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

Cherryfudge

Thank you for the recipe @Watty1, I have green lentils and carrots to hand so I hope to try it soon. It's all copied out ready!

@Nelliegrace, that's such a lovely egg tray!

LotsOfTea

That carrot and lentil soup looks lovely and easy, I might give that a go too.

We're going away for half term at the end of next week so I need to use up everything that might go off before then. I've got lots of veg so I think there will be a lot of soup and curries coming up. Since it's Friday I'll probably be super lazy and give some instant spicy noodles a glow-up by stir-frying some veg and smoked tofu and throwing them on top. I'll do a proper fridge audit in the morning.

Nelliegrace

I used a grated apple in drop scones to eke out the last of the dried fruit. 

Cherryfudge

I used up a batch of mixed dried fruit to make a tea bread, which is doing us very nicely instead of cake. Bought another bag so I have it ready for Christmas cake.

DH has taken the rest of the chicken pieces out of the freezer to make a curry tomorrow, and I'm slowly making my way through a couple of bags of frozen fruit with my breakfast.

greent

Used 6 YS chicken breasts from the freezer up in a gorgeous chicken one-pot dish, which also finished the grated courgette from July 2020 😳 and an ood can of chopped tomatoes also went in there.

Ds1 brought home lots of unwaxed lemons and oranges from work, so DH made a huge lemon and orange cake to use some of them up. 

I've also just cooked up the remaining half of a pack of chicken sausages and will eat those for lunch today and tomorrow.

It's half term next week and I plan to finish tidying and re-inventory-ing the freezers then - with a plan to ensure some things get used.

LotsOfTea

I made soup yesterday with the end of a butternut squash, a leek and half a swede + garlic, ginger and chilli and it was delicious! It did lunch for yesterday and today. 

This afternoon's job is going to be using up more veg so I think I'll do a Thai green curry with cauliflower, broccoli and carrots and add some smoked tofu for protein and then a beetroot Dal as I've got lots of beetroot that needs using. 

LotsOfTea

I managed to use up or freeze pretty much everything before I went on holiday so I'm feeling pretty happy. As well as the beetroot dal and Thai green curry I made a ton of cheese sauce to use up the rest of the milk and added some mascarpone and cheese leftover from making a cheesecake. I also stewed the rest of the fruit (a couple of pears, apples and a handful of blueberries) with some stem ginger and froze it so I'll have a nice topping for yoghurt when I get back. The rest of the veg like carrots, pumpkin and spuds should be fine until I return. 

November is going to be use-it-up month Chez Tea so I'll be happy I've got a few easy meals in the freezer already.

Cherryfudge

We've been away for the weekend and buying in local supermarkets so I have a couple of yogurts to use up in addition to half a big pot in the fridge. There are potatoes, sweet potatoes, grapes, peppers, cucumber, a culinary pumpkin and carrots to use as well. Soup, anyone?

While away and shopping in different supermarkets, I was able to get more dried black beans, wholewheat cous cous, popping corn and a huge bag of almonds. Our local shops aren't good for dried pulses so I was happy with those. None need to be used up soon but of course they eventually will - and I still have cooked beans in the freezer from the other week.

I don't have a plan for meals this week and am working most evenings so DH will get his own and I think it's exactly the right time to clean out the fridge and make soup(s) so I have something healthy to eat before work.

greent

Half term, so I'm off work. Tidied/ inventories the kitchen freezer today (still need to do the 2 in the garage...) pulled a small bag of rhubarb frozen a year ago and half a bag of chopped Bramleys and some crumble tipping (I always make a vast amount, a sits so handy in the freezer) and made a small-ish crumble. Have 3 things in freezer that we are not eating at all, so will give to DD when she comes here tomorrow evening (for bake off 😁) - means no waste and helps her budget a little 😊 

For lunch I had the last (very small) portion of soup made with tomatoes from the freezer last week and 4 falafels from the freezer (finished the pack) No idea for dinner - I think I will suggest everyone does their own thing so that some random stuff gets used up.

greent

Used up various bits n bobs last week. Today's dinner will be a hearty stew, which will use up random potatoes (some have been lurking in the drawer since early summer....) and the end of a bag of carrots ( bought maybe 6-8 weeks ago) and an apple and rhubarb crumble with fruit from the freezer (originally from the garden)

I might make a soup with various veggies to do me lunch for a few days at work.



ETA: soup made - end of a lettuce and a handful of v ood salad leaves, the last carrot, a wrinkly pepper, a small onion, the last 2 inches of cucumber (getting squidgy), lots of seasoning and some stock = 2 very large portions of a thick soup, which looks and tastes nice 😁 (could easily thin it to 3 portions, but I fancy a stodgy soup)

Orange and lemon microwave steamed sponge made with an orange and a lemon brought home from school a couple of weeks ago - pudding for after the stew. Very much a rib-sticking dinner ronight! 😆