This week's cold snap has, however, pushed us to our creative limits. We've not really been out of the house for a week, and the last shopping was the Sainsbury's truck arrival on Sunday, hence we're seriously getting to the bottom of the barrel when it comes to fresh ingredients to make our food with - and not leaving the house, we're eating breakfast lunch and dinner here at home!
So, what has our creativity run to in the last few days?
Firstly, I'm a big believer in the freezer! We freeze both bread and milk and so those supplies haven't been a problem.
Sunday night we discovered 2 packets of Ostrich Mince which we bought earlier on in the year from Leeds Farmers Market - this went into a spectacular bolognaise.
Last night we broke out some frozen sausages + using the remains of about 4 (pretty manky) potatoes + 4 eggs + a bit of stilton = delicious frittata - this also did for our brekkie today!
Today we going for.. a tin of water chestnuts, a tin of bamboo shoots, half a butternut squash, a pinch of dried shrimp, and some Tom Yam Paste to make an interesting Tom Yam soup.
We have found some really interesting ingredients at the back of the cupboard so we're not Old Mother Hubbard yet...yet to be used
I'm thinking we have a few more days of the Creative Cupboard Extravaganza to go!Tins of tuna and tins of mixed bean - great for salad.
Tortilla wraps - a great find - will substitute for bread
In addition we still have tins of peas, beans and soups
