Reverse Meal Planning

ruby_eskimo

Love all the prepping talk.  I made 3 double portions of braised red cabbage with the leftovers from dinner on Monday which are now all sitting in the freezer to be added to any number of dinners.  

Dinner tonight is chicken thighs from the freezer baked in the oven with a kind of risotto, using rice we had in, a lonely courgette from the fridge and some leeks I picked up at the weekend.

Mrs_Cheshire

Afternoon all, another day of using up bits from the freezer, sausages for hubby and eldest son for lunch. smoked salmon for me. cheese saindwich for the youngest son.  Having chicken in a cheese sauce with leeks and bacon for tea, with potato gratin and honey roast parsnips (all saved through 0lio) with some veg from the fridge. 
Got a quiche out of the freezer earlier so that will be served with salad for lunch tomorrow and friday. Kids and hubby will have egg, beans and toast with the 2 leftover sausages from today. 

Suffolk_lass

We had chicken salad last night, with DH having a jacket potato with his (He didn't need it but it's that sort of weather). Tonight will be leftovers with freezer surprise - probably curry and stew. As long as they both go. I also have the chicken carcass to pick and may make a very small chicken curry with spinach to top up - my favourite leftovers with chicken is pie but no pastry for me at the moment.

joedenise

A pork fillet from the freezer will be turned into peri peri pork for dinner tonight.  Will have with some roast potatoes and veg from freezer - not sure what yet but probably green beans and peas.

ruby_eskimo

Some leftover chilli from the freezer on a jacket potato for me tonight and I'm looking forward to it after this cold spell we're having.

rtandon27

OH will be making toad-in-hole tonight for dinner - last of the cumberlands from the freezer, last uht milk from the cupboard, and a mix of plain and white spelt flour for the batter.  Probably some peppers and onions on the side, and steamed brussels all from last week's veg box.

I've been contemplating switching from our bi-weekly shop to a tri-weekly shop as the freezer tetris will be a lot less of a challenge - something in me still feels most comfortable when it's packed to the gills  though - LOL

joedenise

Not much reverse planning today!  Have some leeks to use up so going to make a big batch of leek and barley soup.  Should be plenty to freeze some for another couple of meals for DH and I.

Suffolk_lass

We had freezer surprise (turned out to be chilli) with veg curry and beef stew left-overs yesterday - an eclectic but rather yummy mixture that should no-way have worked! - you know that thing in your fridge where it's been taken over by bitsa; bitsa this, bitsa that - well that's my fridge. I blame the outdoor fridge freezer being on its last legs - desperately limping on until Sunday

ruby_eskimo

Suffolk_lass said:

We had freezer surprise (turned out to be chilli) with veg curry and beef stew left-overs yesterday - an eclectic but rather yummy mixture that should no-way have worked! - you know that thing in your fridge where it's been taken over by bitsa; bitsa this, bitsa that - well that's my fridge. I blame the outdoor fridge freezer being on its last legs - desperately limping on until Sunday

Don't worry I have so many little jars and pots of things to use up in the fridge as well that DH couldn't find the cheese yesterday - he kept opening boxes going "not in there"

ruby_eskimo

Tonight we're having a salmon traybake to use up the lonely veg in the fridge - in this case it's a courgette, a leek and a pepper, topped up with a couple of potatoes.