Reverse Meal Planning

Suffolk_lass

Good to see you back @joedenise - I hope you had a good break

Suffolk_lass

Going to be lots of egg recipes here - my egg delivery is a whole tray of small eggs instead of a dozen large ones. It looks as though I will be shopping for lemons (to make elderflower fizz) and the few essentials I need for a stir-fry tomorrow, when our motorhome buddy comes

rtandon27

@Suffolk_lass - in this house the OH considers eggs & cheese a staple of the weekly shop - imagine his horror this week when I forgot to add both the the delivery!!! - I may be in the doghouse at the moment 🤣

joedenise

The beef bourguignon is in the fridge and nearly defrosted so will be another easy dinner tonight - just need to reheat it and do some mash & green veg (from the freezer) to go with it.

Going to get some home smoked bacon out of the outside freezer as soon as there is a break in the weather for breakfasts over the weekend.  Have also got out some sloppy joes from the inside freezer for tomorrow night's dinner.  Will have in a roll with some chips and beans.

JingsMyBucket

rtandon27 said:

A third of our leeks used up in lentil, mushroom, leek & feta crumble and served with a couple of coddled eggs.  An old standby we have not made in some time & had forgotten how tasty it is!  Two portions left for lunch tomorrow.

Tonight featues another dinner that will use up leeks and also the last of our frozen pork shoulder steaks.

@rtandon27 do you have a handy recipe for that lentil, feta, and mushroom crumble? It sounds really interesting. 

Frugalista

JingsMyBucket said:

rtandon27 said:

A third of our leeks used up in lentil, mushroom, leek & feta crumble and served with a couple of coddled eggs.  An old standby we have not made in some time & had forgotten how tasty it is!  Two portions left for lunch tomorrow.

Tonight featues another dinner that will use up leeks and also the last of our frozen pork shoulder steaks.

@rtandon27 do you have a handy recipe for that lentil, feta, and mushroom crumble? It sounds really interesting. 

I would like the recipe too!  Thank you.

rtandon27

@JingsMyBucket & @Frugalista - it's a tried and true recipe for us that first came with our veg box some years ago - click here for the online recipe!

joedenise

Ended up doing a pasta bake with the sloppy joes in the end which made loads so have some left over which we'll have for lunch today with some salad.  There were also some chips left over so we're having those reheated in the Remoska with our fry up for breakfast.

Going to do a chicken tray bake with some chicken breasts from the freezer.  Will add in some of the chickpeas I'm planning on cooking this morning to make butternut squash (from freezer) and chickpea curry for dinner tomorrow night.

It's great using up so much freezer food and also means some easy meals for me!

ruby_eskimo

Some lovely meal ideas over here!  Tonight we're having stuffed peppers.  The peppers were left over from last week's shop, then I'm just cooking up some rice with added leftover random veg and topping with a bit of grated cheese.  Will make a bit of a salad to have on the side; it's one of DH's most requested meals for some reason and good for getting him to eat vegetables 😆

joedenise

Made a butternut squash and chickpea curry yesterday which we'll have for dinner tonight.  The butternut squash was from the freezer and I used dried chickpeas which I'd soaked overnight and then cooked yesterday morning.

Have got some goat out of the freezer and will be making yet more curry tomorrow once it has defrosted to eat the following day.

It's going to be a very "spicy" week this week with so much curry!  Apparently it's supposed to help lose weight but we will see!