Food Hoarders Challenge

[OceanPrincess]

Great idea - DH has just organized the purchase of half a cow so we need to run down the freezer and make room to store things.

We have "freezer inventory" on our list of things to do today/tomorrow!

[briggsy's girl]

I find freezer inventory really helpful. We tend to buy bulk meat quite often (dds godfather has a beef farm so we buy from him). Usually lasts us around 9 months. When we first but it's all good - can open a drawer in the freezer and find something interesting. When we are running low the freezer inventory is a godsend. Makes us find different things to eat to use up all the leftover meat

[wysiwyg]

I hate shopping - so we do this all the time - it is like that show Ready Steady Cook - I grab a few things and work out what can make with them.

(My sister posted a pic at Christmas of a tin of ravioli they found at mum and dad's place best before Jan 2002 :-))

[Astrid]

Way too freaky, I was just checking out my pantry today and was going to post about it

Thankfully we have the chooks, so anything that is past the use by can go to them (eg old ryvitas) .
Must go through the freezer, as we will be contacted soon about a meat delivery at the end of the month.

Rouge: bit like you, I hand onto food for "special" and then it gets wasted. Which is a shame as we do get some lovely foods in hampers some years. Sometimes though I am just waiting for that "special" dish.

[Tinks]

Good idea, I so need to do this.

[wysiwyg]

I don't make a list because for me that then presents me with too many choices, and for some things I am not good with choices - I prefer just to rummage and come up with a couple of things. Anyway for today I had some pizza cheese, grated carrot and half a cauliflower that needed using up - so I made pizza with a cauliflower base - is pretty good and the kids are eating it so that is a win I reckon.

In the UK they seemed to have better 'use up quick - on special' sections in the supermarket - and for a whole year DH and I only bought from that section - when faced with everything full-price I find decision making very hard now.

[briggsy's girl]

In the UK they seemed to have better 'use up quick - on special' sections in the supermarket - and for a whole year DH and I only bought from that section - when faced with everything full-price I find decision making very hard now.

i used to love shopping in the wee hours of the morning when i was at uni - always clearance food!
we tend to buy in bulk - having mum live relatively close means we can share things we buy. we also cook in bulk and freeze - or send some home for mum and dad (or both!)

i mostly use lists so that i can meal plan - i take leftovers for lunch most days at work - and there is only certain food that is "work lunch" friendly (for me anyway) - so our meals have to fit with work friendly as well as pantry friendly


thanks for the mention of tomato soup Rouge! Mum bought us a heap cos it's my "go to" thing when i'm feeling blah - but she also bought herself heaps and now can't stomach it so we inherited lots of it. need to come up with ideas to use it up!