Reverse Meal Planning

CCW007

Got chicken breast out for OH to have hunter's chicken to use up bacon in the fridge, I've got veggie sausages.  To be served with new potatoes from the garden, courgettes and green beans from my folks.

I brought back a huge bag of green beans from my parents - I'm incredibly lucky to have a pressure canner so I PCd 7 jars yesterday which don't have to fit in the freezer.  Will be doing as much produce as possible this way to free up space in the freezer and reduce our exposure if we have power cuts.

Also got loads of shallots prepped ready to pickle - we are still eating last years so these will have plenty of time to mature before we start on them.  

zafiro1984

Bought eight melons for folk to eat at a clinic we held last week. Due to the heat many folk cancelled so we didn't need all of them. Now on number four, does anyone know if they freeze well???

I must do something with eggs tonight probably a flan as I've found some serrano ham in the freezer, LO from a leg I brought back at Easter. We'll have it hot tonight and cold tomorrow.
'Pudding' will be Mr Whippy  (A Sains.. look alike Angel Delight) butterscotch flavour and a banana to use up the milk from the clinic before it goes off. 

Hope it rains tomorrow

joedenise

According to Google most melon varieties can be frozen in slices, chunks or pureed so definitely worth doing.

Brambling

I have seen frozen melon balls in shops, not sure what they taste like.

mumof3.12kindebt

I've been doing this for years didn't know there was a name for it 🤣

ruby_eskimo

@zafiro1984 frozen melon is great, as are frozen grapes too, especially in the hot weather we're having.

Last night's veg curry was bulked out with the first of our pepper harvest from the garden.  Added a nice green bite to the dish which DH approved of.  Dinner for me tonight is kimchi fried rice in a bid to empty the open container of kimchi.  Have two more jars of the stuff from the last batch we made, but those have yet to be opened so have been fermenting along nicely.  This one on the other hand has been open a while and I want it gone before anything bad happens to it.

zafiro1984

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll chop up 4 melons- 2x watermelon 2 x ordinary melon and freeze them. At the worst I can add them frozen to a fruit salad. Never thought of grapes, I'll give them a go. Thanks.

It's just rained, a short light shower,      
Downside -I forgot to bring the washing indoors   

Suffolk_lass

I should hold back some watermelon to blitz - it makes a great refreshing drink with a bit of lime, soda and ice

joedenise

Made too much cottage pie last night for dinner so we'll have LOs for lunch today - unfortunately not really enough to use for a main meal but last least it will get eaten and not wasted.

Suffolk_lass

@joedenise we had the braised lettuce dish you put me on to for supper with sliced grilled halloumi on Monday - it has become a regular main course supper for us now!

Last night the chicken I got our was still frozen so we will have that tonight instead. We had Macaroni Cheese. Not very mediterranean but sometimes you just gotta