Reverse Meal Planning

ruby_eskimo

Using up leftover pulled pork from the weekend in a macaroni cheese much to DH's delight!  Will serve it with some salad on the side.

greent

We had pulled pork last night - leftovwrs from sometime last week and shoved in freezer then .Made some.super fluffy (and huge!) floury baps to have the pork in

Haven't got the foggiest what anyone is eating today. There is a very small amount of pork left which no doubt someone will have for lunch. Other than that (and you croissants for breakfast) I have no idea - will canvass opinions later. I would like it to be a 'use various odd things up from the freezer' kind of day - so suspect we will all eat different things this evening  but at the same time  

Suffolk_lass

Baked our tuna with olive oil, seasonings and tarragon in foil parcels. Very tasty with mixed buttered steamed veg. I got one of the turkey pies out for tonight. Although pastry is not on my diet the foil cover is damaged and it needed to be defrosted. A full 5cm of space in that drawer!

rtandon27

Today's lunch reverse engineered from all kinds of bits in the fridge & stores - Vietnamese Bahn Mi sandwiches, with all the last bits of salady vegetabels, fridge-pickled red onion slices & more of Sunday's pork roast sliced finely - made on brioche baguettes that were in the cupboard from the last shop.  I find they stay fresh between shops & don't involve turning the oven on as would a part-baked baguette.  Also used up the last of the instant Miso soups left from the days when going into the office was a thing - LOL - It was a remarkably refreshing lunch, after all the weeks of hearty soups & cheesy toasties.  Almost tastes of spring and goes along with the brilliant sunshine that came out after a morning of pouring rain 😊

Mrs_Cheshire

Hi all, doing well with using up bits out of the freezer. 
Having pies tonight with mash & veg. 
I've got some cooked prawns in the freezer which have a lemon & garlic dressing, think I may have some tomorrow for lunch with some salad (got some lettuce to use up). Not sure whether they will be best served cold or hot?: Will get a pack of chicken and some paninis out for hubby & kids. Will eat the leftover chicken & veg from yesterday's fajita's in a sauce with rice tomorrow. 
I tried some pickled red onion that came in a pack of lamb kebabs yesterday was really nice, so need to find a recipe to try and replicate it. 

rtandon27

@Mrs_Cheshire - This is our favourite recipe for pickled red onions - super easy to make! - I find that 1/4 recipe does 2 of us for an entire week as a side for lunch toasties.

marionmgcars

I cooked some vegetable cocktail sausages last night which were purple    due to the amount of beetroot the manufacturer had used.  Cannot say I would buy them again, but used the leftovers today with some leftover bolognaise sauce from the freezer, a few onions and odd mushrooms, roasted odd tomatoes and garlic from the fridge served with spagetti.  I have to admit I would have been delighted to be served that in a restaurant ..... or as my partner says "I would gladly have paid for that"  ha ha, which is our way of saying it was delicious.  

Suffolk_lass

rtandon27 said:

@Mrs_Cheshire - This is our favourite recipe for pickled red onions - super easy to make! - I find that 1/4 recipe does 2 of us for an entire week as a side for lunch toasties.

@Mrs_Cheshire - ours is simpler - I slice an onion into rings, sprinkle with a teaspoon or so of caster sugar, then some light vinegar (white wine is nice, clear distilled that doubles for cleaning is cheapest) and cover for at least an hour for crisp pink rings, and overnight for lovely mild sweet pickled onions - I make my own caster by putting a tablespoon of granulated in the coffee bean grinder for a couple of seconds too.

Suffolk_lass

We had turkey pie last night (padded out with frozen peas and sweetcorn) that I made and froze after Christmas. Half left (maybe, if DH didn't snack too much). I plan to use some aubergine and cauliflower tonight - might make my no-pasta bake with fridge veg roasted with a cheese sauce - I will offer him pie for lunch but I will have soup, to keep the starchy carbs to a minimum

rtandon27

Last night's dinner was Skinny Lasagne made from a H@iry Bik3rs recipe we found on the Beeb.  Super tasty & low carb, bth I really missed the pasta!  Everything was from the freezer, veg box and store cupboard.  OH loved it, but then again he did spend ALL  evening making it.  He's fallen in love with their style of recipe writing through, as it was super thorough & provided at least 2 dozen instructions, including how to cut the various bit of veg.  Made 6 portions - I had 1.5, OH said he was plenty full with just the one, but then again he eats a lot more throughout the day than I do. There are 3.5 potions left to dish up and freeze for another time - I may somehow stretch that into 4, with two full-size and two a bit smaller, perhaps for lunches.

Today's nostalgic, but not so healthy lunch will be a box of Kr@ft Dinner (day-glo orange cheesy pasta) & fried hot dogs.  There will be no vegetable in sight, unless ketchup counts!  I'm digging into a care package sent from across the pond to chase away the home-sick blues - lol - Comfort food eating at it's best worst best worst - I can't decide how to describe it, so comfort food on it's own will have to do!