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
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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
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Week 2
Wed Feb 8th
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Week 3
Wed Feb 15th
Half Term
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Week 4
Wed Feb 22nd
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Breakfast
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Lunch
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Dinner
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