Challenge Seven - The Leftovers Challenge - Day Two

Breakfast - baked beans on toast with a stuffing patty.

A leisurely breakfast catching up with a bit of Radio Times reading.  Why have I never thought to add a stuffing patty to a simple plate of beans on toast … it was delicious.

The first item used of my up to five allowed a day was the loaf of bread that I had taken out of the freezer a couple of days ago.  Chia Seed bread is delicious and toasts lovely and crunchy, the ideal carrier for the baked beans from the leftovers.

Of course all good toast needs a good spreads, and this is my current spread of choice … and the second of my chosen five today.

After breakfast I decided to blitz the previously roasted butternut squash and turn it into a good sauce for my planned lunch.

I had a small tub ready for the freezer and a good portion ready for my lunch.

I took some breadcrumbs from the freezer (3) and used half of the remaining feta from yesterday.

Dinner - Buttered toast

Then lunchtime came and I really wasn't hungry, so I sat down with a slice of toast and a cup of coffee, why is hot buttered toast so addictive!!  I decided to save my butternut squash plans for tea time instead.

The ingredients for my tea.  I decided to use some of my penne pasta instead of the spaghetti I had leftover from last week.

I stirred the butternut squash puree, half of the chopped spring onion and most of the crumbled feta style cheese into the cooked pasta and divided the mixture between two tins for baking.  Then I topped the tins with the breadcrumbs which I mixed with the last of the spring onion and feta. 

The van soon filled with the gorgeous smell of cooking 'Mac and Cheese'.

Tea - Mac and Cheese

It was delicious and now I also have another portion in the fridge.

Left in the Leftovers:

1/4 sheet Puff Pastry
3 stuffing patties

orange juice

1 slice of lemon (freezer) 

1 carrot

9 onions

3/4 iceberg lettuce

2 spring onions

4 apples 

700g porridge oats

375g spaghetti

250g red lentils

800g brown rice

tub of gravy mix

1 tin tomatoes

1 tin chickpeas

1 tin mandarin orange segments

2/3 tin peaches

4 potatoes

Added to the Stash:

Almond Milk

1/2 block Feta

4 tubs tomato and vegetable sauce

1 tub of butternut squash puree

1 portion of Mac and Cheese

Todays 'Up to Five Items' Were:

Chia Seed bread

Flora spread

penne pasta

frozen breadcrumbs

All in all a good day.

Sue xx

Challenge Seven - The Leftovers Challenge - Day One

I wanted to do a Challenge that cost me no money, that made good use of all the leftovers from last weeks 'For the Price of a Coffee' Challenge and that helped to use up the food in the freezer and cupboard of the Van, important as the caravan park closes at the start of December.  So this one seemed obvious.

Breakfast - Weetabix and Almond Milk.

Served with a glass of orange juice, not pictured.

The first new items to be brought in were the last two Weetabix in the jar, and obviously to be able to eat them without spluttering on dry crumbs I had to open a carton of my long life Almond Milk.  I always buy the long life UHT version because as well as obviously keeping in the cupboard for much, much longer than the fresh stuff does in the fridge, it is usually almost half the price … and more importantly it tastes almost exactly the same!!

 After breakfast I set to using up a lot of the fresh food leftovers.

A tray of chopped butternut squash and one of the other veggies.

I almost forgot to use the last of my garlic, but once finely chopped they were shared out between both the trays.  Once the vegetables were nice and soft I tipped them into a saucepan and added two tins of tomatoes.  This was then left to bubble away for half an hour or so.  Once cooled I blitzed the lot with my stick blender.

Our tea was completed with a portion of the sauce, 261g of spaghetti, two spring onions and half a block of added Feta .

Tea - Spaghetti with Tomato and Vegetable Sauce, Spring Onion and 'Feta'

Absolutely delicious.

The remaining sauce was divided into single portions in four tubs and is now in the freezer.

Left in the Leftovers:

1/4 sheet Puff Pastry
4 stuffing patties
1/2 tin beans

orange juice

1 slice of lemon (freezer) 

1 carrot

9 onions

3/4 iceberg lettuce

3 spring onions

4 apples 

700g porridge oats

375g spaghetti

250g red lentils

800g brown rice

tub of gravy mix

1 tin tomatoes

1 tin chickpeas

1 tin mandarin orange segments

2/3 tin peaches

4 potatoes

Added to the Stash:

Almond Milk

1/2 block Feta

4 tubs tomato and vegetable sauce

Todays 'Up to Five Items' Were:

Weetabix

Almond Milk

Vegan Feta Style Cheese

A good day, only two meals because as is the way when I'm cooking I nibbled my way through the chopping and simply wasn't hungry at lunch time.

Sue xx