Eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge - part two

caronc

Yesterday & today
In: nothing
Out: boned chicken crown, haggis, salmon portions, lorne, tattie scones, french beans, tea bags
Used up: 1/2 onion, couple of elderly carrots, 1/2 punnet of mushrooms

Hopeless_Case

caronc wrote: »

Re marinating beef my favourite marinade is red wine, sliced garlic, thyme, few black peppercorns and a bayleaf. Marinade for 24 hours, remove and pat dry rub with a little dijon mustard and flour. Brown in a hot pan then transfer to a roasting dish - spread the LO marinade (minus the garlic, peppercorns & bayleaf) over the beef and roast or slow cook as you like. If unsure of the cut/tenderness I'd be inclined to either slow cook or roast uncovered in a hot oven for 15 mins per 1lb.(I like mine rareish) If roasting once cooked wrap in foil, pop ina warm place covered with a towel and rest for at least 20 mins.


Grocery delivery today so into freezer/cupboards: Potato croquettes, pitta bread, tea bags, tinned tuna, meat paste
Out: portion potato croquettes, southern fried chicken drumsticks
Used up: Jarlsberg cheese, cucumber, roasted 1kg+ homegrown toms



In:

Thanks again for this, the beef was lovely with a really nice flavour

Out: Large piece of beef, pork steaks, various veggie burgers, frozen carrots an swede and kale
In: Frozen peas and sweetcorn

caronc

Glad you enjoyed the beef:)

Dizzy_Ditzy

:hello: room for a little one?

I have a normal under the counter freezer and a chest freezer, both of which are full :eek: I have two allotments and have been growing in the garden too, as well as meat stuff and batch cooked stuff. I need to run the chest freezer down so that I can move it downstairs but can't do that until it's empty, or as near as :rotfl:

I'm already fairly good at meal planning and trying to use up the contents but not very good at not putting more stuff in it :rotfl:

caronc

Welcome Dizzy Ditzy - I can certainly relate to the in/outs of using things up/gaining things to go situation:)


In: portion haggis stuffed chicken, diced swede, spinach
Out: [STRIKE]spaghetti[/STRIKE] cooked rice from the freezer
Used up:[STRIKE] streaky bacon[/STRIKE] was more i the pack than I thought and still well in date:), chicken stock

dannie

Hi tiredwithtwins,

Sometimes, the recipe not liked is then made into something much bigger! The "freezer roulette" desciption reminds me of the type of language often used in the usage of the fridge freezer.

Recently, obtained some "yellow-sticker" purchases locally and were shared equally with somebody else. Also, got a few food flavourings. These recent purchases were considered whilst doing the (food) grocery online order which arrives today.

caronc

In: nothing
Out: HM tomato soup, swede, brambles (given to a friend)
Used up: haggis

Hopeless_Case

Out: Some rather elderly squid and prawns in shells, some chopped chilli mackerel and some frozen peas, and a handful of blackberries, blackcurrants and cherries

In: Nothing

dannie

The (food) online grocery order arrived yesterday although was minus several "not available" UHT milks but I had plenty in stock anyway. Finished the foraged plums yesterday and still have lots of free other fruit left.

caronc

In: parsley (lots & lots after I was given a huge tub), 3/4 of a chorizo, sourdough
Out: cooked rice
Used up: HM tomato soup