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

Cherryfudge

C_J said:

The carrots, half pepper, spring onions and new potatoes could make a pan of soup. The bananas, pear and apples could be stewed together and served on top of scotch pancakes. A bagel each with salad leaves, grated carrot, cucumber and tomato for lunch?

Oops, sorry @C_J, I've just seen this. The soup would have been a good use of those things. The bananas went on my cereal and I also had the pear while DH had the apples. As mentioned above, the Scotch pancakes had gone off.

We got through more salad than usual but that's okay - it was a nice change, and good for us!

It would have been nice to replace like with like for our hosts but it probably wouldn't keep so we have given them some other edibles as a thank you.

LotsOfTea

I used up a couple of wraps yesterday with some "shicken" kebabs and salad and wondered what on earth is in these shop-bought wraps that keeps them fine to eat for so long? I bought them to take camping with us nearly a month ago and we ended up not using them then. I've only opened them this week but they've remained perfectly edible and mould-free this whole time. Slightly unnerving if I'm honest! I've only got one left to use up so I'll probably use that up on Monday when I'm on my own for lunch. 

DH is making us all some hm pizza for lunch and I'm going to drag a pot of veggie chilli out of the freezer for tea as said pot fell out when I opened the door yesterday and got cracked so the tub needs chucking out and obviously the reason it fell out in the first place was me stuffing too much into the freezer.

greent

Hello!! I *so* need to join in this!! Our 3 freezers are rammed, the pantry is full (as is the overflow cupboard....) - some excess will disappear with DS2 when he goes back to uni at the end of the month, but I have said that we need to make a gargantuan effort to eat from the stores (mainly freezers) this month - I need the space to store the masses of fruit from the garden!

I do still need to go to the shop today - mainly for fresh fruit and veg and a couple of things to top up lunchboxes, plus more bread flour. 

The weather is awful, so I have a real hankering for something warm, study and comforting for dinner. I'm not yet wanting to do a roast (plus I have way too much other stuff to be getting on with). I really fancy a stew, but we have no beef in the freezer. Maybe corned beef hash? Or a one pot chicken Mediterranean type thing..... hmmm... decisions need to be made!

ETA: decision made - chicken breasts pulled from freezer to make a tomato/ chicken/ med veg all in one dish - will serve with rice and green veg.

Yesterday I finished up a box of taco shells from the cupboard - they'd been there for maybe 18 months. Everyone else had chicken fajitas and I just put the fajita mix in shells for me and topped with salad and sour cream. One thing gone.... (I've gone off tacos, so can't see me re-buying for some considerable time)

Roussie7

We’ve nearly cleared the freezer in the shed as we want to defrost it. It’s not a chest freezer just one with drawers so nearly done

Cherryfudge

I still have some freezer space, as I put jars of greengage puree in before our holiday and there's room above them.

We ate from stores today: lentil and chorizo soup and I finished up a posh yogurt I bought at Waitflower (discounted) while we were away. We also had the last of the ancient grains muffins from there: they were really nice but we are well away from temptation as we don't have a local branch.

A neighbour has given us tomatoes and a very generous bag of large cooking apples, and we've had about another kilo or a bit more of greengages. They are dropping more slowly now but I looked up and realised the branch by my head (weighed down almost to the ground) is in the shade and is still thick with fruit.

LotsOfTea

I made butternut squash, sweet potato and carrot soup yesterday which DS is usually a fan of but apparently I did something wrong to it and he didn't like it. Kids! He did eat plenty of the cheese and marmite soda bread I'd made to go with it so it wasn't all a disaster. I will be eating the rest of the soup for lunch for most of the week now I think.

I also made a fruit cake which finished off a few tubs of various dried fruits in the cupboard and that will be useful for packed lunches this week.

greent

Evrryone's eating something different for dinner tonight, so some bits are being used up. I had some leftover chicken and rice from last night with a large handful of mushrooms added (chicken dish had some grated courgette in from 2020....) 

I made a fruit flan yesterday which used up 2 tins of fruit from the pantry and the remaining 2/3 of a pot of double cream. Plenty left for today (and tomorrow!) Lunch was chicken fajita salad (again) with some fajita mix left from Sat night.

I'm wfh tomorrow, so will see what needs using in the fridge before anywhere else for lunch. If the weather is warm I'll have a salad with some of the cooked chicken from the freezer. Dinner will be chicken with air-fried spiced baby potatoes and salad! 

Brought a bag of huge cooking apples 🍏🍎home from work... fruit piles awaiting processing🍎🍏🍐🍐 are now taking over a good chunk of kitchen side.....

Cherryfudge

We made the chick pea tikka again tonight and suddenly there's room in the tins cupboard! It takes three tins of chickpeas, three tins of tomatoes and a tin of coconut milk, and make 6-8 portions if I remember rightly.

I bought more rice as I had 15% off at L1dl, and I'm trying really hard not to take advantage of the same offer on lentils, as I already have about 2.5kg of them...

Cherryfudge

JingsMyBucket said:

@Cherryfudge can you blitz the melon to make frozen pops?

Guess what I'm doing today? 

greent

We have used up several things out of the freezer this week and tonight I cooked half a pack of chicken sausages from the freezer and made up a half pack of flavoured couscous hanging around in the pantry - I'll eat half of each for lunch tomorrow (I'm not sure I actually fancy it, but it needs using up!) 

I need to get my b*m into gear and plan how to use some more things up over the next week..  but that means being organised 😁