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

greent

2 tubs of cream finished today! 👏😁 also the chocolate Xmas cake has now been finished.

DS2 went back to uni, so took some of the food with him (not much, though - he has food issues,) and we also did a shop for him

Cherryfudge

Changeyourlife25 said:

Have workmen starting on the house tommorow so plan on making up a load of sarnies for the kids, most of the house will be out of action. 

I hope that doesn't mean too many doors being left open and freezing drafts. On the positive side there's the feeling of relief when they go away again, and the bonus of freezer space!

We've finished up our big pot of tikka and made a start on the home made mincemeat. DH had bought a vegan 'cheese' to try and loathes it, but I found it very umami and keep eating more, which will slow down progress on the various cheeses I need to eat while they are edible. I've also finished one of the boxes of fruit teas and can see the current bag of Christmas coffee slowly deflating!

cheerfulness4

Making a lovely Cauliflower Cheese with a huge cauli we got off Olio and some cheese from a cheeseboard given to us. Nice frugal dinner!

LotsOfTea

I made celeriac and sweet potato soup today for lunch which was very tasty. We both had some bread and cheese with it as we've ended up with a lot in the fridge from Xmas. I also made a big pot of veggie chilli which will do a couple of evening meals. It used 3 tins of different beans plus onion, garlic, swede, sweet potato, mushrooms and squash. There's still quite a lot of swede and squash left so I'll have to think of something else for that. 

Cherryfudge

I'm accidentally following your example @LotsOfTea - I've turned a jug full of cheap-at-Christmas parsnips into spicy parsnip soup and added some yogurt that I made last week to use up milk. I'm eating half the soup right now and the rest can be lunch another day. I also turned to sloes picked on a walk the other day into sloe gin. I gather it's on the late side to be picking sloes and they are much softer than I expected but hey! Gin is gin. There's plenty left in the bottle so if I come across more sloes, I may well top up the mixture (leaving some for the birds, of course).

LotsOfTea

Enjoy your sloe gin @Cherryfudge! This time of year when Xmas is over and it's freezing is exactly when we all need some nice things to cheer us up and keep the spirits warm. 

I made some curry-flavoured squash soup as well this afternoon to use up most of the rest of the big squash. It came out tasting so sweet and creamy I had to add a few squeezes of lemon juice to freshen it up a bit but it'll be another tasty lunch option this week.