Reverse Meal Planning

Suffolk_lass

Nothing planned for today as we will be having a chip supper as part of a Quiz Night. I need to preserve some raspberries and apples today, and we will eat cauliflower or salad tomorrow, so there isn't too much in the fridge while DS is house sitting. I might make him a chilli...

CCW007

Loads of veg used up (including some baby corn I'd forgotten about) last night in a red curry.  Pickled all the cherry tomatoes so they can be used in salad over winter. 

Lunch will be soup and salad out of the fridge - I'm meeting a friend for tea and cake so will eat before I go so I'm not starving and eat all the cake!

ruby_eskimo

DH harvested all the peppers and jalapenos from the garden yesterday so I need to start pickling all of those this evening, just hope I have enough jars for them all!

Freezer was filled up again over the weekend after some batch cooking so looks like we might not have to buy much next week.  Using some YS sausages tonight in a sausage stew so that might be another couple of portions to go into the freezer for a later date.

EssexHebridean

Hello all - just back on Saturday night from a week in Cornwall which was lovely but spendy so much need of eating from the freezer for a few weeks to even things up! Stopped at Mozzers on the way back for fruit/something for Saturday evening - discovered they’d had a chiller drama so we’re selling of tubs of stuff from the salad bar…a massive plastic tub of spicy chicken pasta at £2.25, and smaller tubs of falafels, naked burrito and wild rice salad all for 25p each. Grabbed some pitta breads from the freezer when I got back and that sorted Saturday tea and Sunday lunchtime! Yesterday’s tea was lamb stew made with the bones from the last whole lamb we had - they’ve been sitting in freezer 2 waiting for use so good to get those out, and there is a portion of stew for each of us tomorrow, too. 

Tonight’s meal is going to be a butternut squash & chickpea curry which will also use up some freezer veg, and a tub of coconut milk that’s been in there for a few weeks. 

EssexHebridean

Well we started on plan this week - but I have a fail for today as completely forgot to freezer dive last night to find something for tea today. Hmmm. I have three eggs and the remainder of a big of Hogs pudding brought back from Cornwall. There is a lump of cheddar which could ideally do with using - and the end of a piece of rather good mature gouda as well.  Also have two potatoes big enough to do as jackets and others which would happily boil for mashing. There is also the remainder of a swede, a couple of small-ish parsnips and some extremely bendy carrots. It goes without saying that I have a courgette and lots of runner beans....this could be interesting!   

Slightly reluctant to go the obvious route of jackets with toppings for tonight as need something quick to do for tomorrow and that would be an easy win... currently leaning towards cheesy mixed root mash with various of the other bits - that could work, then jackets with beans & cheese for tomorrow.  

rtandon27

EH - any chance your freezer dive would result in diced pancetta or bacon?  Everything is better with bacon as my OH is prone to say!

CCW007

EH - spanish omelette with the (mashing) potatoes, eggs and veg?

CCW007

Stir fry tonight - dehydrated stir fry veg and noodles with tofu and katsu curry sauce (for me) and chicken and some other sauce (for OH).  

EssexHebridean

RT - wholeheartedly agree with Mr RT's point of view on this! There is some bacon, but it's most of a pack of streaky, so more than I want to defrost with only a single day to use it! 

CCW - had there been more than three eggs an omelette would most definitely have been in my thinking - MrEH will think I'm trying to starve him if I give him half of a three egg omelette though! 

CCW007

Trying to get into the "planning" part instead of just deciding want I'm having on the day from what I have in. 

So on that note:

Tomorrow OH is having beef in red wine and I'm having leek and lentil tray bake to use up some leeks from the fridge.  With new potatoes and veg from the fridge
Friday will probably be burger night (burgers and buns from freezer)
Saturday I'm going with aubergine and tomato stew for me, not sure about OH 
Sunday will be roast, I may try making Jack Monroe's veggie sausages as I have some stuffing in the cupboard, would just need cooked chestnuts

Lunches are usually soup and salad, with whatever veg needs using up most.  In fact I have some past their best parsnips so maybe I'll make a batch of Covent Garden roasted parsnip and parmesan soup as that is lush.