some of their own veggies/fruit but we all seem to hate waste. We all end up with freezers/cupboards full.

I have a compulsion to buy 'bargains' be they special offers or YS most of which end up in the freezer with a thought of 'that was a saving of ......'

I'm trying to change my mind set but it's a hard road and what would I do with an empty freezer - I'd just have to keep it 'just in case'

OUT:- 2 sausages, one HM largish Yorkshire pudding, some mixed fish.
IN:- 3 lambs hearts which I cooked yesterday