Wednesday 4 April 2012

Want to see inside our fridges?

In late January of this year I decided to do a fridge and freezer inventory which then led to a February meal plan - a whole month meal plan. I was quite pleased with myself: it emptied the freezer, we knew what we were eating everyday, there was less washing up. The worst part?  Using Mysuperrmarket.com I worked out that we had over £300 worth of food in stock, but it felt like we had nothing to eat.  The best part, however, was a food bill of £97.13 compared to a January spend of £222.99 and March spending of £133.94. The aim for April is to spend £100 on food.
Shall we have a look at what's inside the fridges?



Fridge 1 Vegetables, fruit and nuts






Cheese, milk, butter, ghee, eggs







Fridge 2 Sauces and condiments




The mouldy lurkers: parsnips, ginger, spouting garlic, and a squidgy potato.




Ants on a log.... otherwise known as fresh turmeric on a dudhi.






In the cupboards



3kg basmati rice
6kg Atta flour
6kg strong bread flour (not shown)
Pasta (spaghetti, spirals, orzo, lasagne)
9kg of pulses (toor, chickpeas, mung, masoor)
Panko breadcrumbs


Tea..720 bags plus green tea, 6 cans of tomato soup, 4 cans of chopped tomatoes, 3 pots of baked beans, 3 cans of sweetcorn, 2 cans of mackerel





The freezer



Mystery Pots




































4 small pots of dal 4 big pots of dal 4 samosas 9 shami kebabs 7 pots mince 1 big pot of mince 5 portions lasagne 12 portions salmon 12 drumsticks 2 tubs chicken 0.4 kg stewing beef Cheese Dumplings Croutons Ravioli for soup 4 ruglach rolls (Tuesdays with Dorie) 1 chocolate pastry dough (Tuesdays with Dorie)
1 Portion Pizza Rustica (Tuesdays with Dorie)
Curry leaves
Chilli
Lemongrass
Peas 
Spinach
Thyme

Now all I have to do is turn it into a meal plan


Here is February's meal plan.  I began by crossing off items on the computer version but eventually stuck it on the fridge with a magnet and used a pencil!  The idea was that we'd stick to the allocated meals for the week as much as possible, but were free to choose from another column if we wanted.  It worked well but the breakfast row will be left out next time.  For obvious reasons.  Lunch is leftovers from the previous day apart from at the weekend when we tend to cook more.  For example, a "mystery pot" is an unlabelled pot of food from the freezer, probably, but not always curry or dal.  But "dal and rice" means that the dal and rice will have to be cooked from scratch.
Week 1
Wed Feb 1st
Week 2
Wed Feb 8th
Week 3
Wed Feb 15th
Half Term
Week 4
Wed Feb 22nd
Breakfast
  1. Eggs
  2. Eggs
  3. Porridge
  4. Porridge
  5. Porridge
  6. Porridge
  7. Porridge
  1. Eggs
  2. Eggs
  3. Porridge
  4. Porridge
  5. Porridge
  6. Porridge
  7. Porridge
  1. Eggs
  2. Eggs
  3. Porridge
  4. Porridge
  5. Porridge
  6. Porridge
  7. Porridge
  1. Eggs
  2. Eggs
  3. Porridge
  4. Porridge
  5. Porridge
  6. Porridge
  7. Porridge
Lunch
  1. Chicken and mystery pot cauliflower
  2. Tuna pasta
  3. Salmon and lentils
  4. Miso Soup and bean fritters (2 each)
  1. Mystery pot veg curry rice
  2. Refried bean sandwiches
  3. Salmon, veg and baked potato
  4. Tuna pasta
  5. Dal and rice
  1. Single lasagna pot and single soup
  2. Tuna pasta
  3. Miso soup and veg dumplings
  4. Egg brunch
  5. Dal and rice
  1. Refried bean sandwiches
  2. Tuna pasta
  3. Soup and ravioli
  4. Thai(ish) soup and chicken meatballs
  5. Dal and rice
Dinner
  1. Mystery pot veg curry and rice 
  2. Mystery pot 2 sm. veg curry and rice/bread
  3. Baked potato and mystery pot (2 sm. veg curry plus some paneer)
  4. Salmon and lentils
  5. Miso potato and carrot soup with prawn dumplings (2 each)
  6. Tuna pasta
  7. Dal and rice
  1. Mystery pot lasagna
  2. Mystery pot ( 2 small cauliflower and potato and one one other for lunch tomorrow too) 
  3. Mushroom Risotto Delia pg. 125
  4. Tuna pasta
  5. Salmon, veg and baked potato
  6. Feta impossible pie
  7. Dal and rice
  1. Mystery pot cawl
  2. Yellow freezer soup with lamb freezer kebabs
  3. Medium mystery pot of potato and veg curry and rice/rotis 
  4. Tuna pasta
  5. Freezer  Chicken leg soup
  6. Tomato pasta
  7. Dal and rice
  1. Tuna pasta
  2. Soup and ravioli
  3. Thai(ish) soup and chicken meatballs
  4. Spinach potato and paneer curry
  5. Tomato pasta
  6. Dal and rice
  7. Aglio olio
 




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