The all new using what you have from your Freezer, Cupboard or Shed (Barn)

Cairnpapple

LotsOfTea said:

I'm back home after a week away staying with relatives and focussed on using up the stores. I'm doing roast dinner today using a half chicken from the freezer for my two meat eaters and a veggie pie from the freezer for me. 

Cairnpapple - you've inspired me to use up some of my Thai green curry paste and make some soup as well. I'm going to add sweetcorn, cabbage, edamame and smoked tofu so it'll be big and chunky. When does soup become stew? Maybe it's soup if you eat it with a spoon no matter how chunky it gets. 😀

Haha I was wondering that,  I usually put rice noodles in the soup but I don't have any today.  So we might just have it with rice, in which case I think it has to be a stew no matter how liquid it is! Mine will have baby corn,  mangetout and mushrooms along with the chicken. Yours sounds lovely, I love edamame.

London_1

Birds custard powder is my go-to custard all the time, and its £2.00 a tin  in Tescos I do like old fashioned custard and make it at least a couple of times a week as it can go with anything for pudding a dollop on a slice of sponge cake is a nice cheap and tasty filler.
i've even zapped a mini chocolate Swiss roll for 10 seconds in the microwave and dolloped custard on top for a pudding Tesco had an offer of 5  Cadburys new mini 'mint' flavoured chocolate Swiss rolls for a pound so at 20p each with a dollop of custard a nice cheap pudding. They were very nice as well, I don't normally buy smal lshop bought cakes, but these seemed a good buy and to me I saw 5 puddings for a quid. I couldn't make them for that price  

Using up some spicy Halloumi for a light lunch today from the freezer along with a couple of rolls.I have my Sunday dinner t DDs every Sunday so only need a light lunch around 12.30.
Had one of my batched cooked cottage pies from the freezer last night, and it was lovely, 4 minutes in the m'wave jobs done, also used some of my tinned peas and carrots from the tin cupboard and have enough left in a take away box in the fridge for tomorrow nights dinner, which will be chicken breast and mashed spuds also from the freezer.

Onwards and upwards chums

   JackieO xx 

Cairnpapple

In: 2 portions Thai chicken soup
Out: just some peas

Spouse started using up some buckwheat noodles from the back of the stockpile cupboard.

London_1

Out : actually not quite sure  just took a packet of what looks like something covered in batter from the freezer which hopefully will be dinner tonight, I have veg toad to it so tonights meal will be something with veg its defrosting on the kitchen worktop in a bowl ,perhaps by lunchtime I will see what it is if all else fails I do have some fish fingers to fall back on

In : nothing just using up random bits that I find at the moment  its life in the fast lane in my house at the moment  

  JackieO xx

RHemmings

I've eaten all my frozen pasta meals, so for lunch at work I will eat packet curry and packet brown rice. 

Over the weekend I visited Heron Foods in town. They had 500g of mixed vegan pizza cheese for 89p, which I bought. Typically for me, I bought it and then wondered what to do with it. But, it's worked out so far. I had a loaf of bread I bought and didn't get around to using. So, I started making toasted cheese sandwiches with those ingredients, and they are working out fine. Just used the last two slices of bread - not fresh by any stretch of the imagination, but edible once toasted. I must have had about five sets of toasted sandwiches so far, and the 'cheese' is still over half full. This is moneysaving, as I'm guessing when all is said and done these toasted cheese sandwiches will probably cost me about 10p each. Now instead of having sliced bread hanging around, I need to buy another loaf. 

Wraithlady

In : 1 duck, jointed (2 breasts, 2 legs and a pint of duck stock), 1 chorizo (portioned up), crumpets
Out: 1 portion chilli, Fish fingers (though they'll be replaced), steak

MrsStepford

Nothing into the freezer today. Husband is using up unbreaded fish fillets e.g. Cod, hake, pollock for Fish Provençal. This also used up one can of organic Italian chopped tomatoes and a can of white beans. 

London_1

battered something turned out to be chicken also a few mushrooms as well.so not too bad 

Today I will have one of my batch baked cottage pies for dinner tonight and cheese on toast for lunch I think very wet and windy weather outside so I'm staying in the warm today roll on the spring and warmer weather  

JackieO xx

Cherryfudge

We were out yesterday so it was a restaurant meal at lunch. I was at my friend's for tea and took her a couple of lemons as she was making pancakes. I still have loads of lemons so I might try making lemon curd, which for some reason I've never done.

DH is going to finish up the sausages for his dinner but I'll be at work so I've got a portion of Jackie's veg chilli out of the freezer for my main meal.

London_1

changed my mind, cottage pie will do for tomorrow, going to use one of the bits of steak pie for tonight, cottage thing not defrosted enough so will have that tomorrow night instead.

Knocked up an apple crumble today though, so thats pudding taken care of for a couple of days

JackieO xx