What are your freezer essentials/staples?
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Last post: 01/10/2010 at 5:04 pm
I wasn't sure which board to post this on but as I'm always trying to cut back on my supermarket spend (between 70 - 100 pound per week which is far more than I want to spend!) I thought I'd try on here!
Our freezer de-frosted and all the food was spoiled so had to throw out. I am ready to re-stock but don't want to buy stuff that stays in the freezer and is essentially forgotten about or not used up.
What do you use regularly that you freeze? I was thinking maybe some frozen veggies but am a bit stumper now! I'd love to hear what everyone has (and uses) in their freezers!
Thanks,
Nicola.
I think everyone has stuff in their freezer they've forgotten about. My freezer has four sections.
Section 1 has frozen veg, brocolli, green beans and also anything potato based like oven chips.
Section 2 is frozen meat from the butchers, which is wrapped in cellophane into family portions, ie. enough for the three of us. Also in this section is food I've cooked too much of and have enough for another dinner. Lots of tubs of stew, spag bol etc.
Section 3 is the quick and easy stuff like fish fingers, nuggets, garlic bread etc
section 4 is for ice cream, ice poles and lollies.
My weekly shop is around £40-£50 a week for me and 2 children.
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I also buy reduced meat and fish every week and keep it in the freezer, so I've always got some just in case.
Garlic bread, puff pastry, chips, kievs/breaded chicken steaks, always have some frozen apple (pre-cooked) in there and pizza.
I have lots of other stuff in there but I make sure I have this things all in at all times
Other than that its mostly home-made stuff I've frozen. Left over spag bol, soups, basic tomato sauce, potato wedges, pizza dough. That kind of thing.
Meat wise i have mince, stewing beef, chicken and sausages.
Fish - i have fish fingers, salmon and cod.
Bread, sometimes garlic bread, pizza.
Icecream. Can't think of anything else, probably got few other bits and bobs like pies and stuff.
Know what you mean about the forgotten stuff, a few months ago i threw out 5 bags of food which was well out of date
just as well i have a chest freezer.
in our freezer at the moment is
oven chips (big bag)
lots of frozen veg
frozen mince (beef/lamb and pork
and a couple of other bits like bread, crumpets, potato cakes
I make everything from scratch, we have just done a big shop today and we spent a measly £35 THIS IS FOR TWO WEEKS!!
we will probably need milk in the week and possibly some more sugar but im rather impresses with my budget shopping today, found some curry sauce in asda for 9p!!
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Mince. Steam fresh veg, and some normal frozen veg ie peas, peppers. some chicken legs, some fish my dad caught, sauages (veggeie and meat - veggie good in cassrole) bread, garlic bread (47p in asda) bottom drawer full of ice poles etc, few bags of balckberries we picked a few weeks ago, pork chops, naan bread, breaded fish, fish fingers - cheap ones as kids prefer them! And veg fingers. Oh and the best - half a bottle of vodka! Have a friend round later
As other posters have said - bulk cooking is good, i have a giant pan so when im cooking spag bol i freeze left overs, either for us for a quick meal or when we have something like curry that ds wont eat - so he has spag bol!
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For meat I always have mince, chicken thighs and beef/oxtail and sausages. I buy a large mince and make sag bol, chicken thighs I make a cauli/spinich/chicken curry and the beef/oxtail I make a stew.
For making meals cheaper I also builk out with lentils and grated carrots/courgette.
Would love my shopping to cost £35. Please spill the beans what you bought and what youre going to make. I need some tips.
Thankyou
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wow - what did you buy to last you 2 weeks for £35? Does that mean you are using things up from your freezer/store cupboard? I need to know what you're going to make please!
I cook from scratch every day and my shopping comes in 75 - 100 quid a week and I am desperate to spend less. Problem is, my OH isn't keen on mince! Given the choice, I'd make lasagne, spag bol, fajitas and shepherds pie for tea to keep costs down but i'd just get whinging...
I need some ideas for quick/easy/cheap meals for the family and trying to make the most of my freezer to do it!
Thanks,
Nicola.
I buy all farm foods, smart price, basic and bettabuy i swear it tastes so much better than the expensive stuff. we have things like chicken casserole, beef stew, cottage pie, shepherds pie, lasagne, chicken pasta bake, fajitas, homemade pizza (so much cheaper when you buy the things to make it yourself as you can use the dried herbs, etc in other things)
i really cant say it enough MEAL PLAN, MEAL PLAN, MEAL PLAN! saves alot of money.
(p.s. we do have to buy bread and milk throughout the two weeks on top)
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