Reverse Meal Planning

fionaandphil

I'm trying to clear out the fridge before shopping and to make some freezer space before Christmas! Made a lovely ragu last night with leftover pork from the weekend and some home made tomato sauce, really delicious and will try and do this a bit more over winter with our tomato glut. Tonight is sausage casserole with some leftover yorkshire puddings that need used up from the weekend. I've made a rice pudding too and am doing it in the slow cooker, a bit of an experiment for me so not sure how it will turn out. I've also had a good scour of the freezer and have got some chicken thighs out to make a curry for tomorrow now that our weather is turning a bit colder.

Your loaded flatbread is very good reverse planning @leftatthetrafficlights

Suffolk_lass

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That sounds fantastic - we eat much more simply because most of the time, neither of us can be a**ed to cook. I have one Uchi kuri (onion squash), curing on the windowsill - looking forward to that

Suffolk_lass

I shopped a bit differently in September - we were away for a fortnight but I over-bought the things in the points boosters in my Morries loyalty card. It took my voucher total up by about £8 but I am unconvinced as I have a tendency to stockpile and this makes it worse. Anyway, it's another way they tempt us to eat stuff we don't need to! I'm away for another week next week so leaving Mr Sl to his own devices. He might need eggs but is otherwise in the land of plenty.

I plan a ragu tonight. Minced beef is defrosting

Suffolk_lass

Eat out with my friend who I took to hospital, so Mr Sl went to his bike club meet (a pub) and eat there. Mince needs cooking but hey ho - making bread first

EssexHebridean

Goodness, it appears I have been absent from here for a LOT of months! That said, with the way summer goes I think a lot of us tend to end up using lots of fresh home grown stuff and putting stuff INTO the freezer(s) rather than taking stuff out!

I need to be back to the reverse planning though as both freezers are full, a frugal food month beckons, and I need to create both space and money ahead of christmas!

This evening's meal is going to be HG roasted toms (roasted with HG garlic and basil) with a drained tin of beans thrown in, along with some added spices to make a sort of home made baked beans. We'll have those with sourdough toast (slices of sourdough from the freezer) and perhaps a fried egg as we have eggs that need using.

I have a mind that I might bake over the weekend if the electric prices suggest it - in which case that may see off some more eggs and perhaps some bananas from the freezer as a peanut butter banana loaf cake would tick the boxes nicely. Saturday's lunch will be soup (freezer) and we will probably see off the bread that is in there too between that and breakfasts over the weekend - that in turn will allow for a bread making session on Sunday - again electric prices permitting!

Tomorrow - "something" from the freezer…I wonder if I still have a curry in there?

rtandon27

EH - I love your 'something' from the freezer - my last dive produced lamb and veg tagine with couscous!

We have also been using up assorted fruit pieces in OHs nutritional shakes as it makes them taste a whole lot better!

EssexHebridean

Oh I would be very happy if my "something" was tagine shaped. It won't be, sadly, but that has given me some batch-cooking inspiration!

joedenise

We had a lamb & chickpea tagine from the freezer a couple of days ago - just one lot left in there now. Once we've eaten that then I will be making another batch in the Slow Cooker. I usually make enough for 3 meals (6 portions).

Got some chicken out yesterday but hadn't decided what I was going to do with it and for some reason I dreamt about jerk chicken, rice 'n' peas so that's what we're having tonight. I put it into some jerk seasoning in the fridge first thing this morning so hopefully it will have enough flavour when I cook it.

Suffolk_lass

Mr Sl has been in charge of meal prep for a fortnight since I went to my Mum's in Scotland (and reorganised her freezer so the drawers open and she has a drawer by drawer list). So I don't really know what he has eaten but I came home from the latest bee guirls residential to "chicken" - except it was one huge chicken breast (plenty for 2) and a mystery bag that he said he thought was chicken. It looked like a turkey neck but I looked this morning and it is a fillet steak tail! So we will have that with some simple steamed veg this evening. Then baked apples and custard, as I have a bag of beautiful Bramley apples from my friend

rtandon27

Made a Turkish stew yesterday used up two red onions, the last of the celery, a lone orange pepper, some lamb from the ribs and a pack of MG turkish style grains - a pilaf of sorts and we both had seconds so no left overs! Perfect for cold weather!