Eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge - part two

Wraithlady

Zafiro, I think it's learning when the best days are for your local SM - I know for a fact that Mondays are useless at our local Sainsbugs - Thursday/Friday are better, whereas Tes &Co do really cheap ys baguettes on a Friday (used to be Thursday) but have very little other stuff the same day.

In :0
Out: 1 chicken (roast dinner last night, very nice it was too) - leftovers going into a pasta bake tonight, chollah rolls and spinach for today, also some slightly out-of-date halloumi from the fridge is destined for lunch.

zafiro1984

Thanks Pamdish and Wraithlady, from what you're saying it sounds as if it's down to individual shops to decide when to reduce items. I usually shop first thing in the morning so I'll try later in the day to see what I can find.

In: 0
Out: leg of lamb, plums, 2 bread rolls and three slices of bread. milk

Suffolk_lass

Our local stop Co-op is brilliant on a Monday for reduced fruit

Siebrie

I ordered a 'non-baguette' weekend, to make up all the bread ends, so we had tosti's and toast instead of our usual Saturday brunch baguette. It was needed.

I fancied soup for dinner on Sunday, so I made some from frozen grated courgette, frozen celery stalks, some leftover stewed meat, and the last of the veggie stock powder (BBD Oct 2017 :eek:). It's delicous, and I have taken the leftovers to work for lunch today.

zafiro1984

Thanks Suffolk Lass for the info.

I haven't ventured out to the shops since last Thursday, I'm trying hard not to spend and use existing stock but we have a couple of friends coming Friday so I'll have to do lunch. It's going to be either minted peas soup or parsnip/squash with bit of curry pdr. Both are vegetarian and one is also gluten free so I'll have to go out before then and find some gluten free bread rolls. I hoping I'm strong enough to resist buying anything else.

In: nothing
Out: bread rolls
The rest from the cupboards and fridge

Siebrie

Kirri wrote: »

A not very nice hm veg curry out the freezer tonight I ruined this batch but am still having to eat it.. only another 3 portions left thankfully.

Kirri, Can you make it into soup? Would that be more edible?


Edit: sorry, I didn't know what happened there. The page number showed me I was on the last page of this thread, but it turns out I was on the first....

Frugalistamama

Glad found you. I have gone mad buying food lately to the point I've been unable to stop. So I now have a food mountain in my small kitchen. I have no room in my freezers for batch cooking or freezing leftovers so know I'm wasting money now.
Attempting a week of NS and living on what we have. For the rest of the month I'm planning on only buying:
Fruit
Vegetables
Bread
Kids lunch food
Yoghurt
Milk
Essentials for recipes for planned meals

I need to stay away from the supermarket!! My new mantra.... 'the supermarket is not my friend'

Yesterday was my first NSD!

Xx

zafiro1984

Frugalistamama wrote: »

Glad found you. I have gone mad buying food lately to the point I've been unable to stop. So I now have a food mountain in my small kitchen. I have no room in my freezers for batch cooking or freezing leftovers so know I'm wasting money now.
Attempting a week of NS and living on what we have. For the rest of the month I'm planning on only buying:
Fruit
Vegetables
Bread
Kids lunch food
Yoghurt
Milk
Essentials for recipes for planned meals

I need to stay away from the supermarket!! My new mantra.... 'the supermarket is not my friend'

Yesterday was my first NSD!

Xx

Welcome, I think we're all been where you are at some stage. I'm not sure if the hording urge ever truly leaves but at least in my case this thread has helped to keep it under some control, but even so it's a constant battle.

pamsdish

OUT: Salmon yesterday, 1 pork chop today.
IN: 0

Fridayschild

Out - A huge piece of boneless turkey which I was given as a "thankyou" by a relative who told me it was an "over-order" in the posh butchers where he works at Christmas. I should have portioned it on Christmas Eve before I froze it! The intention is to portion it into a couple of roasting joints, a good few turkey schnitzels and chop the rest for curries etc. Wish me luck!


In - 0 today but yesterday some garlic flatbreads.


FC