Reverse Meal Planning

joedenise

We had a bag of potatoes too but about half of them weren't usable and had to be composted.  There's still enough for a couple of meals though so not all bad.

We also had some fruit:  satsumas (one binned, 4 very soft); 4 lemons (one binned) rest will be sliced and frozen; box of blueberries, bunch of bananas (kept a couple out to ripen properly as a bit green rest sliced and frozen for banana ice cream, yum).

There was also a pack of 6 large burger buns which have also been frozen.  Not much room left now!

Suffolk_lass

That's a great haul @joedenise. I really like that Morries are usually F&V bags. I don't need any at the moment though. I do need butter, and the question is, do I capitulate and get £35 of shopping to get 5p off a litre of fuel, or just go local and buy the slightly pricier butter!

edit to add; I have done neither. I freezer dived and found salted butter. So no shopping for me. I had already pulled out a chicken that I will slow-roast overnight in the slow cooker after cooking a small rack of pork ribs that we will have with the 'returned' damaged potatoes (mashed) and some buttered leeks and leftover cauliflower

Suffolk_lass

The ribs were great - really simple sauce of ketchup, tabasco, Worcester' sauce, vinegar and water to give them a wet mix to slow roast in. I cut them into 3 bone pieces and we each had 2 mini racks. With buttered leeks, mash and cauliflower. Then yoghurt with a dollop of strawberry jam for some cheats strawberry yoghurt for dessert, while we watched all the Eurovision acts. We called it right for 1 and 2 and got 3 & 4 back to front. Great fun, but I went to bed during the voting

EssexHebridean

Glad the chorizo idea gave people some inspiration - and yep, I often do the same thing with bacon too, or indeed cooked sausages - two of those sliced up easily stretches to pasta bake for both of us! 

I seem to have done lots of using up of odds and ends from the freezer this weekend. I needed a dinner for just me on Friday as MrEH was out - the weather was grim so no temptation to go out for anything so I did a freezer dive and found the last of a pack of small flatbreads in there, plus part of a ball or mozzarella and a cooked sausage... topped the bread with a mix of ketchup and tomato puree, added the sausage and mozzarella and hey presto, instant pizza. Also had a bowl of cheesy chips alongside for added treatiness. Saturday we needed a super-quick lunch so pittas (freezer) filled with cheese and "toasted" on a hot frying pan. Yesterday saw the freezer being raised again for leftover sliced lamb to make a cheaty roast dinner - roast tatties and parsnips, and the last of the veg box purple sprouting broccoli all also ticked the "needs using up" box. 

joedenise

Leftover lamb from yesterday will be turned into a lamb dhansak for dinner tonight, will be served with a box of turmeric rice from the freezer.

Leftover mushroom stroganoff will be added to some pasta for lunch tomorrow.  May need to add a bit more stock as the sauce is a bit thick.

happydenial

Veg box day tomorrow, so used up the last of a box of mushrooms, half a yellow pepper, one leek and a few bits of salami to make a pasta bake tonight. 

The small cauliflower got eaten at Friday lunchtime alongside the leftover sausage casserole, I’ve now got a broccoli and another leek to use up - possibly a gratin alongside some griddled chicken tomorrow. 

Suffolk_lass

Cold chicken salad with a very well baked jacket potato for supper. We had soup and a bag of crisps for lunch. All a bit haphazard and make do as we are in the midst of our bee season

MissRikkiC

Freezer inventory done this morning, via a voice recording and then writing up what was in there after wards so as to not get too cold. That plus the fridge inventory and I’ve planned meals until next Wednesday! Wahoo

rtandon27

@MissRikkiC - Well done with the freezer& fridge audit, it's always satisfying to have a week of meals coming out of the stores!

joedenise

There's some LO lamb dhansak so I'll be having that with a jacket potato for lunch.  DH wasn't overseen so he can decide what to have on his jacket - he'll probably have beans and cheese and then I'll need to use up the rest of the tin of beans!