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caronc wrote: »

Well chicken dish was tasty but the sweet potato was huge so half of it and 1/2 a roasted onion left. In the fridge just now but looking for some inspiration to use up- any suggestions?

Maybe a sort of baked frittata - with stuff added like some tomatoes/cheese/eggs?

Yep...I'm gearing up back into cooking mode again. Today's meal was mushroom stuffed with garlic cheese/nuts/breadcrumbs with sauerkraut and some sprouting broccoli and couscous and falafel. Not fully up to speed yet (waiting for new kitchen to be that I guess...) - as I bought the sauerkraut and falafel readymade.

Nelski

caronc wrote: »

Well chicken dish was tasty but the sweet potato was huge so half of it and 1/2 a roasted onion left. In the fridge just now but looking for some inspiration to use up- any suggestions?

wedges? mash? rosti?

or soup maybe for another day

PasturesNew

With half a sweet potato .... do egg and chips.

The roasted onion can be reheated and tossed on the side, or if you're keen, whip up a quick bhaji batter and toss it through that then fry it.

The alternative is to leave them in the fridge for a week, staring at them forlornly each day thinking "hate waste, wish I fancied you ... but I don't" before you shut the fridge door and head for the toaster.

mrssnowy_2

Nelski wrote: »

Well the veggies in the house would be pleased...I have a bit of a "thing"about sausages and even the best ones can fail the texture test ...oddly enough I am only really happy with Richmonds which I know are not exactly good sausages

Anyway the mash onions and bbq sauce was lovely but couldnt stomach the sausages ...bin for those sadly

Would do that recipe again though this time with Richmond

Hi,thought that recipe sounded great -till I read it.......YUK I hate BBQ sauce,and as for Richmonds sausages-sorry Nelski.
They take me back to times when the children were little and we were seriously hard up-cheap PINK sausages,never hit the spot at all.DH came home (only)once with a 10lb pack of the little beggars.
My butcher makes the most fantastic sausages,never any gristle.

Noodles for lunch today was stirfried mushrooms,pakchoi,sugar snap peas and my own wagamama ramen sauce,really yummy.
It was the second half of the pakchoi and peas,had first half earlier in the week as tom yum soup.

All sounds healthy but doesn't account for the weight gain-eek
That could be due to the fact that there is no Christmas cake left-'waste not ,want not', or MMM- or lack of quantity control(oops)
Porridge for breakfast,then leek and potato soup tomorrow,using YS veg.

Keep well
mrss

caronc

Morning everyone thanks for the suggestions re the leftovers:) I'm sure I'll find away to use them up. No PN they won't be sitting in the fridge being looked at forlornly that's what freezers are for LOL :rotfl:Seriously I might freeze the half sweet potato for the next time I fancy one (which is most weeks) so it just needs a quick nuke next time. I still have another in the fridge so will keep them off the shopping list for a few weeks until they are used up. Not sure about meals today, my Manager is coming for a visit this morning and I've physio at 2pm, unfortunately pick up for the appointment is from noon so it may well be a sandwich and a banana in my handbag:( Will think about dinner when I come back and have the aforementioned leftovers to fall back on if I don't feel like cooking much

Nelski

Morning :wave:

mrssnowy...yuk to your butchers sausages sorry . Its a funny thing I am so into good quality food in every area of my life and would prefer to use butchers meat any day than supermarket but like I said earlier in the thread I have brain block with sausages particularly ones made from a butcher :eek: He can prepare me a nice fillet steak though and Ill have that instead :cool:

Anyway after my disaster dinner I have lots of mash and onions left so I think I will have a safe one and make some fish fingers to go with it. Cant go wrong brain wise with fish

karcher

Morning

I just posted this in the Bugs In Flour thread and it seems relevant in the Cooking for One thread:

My flour which I bought a couple of weeks ago and decanted into a screw top plastic jar is now in the freezer.

Once it's had its 4 days, the new bag of unopened rice will go in..rinse and repeat with the spaghetti.. I only have a small freezer so can only do them one at a time.

It takes me ages to use up these kind of store cupboard items coz there's only me here.. and you can often only buy them in quite large quantities!

Btw what about pulses..I have a glass jar full of lentils, are they at risk too?

Your thoughts if any folks?

Nelski

karcher wrote: »

Morning

I just posted this in the Bugs In Flour thread and it seems relevant in the Cooking for One thread:

My flour which I bought a couple of weeks ago and decanted into a screw top plastic jar is now in the freezer.

Once it's had its 4 days, the new bag of unopened rice will go in..rinse and repeat with the spaghetti.. I only have a small freezer so can only do them one at a time.

It takes me ages to use up these kind of store cupboard items coz there's only me here.. and you can often only buy them in quite large quantities!

Btw what about pulses..I have a glass jar full of lentils, are they at risk too?

Your thoughts if any folks?

Never had a problem with creepy things in my dry goods (ooh err missis :rotfl:) I certainly dont freeze them :eek: or even have any special glass jars ....everything pretty much stays in its original bag and I have reached my grand old age without ever having this problem.

karcher

Nelski wrote: »

Never had a problem with creepy things in my dry goods (ooh err missis :rotfl:) I certainly dont freeze them :eek: or even have any special glass jars ....everything pretty much stays in its original bag and I have reached my grand old age without ever having this problem.

I actually have once, many years ago. Chucked everything out and started again..but hadn't thought about it since until I read the other thread.

The reason I use jars for things is because I was sick of stuff getting spilt everywhere and having to clean out the cupboards more often than I cared for and also to keep things fresher, because as I said, they take me an age to use up!

caronc

After a horrible invasion of the pesks years ago that seemed to go on and on since then I store all my stuff in jars or sealable boxes. Don't freeze first though working on the assumption if I do get an outbreak it will be contained has worked so far.........:)