Here's what I have managed to accomplish this month :
Turkey noodle soup - I was sick, so I used a quart of frozen turkey stock, frozen chopped turkey, even some frozen mirepoix, and the last a bag of gemelli pasta. All I had to do was chop fresh garlic.
Banana bread - old sad bananas, baking supplies, most of a packet of walnuts
Cowboy caviar - used some dried blackeyed peas and black beans, frozen corn, and a rescued bunch of cilantro about to go wilty. This made a great, healthyish snack while watching my Chiefs win the Super Bowl!
https://www.giovanniranausa.com/recipes/cheese-lovers-tortelloni-stuffing-with-bacon.html - the last of the Costco sized packet of cheese tortellini. This was delicious!
Pasta with Cabbage and Salumi - the last of a pack of bucatini, part of a large cabbage in the crisper, a pack of frozen charcuterie from some dinner party
Plus, used several frozen chicken breasts that I grilled and froze last fall for quesadillas, and as protein for a batch of
Charro Beans, which used some dried beans, and some old beer.
Here's what I'm still trying to figure out the best use for, so suggestions welcome :
- 8 cans of coconut milk
- Black bean garlic sauce - from the Asian market, expires soon!
- BBQ sauce - several local kinds (spicy, and apple flavored) + a King's Hawaiian
- Dried cherries
- Lots of 5 Grain Hot Cereal (Bob's Red Mill) - I have a great granola recipe but it takes me a couple months to eat through it!
- Jams, jellies, relishes, chutneys and marmalades - ranging from sweet to savory to spicy
- A Costco sized container or dried shiitake mushrooms
- Various gravy/seasoning packets - brown, chicken, turkey, and Lipton Onion Soup Mix, Chinese BBQ char sui mix, envelopes of Sazon Goya
- Tons of different kinds of pastas and canned tomato products!
I also have an incredibly well stocked spice cabinet, oils, vinegars, garlic/onions, etc., plus great stash of dried beans of all kinds. The problem is I've eaten a lot of the meat from the freezer. I'm down to bacon, chicken thighs, Mexican and Spanish chorizo, a ham bone, a little bit of ground Italian sausage some lamb shoulder cubes I'm avoiding because they were cut with bones in them, pancetta, miscellaneous salami, meatballs, and 2 tilapia filets, plus already grilled brats and kielbasa. No real easy chunks for a crockpot creation left. I'm really looking to minimize grocery shopping, because I have
so much food in my house, and I've been trying to eat it down before March, when my husband and I do our annual Pescetarian month.