Eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge - part two

Zafiro

I have also come to the same conclusion it is going to be a very long time till my freezers are empty it maybe a whole year!

I'm also of the opinion that my freezers will be lasting an awful lot longer than I realised... But what a fab 'problem' to have as reduces the current week by week shopping budget, means we are having lots of variety and reducing our waste. It's fab (although not seeing the space increase is like one of those confusing visual perception puzzles!

I swapped a meal plan day around after a late hospital appointment so they had a frozen chicken pie and frozen potato bits with beans and I had some frozen leftovers. So more freezer space created (you'd think!)

Tea tonight is also changed a little with my daughter having a sleepover so donner meat pizza coming out of freezer for the kids and sticking to turkish sausage and salad for me and OH. Need to plan for next week's meals and will need fresh salad stuff at start of the week but the fridge is still bursting at the seams too. We also need bread today or tomorrow although planning on making some cheese scones with store cupboards and some buttermilk made when I made butter from Christmas cream.

Actually... I wanted to ask how come the cream I got in for Christmas and dated 4th January was absolutely fine and edible on 19th January? Literally would have been quite edible as cream but we hadn't used it up in the last 4 weeks so unlikely to use as cream (and was taking up space in the fridge). It made over 500g of butter and almost a pint of buttermilk (I think that's what the liquid is?) and I was thinking of making this butter into garlic butter for the freezer in portions for making that delicious tear and share garlic and cheese bread. With brie and / or camembert... Phwoar... I'm not a slave to dates and sniff and taste for freshness / quality but CREAM 2 weeks past it's use by was still completely fine - how / why? How much waste does this create?

I also had 2 pots of extra thick brandy cream which was dated 6th January and again absolutely fine and dandy. OH has been dipping a spoon in every time he wanders through the kitchen and there's a box (or 3) of brandy snaps in the cellar from Christmas... I think they have his name on. I LOVE cream but it doesn't love me lol...

Any suggestions for a 400ml pot of low fat greek yogurt? I bought it before Xmas and was planned to use for our fakeaway kebabs and over salad (mint yogurt, tsatsiki and tahini yogurt dressing all favourties in our house). Saying that I can use some tonight with our turkish sausage and salad but what about the rest?

Hope everyone has a great weekend x

Change of plan for today. Surprise surprise. But used up a few odds and ends and made some inroads into OOD items.

Breakfast was supposed to be pancakes for 2, but only one portion of mix so I had yogurt and fruit.

2 chicken breasts from freezer with a bit more of the open OOD Thai curry paste. Some random packet of Ainsley couscous (it said serves 2, I normally assume that means 3 sensible portions, but it was tiny) Then we ended up with an extra for lunch.

So I eked out the couscous for DH and study group and used up some OOD noodles and ends of veg.

Tonight is a random tinned haggis from the cupboard with Neeps and Tatties.

Well, I was a bit dubious about the haggis in a tin, but it was quite tasty. Was with venison so a lot less fatty than Macsweens, but also less spicy.

It was just enough for 2 portions with Neeps, tatties and carrots. I did however bin 2 oxo cubes OOD in Sept 2013. They had split and leaked. Now there are only 2 left - OOD Dec 15:eek:

Out for tomorrow.

2 x Breakfast bake
1 x pork tenderloin.

I don't expect any leftovers:rotfl:

Oops. Also out one blueberry muffin, but in 6 sausage rolls. They'll be gone by the end of the week for DH's lunches.