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

YorksLass

carinjo said:

Thanks @joedenise. It's just i tend not to have celery, neither I nor the guinea pigs are fans, so if i want to make a quick soup or something with whatever i got leftover, am always missing the celery. Think enough for a few portions to only keep for a couple of months is a good idea. Thanks! 

DH likes celery but his aged teeth don't, whereas I don't like it raw but I do like it cooked in soups or casseroles.  I always have some in the freezer, just chop into pieces and bag up - no need to blanch - then you can add however much you want/need.  I try to get a head with the leaves still on too as they get chopped up finely and frozen in water, like giant ice cubes.  Again, just pop one or two in your soup.

missychrissy

I did my monthly shop today and the four garlics are now pealed and frozen ready for home made soups etc. I used to find the last one would be unusable so freezing them solved the problem.
I also bought a big bag of frozen broccoli and cauliflower (can’t tell the difference if doing a cheese sauce) and frozen is so much cheaper. Also bought a bag of frozen onion rings (99p in Aldi). By the time I get to the third week I’ve eaten most of the fresh veg apart from carrots and onions and frozen keeps me going. I also froze a tray of mince and sausages for weeks 3 and 4. I also usually have meals from weeks 1 and 2 frozen too. Eating out of the freezer is the way to go.

Cherryfudge

Got shopping both yesterday and today so:

In: lots of chocolate (fairtrade on offer), bananas, ready meal for when I'm not organised for work, pasta in a mug and muesli bars (ditto), quiche for my lunches, tuna, leeks, plain flour, bottled water
Out: bottled water (only needed because I changed plans and didn't get a drink at my friend's), southern friend chicken, sour cream and chive sauce. Various other bits too but those are all that got finished.

joedenise

In:  pack of chicken breast, pack of corned beef (both from a TGTG Magic Bag)
Out:  salmon fillet, smoked haddock fillet, white fish fillet to make fish pie this evening

joedenise

In:  0 (but do need to pop out shopping but don't think there's anything which will need freezing unless we go to butchers today)
Out:  chicken breasts, sausages, burgers, burger buns

carinjo

Out last few.days: for ms C a pack of pitas, which was mouldy, from a previous olio bag, will learn to check before freezing next time. 2 packs sausages, pack lamb chops for bbq yesterday. Hm veg curry, mashed potatoes, 1/2 topside beef (for slowcooker sunday lunch). Few portions of sandwich sized batons went with soup for lunch yesterday.

In: on way to shop...

London_1

Out
Sheppards pie for dinner tonight.
 Cookie dough which I used to make 16 peanut butter cookies ,very moreish Delia's recipe 
sorted out my tinned cupboard and found a jelly which I have made for the base of a trifle for the weekend No trifle sponges ,but I used some crunched up shortbread instead and it looks OK ,will top with custard once its set 

No shopping to get this week  

JackieO x

CCW007

Italian night tonight!

In: stew pack and some veg from Olio, collecting a magic bag later so who knows!
Out: ciabattta, tomato and shallots from Olio for bruschetta, frozen pizza topped with bacon and chorizo for OH, fresh vegan pasta for me

joedenise

Didn't make it to the butchers so picked up a pack of sausages from SM so they have gone into the freezer along with a couple of loaves of wholemeal bread.  DH picked up some hot cross buns so some of those will get frozen as well so he doesn't eat them all in one go!

Cherryfudge

I had a birthday yesterday so we had lunch out (smoked salmon sandwich for me, leek and potato soup for DH, which might inspire the destination for the leeks and some of the potatoes bought recently).

We had the family round for pizzas in the evening and DS2 kindly offered to buy and cook them all! We weren't sure what was included in the offer so we bought soft drinks, salad, grapes and garlic bread. A lovely evening was had by all but as DS2 provided just about every variety of pizza found in Mr T, an assortment of garlic breads, potato wedges, drinks and (more) grapes, we ended up feeding ourselves today, too.

Out: pizza, pizza and more pizza, green tea with lemon and one bottle of fizzy pop.

In and not yet eaten: 2 packs of garlic bread, lots of grapes, salad leaves, a few cherry tomatoes, 2 cartons of juice, blue cheese, a couple of slices of cake, icing sugar (finished the old one), three bottles of pop, birthday coffee beans in chocolate, birthday hot chocolate sachets, birthday coffee syrup, birthday fudge and birthday chocolate hot cross buns.