I have been slowly and surely eating my way through the freezer drawers over quite a long time now, but have I been making space for Christmas food?
If I have I've failed miserably!! No matter how much headway I make I quickly fill the gaps with random leftovers that I just do not want to go to waste.
There are some gaps, although looking at these photos you wouldn't think so. I have been trying to eat the odds and sods that were in boxes taking up more room than they should have been, and that has been going well ... with some interesting results.
Three hash browns for breakfast must have been my most random meal, and one that I lived to regret. All day long no matter what else I ate or drank I could still taste them. It's put me off buying any more that's for sure. Maybe I should have had them as part of a meal instead of the whole meal!!
But I did manage to throw away the box. 😄
I've done so much better at using up the things that are in the food cupboard.
Seen here from both sides of the dividing bar, as I can't step back enough to get a straight on shot. There is so much more of the wood visible now than there was in my last photo taken in June of this year.
This was how it looked in June of this year when I sorted out the 2025 foods and those that were out of date. I'm happy that some of the oldest foods have now been used and nothing has been wasted, but I guess I could have done a bit better.
Ah well, my not so little stash has kept me going nicely this year through my tiny pension payment months. There are only five months until my State Pension now, or as Alan insists on calling his 'my old age pension'.
But have I made space for Christmas food ? The answer really is no. But then I don't have much to buy, and what I have already will fit easily into the new spaces in the cupboard. I have two boxes of mini mince pies, and one of some teeny tiny fairy cakes to take to Mum's on Christmas Day. I have cheeses in the fridge and chutney in the cupboard, along with the little silverskin pickles and jar of beetroot that are visible on the bottom shelf. I have stuffing in the jar on the top shelf and Linda McCartney sausages in the freezer, so for my 'main item' I will make a sausage and stuffing Wellington or plait.
To compliment all that I will hopefully, be able to pick up some of the cheap supermarket vegetables to complete my Christmas lunch. Alan has ordered his main item from Booths, I don't know what his final choice was as he kept changing his mind, he's also ordered a couple of dairy-free 'cheesecake style' mini desserts for us both to have.
So that's it, we are pretty much sorted.
Sue xx
We rarely have left over food, but when we do we usually eat it the next day.. however our little pantry is well stocked as we usually buy as we eat stuff so the shelves are always full!
ReplyDeleteI'm constantly trying to eat down the freezer then my husband spots a yellow sticker bargain and it fills up again. 😀 Maeve x
ReplyDeleteIn the autumn, my cousin helped me prepare loads ofthe apples and pears for the freezer. It took all day.And now i discover the labels we used have all come unstuck and fallen off! But I have made some freezer space by rearranging carefully...
ReplyDeleteI am far too weak willed at this time of the year. Not for Christmas food but for the bargains to be had regarding meat, salmon, cheeses and of course the veggies.
ReplyDeleteI portion things up and freeze them for use later.
I am conflicted though because there isn't any "bargain food" really, is there? Someone, usually farmers aren't getting paid enough.
I am more and more going off meat though. I'm finding it a bit harder to digest.
My husband is a hard core carnivore.
We are having ribbolitta for tea tonight. There will be a lot of face pulling. 😂😂
I know what you mean about those boxes. And if you take things out of boxes and into a labelled poly bag, they fall down to the bottom and out of sight/mind. Having not gone big shop shopping for a couple of weeks really has created some freezer spaces. Now I just need to carry on! xx
ReplyDeleteSounds like you will have plenty of space for your Christmas food. I just put in a huge grocery order to be picked up later in the day. Some of the items are for the almsgiving that will take place on Saturday, some are for the pancake/waffles breakfast my daughter will be hosting for a few of her friends on Sunday, and the rest will be for us for the rest of the year. We generally don't buy any special food for Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI have been tidying our freezer as Norrie tends to locate stuff wherever there is a space! I need to do a top up shop of veg etc but need to wipe out the fridge first. Catriona
ReplyDeleteEverything in good order, nicely satisfying. I finally got my pension 3 years ago. I call it my pleasure pension as it does enable me to buy extra things when I want them. Or if not I can save a bit and tuck it away for trips out.
ReplyDeleteI had been trying to make space for Christmas supermarket meat and fish offers, by using up what I had, especially the bulky frozen vegetables. There are often yellow stickered bargains to be had, one year I did well with cheeses and made a lot of butter to freeze from cream at 2p a pot.
ReplyDeleteI was glad of the space last week when I had the offer of some local venison.
So neat and tidy! As usual we're hosting the Dead Relatives Society dinner on 25th December and haven't even thought about what to cook (or buy) - it might end up as crisps and beer! xxx
ReplyDeleteI'm struggling to make room in the fridge. I keep spotting things I need for Boxing Day with a long date on them eg cream so bought it in case we miss out in the last delivery next week. I will need room for a trifle in there! At least I got some 15p veg today: 2 x bags potatoes, carrots, sprouts, parsnips and a swede. Some were for us and some for our daughter. At least Christmas dinner is sorted !
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