Eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge - part two

Edwardia

Kirri I'd suggest binning something two years out of date that has solidified myself.

Had my salad lunch so late could only face soup for dinner. I had pea & ham, OH had French country veg I think - Amy's Kitchen GF- so that was OUT of cupboard two tins of soup. In my salad I had a small jar drained Parsons Pickled Mussels from Home Bargains. Have to admit having overdosed on mayo couldn't really taste them http://www.parsonspickles.co.uk/products/shellfish/

OUT freezer 500g organic British beef mince for dinner tomorrow.

sharond101

Out: HM enchiladas for dinner, 1 portion soup (husbands lunch.)
In: (All YS) large pack turkey mince, 4 river cobbler fillets, some stewing steak (got this for 3p in Asda with one of their price guarantee vouchers)

Florenceem

No freezer movements.
Just me here for dinner so had a using up LOs meal.
I had some LO roast potatoes - cut up and warmed in oven + piece of HM Quiche from freezer. Served with a yummy poached egg.

ms_night_ryder

I had the last of the seabass from the freezer stuffed with kale and had some leftover rice to go with it.

In the freezer went 2 packets of reduced sausage meat, it was cheaper to buy 2, 80p for both after discounts or 1 for £1.29, no brainer really, since I was going to buy some this week anyway, I want to use it to mix with mince for a meat loaf at the weekend and I usually use it for meatballs.

I'm still sticking to my meat free weekdays, but I have messed up a few times, need to do some more shopping on Thursday, I have no fish or chicken left in the freezer.

Kirri which whole foods do you go to?

Welsh_Poppy

Morning

It has been a busy week here making things for craft fair.

Out

beef slices,panini and red peppers

IN

Nothing

Slowly making tiny pockets in freezer.

I lost another 4lb in weight and sticking to my exercise and diet which is good so not much baking going on.

Kirri

ms_night_ryder wrote: »

Kirri which whole foods do you go to?

I go to the new Richmond one, though may try the Fulham one when it opens in the Spring. Been meaning to try the Clapham one too but think that is smaller, have you ever seen that branch?

Welsh_Poppy wrote: »

I lost another 4lb in weight and sticking to my exercise and diet which is good so not much baking going on.

:T Do you still have any treats? I can't get through a day without eating something sweet..

Edwardia wrote: »

Kirri I'd suggest binning something two years out of date that has solidified myself.

Yep think it's going later.. got to dig it out to recycle the jar though. Think will bin the tofu later too.

Soworried wrote: »

The cold is making me want comfort food.

Yep thinking the same, I've got my tagine book out as I fancied making something a bit more warming/substantial.


Today will be:
B - yog/granola/oj
L - pitta and last :eek: bit of fresh cashew butter (desperate for more) and banana
D - rest of the grain salad, last bit of feta, the last of the frozen courgette fritters and probably roast beetroot/carrot so will batch cook a lot and freeze.
Snacking on G&B and clementines.

I still have half a lemon, half a pomegranate to use (1 seems to do about 6-8 salads!), a last portion of vegan red pesto, a bit of opened cheese with chives/garlic, some opened preserved lemons - so that will be the rest of the week sorted ie pesto pasta/veg, tagine, grain salad with pomegranate/cheese.

Edwardia

Kirri, I lurve preserved lemons.. I bought a big Le Parfait jar to do them myself.. OH swiped it and used for organic fertiliser in the shed. What it with him and kitchen stuff.. he used my mother's preserving pan she'd given me, for mixing cement in :mad:

Wrested £217 out of husband by fast payment last night, as I spent several hours going through receipts picking out all the non-food items to make the point that it's not fair to give me a budget for food and then expect me to pay for DVDs, gloves, shirts etc as well. I think he thought it was the odd £20 here and there.. well they add up !

So if anyone here gets a budget just for food I suggest doing same if you aren't already.

Anyway means instead of bleating that I have no food budget left I got back where I should be and can get stuff for the freezer Now all the bread with gluten has gone along with the pies n pasties for OH lunches I can get more in for Christmas.

Gonzo1987

Out yesterday- some frozen peppers, and garlic bread
In- 2 x portions of Gnocchi and pepper bake, YS qourn goujons I picked up yesterday.

Tea tonight is Curry l/o from Sunday.

Gonzo1987

Just had a right result - free £25 fruit and veg box from Abel and cole will be arriving with me on Monday. Wahooo

Edwardia

Gonzo1987 wrote: »

Just had a right result - free £25 fruit and veg box from Abel and cole will be arriving with me on Monday. Wahooo

:T Wow Gonzo I've been an Abel & Cole customer for more than a year now, have an order every week and not had £25 of free veg !
Freebie-wise I've had duck & orange pate, mince pie x2, 4 organic free range eggs, 75cl bottle of organic red wine, 250ml bottle of organic Extra Virgin olive oil, 250ml organic milk though.

Def shopping day today as did Ocado and Iceland shops online. Ocado has Green & Black's organic ice cream half price so OH gets a treat