I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

quintwins wrote: »

i havent been shopping and still theres as much going into my freezer as out of it took out mince and a chicken yesterday, and today i put in 6 portions of spag bol (frozen in 2 portion patches for lunch's or kids teas) a tub of bacon and 3 pitta breads, i have decided to put everything in in labeled tubs that way i'll def know whats what and i know they'll take up more room but that might not be a bad thing lol

My NY res last year was to label everything which went into the freezer. Over the year I have more or less stopped using preformed tubs and use Lidl freezer bags which are really strong and good for the purpose. Labels are black coloured pencil on masking tape (sticks to everything like glue in the freezer) and everything takes up much less room and now the guesswork is taken out of what we are eating each day!

Kirri wrote: »

Interesting reasons why everyone is doing it and what we will all do in the future! ......
I did have to buy some fresh veg for pets as well but that wasn't much and I may share it with them

I think we all do it for individual reasons, some financial, some fun and some because they are sick of the BIG 4 trying to con us!!

I would tell the pets to get their own..........you're just too soft.

VfM4meplse wrote: »

and 10 Galaxy Christmas chocolates at 19p each (essential!!).

Never skimp on the "essentials", you have the right priorities.


NSD today, 2nd of the year (only day 6) and well pleased and quite impressed really.
Spending tomorrow though as Lidl have the cooked chicken slices on half-price in my local Lidl. Just 2 packs at 99p per pack.
I need some eggs, probably pick them up in Lidl and may go to Morries for the ketchup and if I get there late, some cheap pies (59p per pack of 4 sometimes when reduced). If not Morries tomorrow, then Sainsbury's late on to put lottery on and to have a look.

Perhaps porridge for breakfast and bits and bobs "buffet", cheese and pickles to clear up and looking at non-food "stash" today, I've got far too many biscuits, packets, tins etc. Got a few extra tins as little pressies!!!

Lynsey

my kids love fish topped with philly and sprinkled with chives (i have to admist it is yummy) we have alot of makeral which is abit over powering but cooked like this we'll all eat it

oh and yesterdays chicken must ahve been 2years+ because i never buy chicken it was found in the bottom aswell (i was digging threw i'm no where near the bottom)

pancakes for breakfast and soup for lunch, i'm hoping the in laws will feed us dinner if not it's spag bol so everything today is the freezer/storecupboard

Heys guys

I took out the freezer a huge slice of salmon maybe a quarter and a pack of sausages.

For lunch in the steamer is the salmon, rice and carrots, green beans, i have been wanting to buy these for ages! and broccoli all whoopsied.

Dinner will be, sausages, i made a sweet chilli sauce, think i got the receipe from here, i have 3 eggs need using by 10th, so with the steamed rice from lunch will make an egg fried rice and have the remainder of veg with the sweet chilli sausages in the slow cooker as we speak.

Think there will be loads of food left for lunches during the week and i am taking out some chicken pieces to make a bbq chicken tomorrow.

Still have 4 packs of sausages 2 packs of 5 expensive ones that cost me 8 quid from my neighbors shop and 2 whoopsied packs, will have to use another pack next weekend.

nearly a NSD today!! Got mince out of the freezer to make spaghetti bolognaise for tea but both kids wanted meatballs. I said I would make them but they said that they wanted the ones from Tescos (2 packs for £3) so I caved in and got them some, along with a bag of bread flour.

Breakfast was in a cafe (with a friend and it was her turn to pay!), lunch was cottage pie left over from last night for me and beans on toast for younger daughter (older DD at work). Tea tonight was a piece of cheese on toast for me and spaghetti and meatballs for kids and their friends with hm cheesy garlic bread.

I made flapjacks tonight using some of my mountain of hm butter (bought loads of reduced cream the other night and made butter!), however somehow I got the measurements wrong and ended up using twice as many oats as needed so then had to put more butter sugar and syrup in to even things up - I now have LOADS of flapjacks which I will freeze some of - they are, I have to say, delicious (threw in some nuts and dried cranberries and cherries) and I have had about three so far and now feel like I have eaten a brick!

Got chicken breasts out of freezer for tomorrow, plus I need to use up the mince I defrosted today and didn't use so I will probably make chilli and more hm garlic bread.

We have loads of stuff in the freezer and cupboards but kids are moaning like made that there is no food in - they think that because I don't have mountains of chocolate biscuits, crisps and the like there is nothing in!!!

I did buy a load of the Mary Berry Christmas cake mixes for 50p each in Tesco the other day, plus I got a Delia one in Waitrose for £1 and 2 TTD ones in Sainsburys for £2, PLUS a load of the Sainsburys Christmas cake decorating sets for £1 each, which is great as you get 500g marzipan, 500g icing and some silver balls in each pack. So I am good for fruit cake making for the rest of the year!!