Eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge - part two

zafiro1984

In - 1 x treacle and ginger cake batter (the other was cooked for later)
The remainder of the beef joint cooked at New Year, it will end up as part of a pie
Out - 0

Still using up items in the fridges.

Does anyone else seem to spend their life living on leftovers and trying to be creative with them?

Saver-upper

After posting the contents of my freezer space this morning, this afternoon I emptied, cleaned, re-organised and  repacked my main pantry cupboard. There is a lot here that was either bought, or given to us for Christmas. But there is also a lot of duplicates 🙃. My partner eats the crackers with cheese, but he obviously doesn't think about what he might have left at home, so buys more when he is at the shops . See how many packets of crackers we have!! I've told him to not buy any more. He says he will take some stuff to work and have for lunches.

Pantry (bottom half) :

4 2 tins tomatoes
4 tins plum tomatoes

5 4  tins red kidney beans

5 tins sweetcorn

5 tins pineapple
4  6 tins pineapple 😔

2 tins mandarin segments

2 tins carrots

5 Big tins baked beans, 2 little ones  
          1 little one

1 box passata

1 tube tomato paste

Box sundried tomatoes

1 very large, 2 smaller jars beetroot (2 out of date , but sure they are fine)

1jar pickled eggs

2 jars sweet and sour, at least one out of date 

2 jars korma sauce
1 jar korma sauce

3  2 jars tikka  sauce, one out of date

2 1 tins tuna

1 jar bolognaise sauce

1 jar for pasta bake

2 jars chilli pasta sauce

1 jar tomato and basil pasta ssuce

1 jar chunky veg pasta sauce

4 tins tomato soup

3 tins tomato soup
Jar jalapeños

Jar mild salsa

Thai Red curry paste

1 tin borlotti beans

1 tin haricot beans

1 huge tin Condensed milk

4 small tins condensed milk

2 jars apple sauce

1 small, 1 large jar mint sauce (large one out of date)

4 bags Spaghetti(!) 

1 jacket potato

Small bag potstoes

2 small bag sweet potatoes

1 jar pickle

1small jar chutney 

1 small jar pickle

A little garlic

A little ginger

Pantry ( top half) 

3 open pkt Tuc biscuits

2 opened and 3 unopened pkt cream crackers

1 bag cous cous

1 small remainder of cous cous bag

1 small bag quinoa

2 open bag Spaghetti

2 bag white basmati rice
Tiny scrap of basmati rice

2 bag long grain rice

Bag soup pasta exp 2015 

Tiny remains of short grain rice

1 small bag fuselli

1/2 pkt rice noodles

1/2pack medium noodkes

1 pkt dried egg noodles

6 assorted flavoured rices

Bags of popping corn x2

Bag pumpkin seeds exp May 2017

Bag pearl barley exp Aug 2020

Pine nuts exp Dec 2019

Red split lentils bag and tiny remainder of another bag 

4 sachets sweet chilli and garlic sauces 

Tiny remains of Chia seeds 

1/2 open bag raisins, a bit stale 

1 opened, and 1 unopened pkt Digestive biscuits 

Oreos, unopened 

Dark choc digestives, unopened plus about 3 biscuits remaining of opened pacjet

Ginger nuts 

Custard creams, open

Unopened pkt 8 tortilla 

White finger digestives, about 3 left 🙄

2 opened, 2 unopened boxes of Granola bars

3 twin packets Go ahead Crispy slices

1 box Fibre 1 bars plus 2 remaining of another box

2 boxes Mince pies

Solitary bakewell tart 🙃

2 bags Graze snacks

Bombay mix 

1 bag cheese savouries

Assorted nuts, open bags

Take away container of popped popcorn

Threw out:

Pot of home-dried pumpkin seeds 

5 mouldy crumpets

1 mouldy tortilla wrap 

zafiro1984

The fridge is looking better, I can actually see spaces on the shelves. The next thing I have to tackle is a smaller freezer under the fridge. I use it for all my half used packets, plus that little bit of casserole or soup I made that ended up as a leftovers. It has three drawers so I'm pretty sure there would be enough for several days without having to open the other freezers.

With this new lockdown we're both shielding. DH is taking this new variant very seriously indeed, He remembers working in the late 1960's when there was an horrendous F&M outbreak in Cheshire and Lancashire. Last night he was talking about the aftermath and how it affected people - he never wants to experience that again.

Enough depression  - on a lighter note I've made 4 x cake batter mixes this morning, cooked one and froze three. That took 16 eggs, meringues this afternoon and then hopefully something to do with egg yolks

In: 3 x cake batters 
Out: probably sausages, and leftover marmalade steamed pudding.

carinjo

@Saver-upper, that was a fantastic job you done with making those lists! Great start to the new year.
@zafiro1984, be safe and that goes for everyone else too. 
Out last night: chicken breast to do something for dinner. HM croutons for leftover soup from last night. 
In: 0

joedenise

In:  0
Out:  burgers for lunch

Florenceem

Out - Pork Mince.
Today I am making Cheese & Onion Pasties using puff pastry and cheese from fridge + onion from veg rack.

pamsdish

OUT: 0
IN: 2 y.s rib eyes, 1 y.s lamb shoulder, I will be cutting this to make 4 1 person joints.

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Out - turkey breast put into slow cooker at 6 am with swede,  carrots, onion,  stock and seasoning. Will make dumplings and have for supper. 

also soup taken out for tomorrow’s lunch.

I feel like I am getting the hang of this and only spent 30 pounds shopping this week so am delighted 😊

Saver-upper

I continued my inventory for food cupboards today.It is very satisfying work-empty, wipe down,dry, replace everything in date order 😊.
Today I worked on our smaller pull-out larder, which is mostly sauces, spices, oils, spreads etc.
It contained:
2 open pkt of lasagne /canelloni sheets, and 1unopened
2 boxes of churro mix powder.Not sure what I am going to do with these.They were part of  teenage son's Christmas present in 2019, but we weren't impressed with results, so only used twice
3 part-used bottles of maple syrup
1 unopened bottle of golden syrup
1 unopened tin golden syrup 😑,
2_packets Angel Delight
12_sachets Schwartz marinade powders (bought unthinkingly by my partner)
6 stir-fry sauce sachets (bought unthinkingly by partner)
3 bottles vinegar, one unopened 
2 tubs part-used breadcrumbs
9 Mugshots (😑)
4 packets quick cook pasta 
3 packets quick cook pasta

3 pkt savoury rice, I think all out of date but fine
Herb and spice collection
Oils and gravy granules


Also sorted out a cupboard where I "hide" my sweet treats from the family ,and partner stores the most random purchases.He insists he uses them at work, but the supply never goes down. There was:
19 tins of mackerel in assorted sauces 😱😱😱😱
3 boxes of bags of quick-boil  rice
2 boxes of prawn crackers, old
Box of Smash potato .
Tin of baked beans with sausages
Jar of red pesto
Jar of korma spice paste
Just so random.😱

And,my fault (and I am not sure what I am going to do with them):
2 out of date pkt of Ryvita. I haven't eaten Ryvita  since I stopped doing SW a couple of years ago, so out of date. I have left them in the kitchen side to remind me to try them over the next few days ....
5 boxes of SW Hi fi bars, and 2 boxes with a couple of bars ,again, out of date. They are also sitting on the side making me feel bad .

Binned today:
2 twin-pkt of granola bars
very dried up out garlic powder
About 2 tablespoons forgotten custard powder
3_sachets of cheese sauce powder expired end 2015
Very old, opened bottle of apple cider vinegar
A few sheets of gluten free lasagne sheets, leftovers of a pkt bought for a dinner party 4 years ago
3 bottles nearly empty,very sticky and old bottles of ice cream toppings

Think I just have the cereal cupboard to sort tomorrow. Phew!

On the plus side, food has been consumed today 😂 (and I plan on editing these lists as I run down supplies).
With 4 kids home at the moment, out was:
small tin baked beans, tin of tomato soup, garden peas (to be replaced), 2 pkt mango, lime and coconut chicken fillets, scraps in the bottom of a bag of short grain rice, scraps of basmati rice, small tin of pineapple, 2 pkt of Angel Delight (years old!!)
Feels so good to have done this .Can do lots of meal planning now, and shop from home 😊

pamsdish

IN; 0
OUT: just about to cut lamb shoulder into 4, think I will have one today, so neither an in or out.