It’s Friday Guys! Time to take part in The Frugal Girl’s Food Waste Friday and my very own No Waste Tastes Great Challenge.
Each Friday I follow my Routine, which means that by the time I type this post I will have stripped my fridge/perishables cupboard down, cleaned it , noted down any food stuffs required, popped a few things back in, and left on the counter the foodstuffs that could potentially go to waste.
Then it’s time to get the culinary thinking cap on, and conjure up some recipes…
On my counter this week I have (to be used up):
4 x Chicken Breasts (Free Range)
2 x Green Peppers
10 x Cherry Tomatoes
2 x Onions
4 x Celery Stalks
2 x Parsnips
750g of Carrots
Some Fresh Root Ginger
1 x Large Pot of Fresh Custard (use by date 28 Jan)
6 x Dessert Apples
Handful of Grapes
Whoa – quite a lot by my standards! Explained mainly by one of the meals planned this week being missed. This is why I only plan for 6 days of meals, since doing No Waste Tastes Great, there has not been a Friday yet where I have not had food to use up. Life has a habit of throwing us a curve-ball – I seem to get one weekly. I can plan meals but I can’t plan for life, so the free day builds in some contingency.
So what do I plan on cooking up today? Well two slow-cookers are already loaded, and nicely doing their stuff – and this is what with;
Slow Cooked Chicken Rogan Josh – For the Hubby and I to sit and eat with a bottle of wine, whilst chatting about how our week has gone.
This has used up;
2 x Chicken Breasts
1 x Onion
2 x Green Peppers
10 x Cherry Tomatoes – I have used these instead of tinned tomatoes and added some extra tomato puree – This is where the recipe linked to above differs. Not sure how it will turn out – but that’s the fun!
Slow Cooked Chicken and Vegetables in Beer Stew – For the kids
This has used up;
2 x Chicken Breasts
1 x Onion
2 x Celery Stalks
2 x Parsnips
2 x Carrots
Now I have a story to tell – it all got rather exciting in my kitchen when prepping this! As I removed a can of Stella Artois from the cupboard I caught it on the hinge and hey presto guess who had a beer shower?
It pierced the can and the kitchen and I were covered!
Fortunately a bit of quick thinking meant I located and covered the hole, salvaged half the can, used that and topped up with hot water. I wasn’t going to throw it away and I certainly wasn’t going to drink it at 11am in the morning… That kind of behaviour I save for holidays
🙂
This just leaves some carrots and ginger for me to make some fantastic slow cooked soup overnight from my favourite cook book Ultimate Slow Cooker. (n.b – not an affiliate link)
Celery and grapes will combine nicely with crackers and cheese for a quick lunch.
The apples will be used in a crumble I plan on cooking (in the traditional way) later today. Topped with the fresh custard it’ll be fab!
So ‘No Waste Tastes Great’ today – or at least I hope it will…
How’s your Friday looking?
“I wasn’t going to throw it away and I certainly wasn’t going to drink it at 11am in the morning… That kind of behaviour I save for holidays.”
I love it.
Hope the voting is going well Hun!
“I wasn’t going to throw it away and I certainly wasn’t going to drink it at 11am in the morning… That kind of behaviour I save for holidays.”
I love it.
Hope the voting is going well Hun!
“I wasn’t going to throw it away and I certainly wasn’t going to drink it at 11am in the morning… That kind of behaviour I save for holidays.”
I love it.
Hope the voting is going well Hun!
I had to Google again. I’ve never heard of rogan josh, but I gather it’s a curry paste.
Americans know nothing about curry. On British TV shows, everyone is always going for a curry. If I wanted to go for a curry, I’m not sure where I would go. There’s probably an Indian restaurant somewhere in the Fort Worth/Dallas area, but I couldn’t tell you where. There’s supposed to be a nice buffet at the hari krishna temple in Dallas. Surely there’s curry there.
We go for hamburgers or Chinese. And here in Texas, fried chicken.
Gip
Oh boy I couldn’t live without Curry! The Brits love it… in fact the region in which I live is very famous for curries – balti’s in particular. I live is a relatively small village and we have two balti houses within walking distance. These are amazing establishments, at many you can take your own alcoholic drinks – . A two course meal (with coffee) per person costs about £10 a head. A really frugal night out! And great fun! I can see a gap in the market Gip!! ps thanks for the retweet – you’re a star!
pps – if you e-mail me your address I’ll post you a jar of Pataks – seriously!
I had to Google again. I’ve never heard of rogan josh, but I gather it’s a curry paste.
Americans know nothing about curry. On British TV shows, everyone is always going for a curry. If I wanted to go for a curry, I’m not sure where I would go. There’s probably an Indian restaurant somewhere in the Fort Worth/Dallas area, but I couldn’t tell you where. There’s supposed to be a nice buffet at the hari krishna temple in Dallas. Surely there’s curry there.
We go for hamburgers or Chinese. And here in Texas, fried chicken.
Gip
Oh boy I couldn’t live without Curry! The Brits love it… in fact the region in which I live is very famous for curries – balti’s in particular. I live is a relatively small village and we have two balti houses within walking distance. These are amazing establishments, at many you can take your own alcoholic drinks – . A two course meal (with coffee) per person costs about £10 a head. A really frugal night out! And great fun! I can see a gap in the market Gip!! ps thanks for the retweet – you’re a star!
pps – if you e-mail me your address I’ll post you a jar of Pataks – seriously!
I had to Google again. I’ve never heard of rogan josh, but I gather it’s a curry paste.
Americans know nothing about curry. On British TV shows, everyone is always going for a curry. If I wanted to go for a curry, I’m not sure where I would go. There’s probably an Indian restaurant somewhere in the Fort Worth/Dallas area, but I couldn’t tell you where. There’s supposed to be a nice buffet at the hari krishna temple in Dallas. Surely there’s curry there.
We go for hamburgers or Chinese. And here in Texas, fried chicken.
Gip
Oh boy I couldn’t live without Curry! The Brits love it… in fact the region in which I live is very famous for curries – balti’s in particular. I live is a relatively small village and we have two balti houses within walking distance. These are amazing establishments, at many you can take your own alcoholic drinks – . A two course meal (with coffee) per person costs about £10 a head. A really frugal night out! And great fun! I can see a gap in the market Gip!! ps thanks for the retweet – you’re a star!
pps – if you e-mail me your address I’ll post you a jar of Pataks – seriously!
My husband is awestruck by my superpower of cooking without recipes – good to see a post on how to do it!
With a little basic knowledge of how food works, it’s easy to knock anything up at short notice… My Hubby too is awestruck – he can’t cook! Thanks for stopping by! Jo
My husband is awestruck by my superpower of cooking without recipes – good to see a post on how to do it!
With a little basic knowledge of how food works, it’s easy to knock anything up at short notice… My Hubby too is awestruck – he can’t cook! Thanks for stopping by! Jo
My husband is awestruck by my superpower of cooking without recipes – good to see a post on how to do it!
With a little basic knowledge of how food works, it’s easy to knock anything up at short notice… My Hubby too is awestruck – he can’t cook! Thanks for stopping by! Jo