Reverse Meal Planning

greenbee

Primrose said:

Chop it up and throw it out foe the birds !!

I suspect the rats would probably enjoy it... 

rtandon27 said:

greenbee said:

Any suggestions for ox kidney...

How about a sausage & kidney casserole in the slow cooker, a steak & kidney pie, or panfried in butter with a cream sauce?  Growing up, I remember my mom making steak & kidney pie with puff pastry on top for her childhood friend who would come and visit us every summer, so that would be my choice as it brings back lovely memories

I've always used lambs' kidneys in the past. I guess I'm assuming that ox kidney would be tougher and stronger flavoured. I might give it a try in the SC (although no pastry as I need to get back to low carb - my GP has my on a low carb diet for long-covid and I know it helps my fatigue and joint pain. 

joedenise

I suggest you soak the kidneys in milk for a while, it should help making the flavour milder - it works with liver!

Brambling

I use ox kidney when making steak and kidney if I'm using a steak ie shin which requires long slow cooking as I find lamb kidneys break down.  NB I tend not to make it into a pie to save the calories

greenbee

Brambling said:

I use ox kidney when making steak and kidney if I'm using a steak ie shin which requires long slow cooking as I find lamb kidneys break down.  NB I tend not to make it into a pie to save the calories

Thanks Brambling. Next time I manage to get hold of some beef I'll put it on the meal plan!

rtandon27

Reposting a little blurb I stuck on the freezer thread last night! (not sure how that happened!)

Dinner today last night was the last of the veggie lasagne from the freezer, with a side of steamed veg - the last courgette & a few more of the Christmas veg box carrots.  I'm still chuckling that the OH who supposedly despises eggplant, has now had three portions of the lasagna that has slices of grilled eggplant in it & loved it every time!  Another victory for hidden veg 

ruby_eskimo

Happy New Year everyone!  

We have almost finished the leftovers from Christmas and happy to say my freezer is almost empty so I can actually defrost it at the weekend hopefully - that was all I wanted to do all year.

Tonight we're having stuffed pasta shells using some large pasta shells we got in a hamper for our anniversary, stuffed with some ricotta I picked up yesterday and some defrosted spinach from the freezer.  Will also make a tomato and pepper sauce to go with them using some leftover tomatoes from the fridge along with some roasted peppers that we also got in the hamper.  Now that the freezer is almost under control, its time to start working through the cupboards.

MandM90

Some days reverse meal planning leads to delicious revelations...other days you end up eating leftover mushroom bourgignon with straight to wok noodles. Ah well, another thing out the fridge!

joedenise

Using up some veg from the fridge (and freezer) to make a Goan veg curry with rice for dinner tonight, that should pretty much use up the veg in the fridge, apart from a few carrots which will probably end up as soup at some point.

Have got some pears in the fridge which I'm intending on turning into chutney at some point.  Just need to sort out a recipe where I don't need to buy anything to make it!

Suffolk_lass

Leftover bits of meat (DH had most of a tapas pack of Spanish meats and cheeses - I had a slice of Iberico ham) plus a shared avocado, and an egg each and the foil sprinkles of the gammon ham. Also found two packs of hummus so we snacked the fancy one with celery, carrot and yellow pepper veg sticks and had mostly veg salad. I think we might go for a veg thing tonight - either a bake or a curry and soup for lunch

ruby_eskimo

Having leftover prawn in black bean sauce from the freezer for dinner, with some boiled rice.  Had to pick up some salad leaves last night as completely forgot to buy them with the weekly shop.  Also managed to pick up some reduced garlic bread which I portioned up and stuck in the freezer for DH, as well as some reduced dried chickpeas and yellow lentils that I haven't been able to find for a while.

Made a couple of portions of mushroom soup at the weekend so having that for lunches over the next couple of days and then need to make some veggie soup to use up some stragglers from christmas (including the glut of potatoes that appear to never end!)