Have you finally eaten all of your Christmas food?

[7Worfs]

This year I’m patting myself on the back - almost all Christmas food has been eaten and it’s the last day of the holidays.

Leftovers as of today:
A sliver of Red Leicester
A big chunk of Gouda
An unopened Brie
A box of crackers
A few Bendicks bitter mints

It will all be eaten in the next 1-2 days, except the Gouda no one wants - I’ll chop it and put it out for the blackbirds.

I’m counting this as zero waste 😊

What helped massively was hosting a little neighbours’ get together on the 28th (hot drinks and all uneaten sweet stuff laid out) - worked like a charm.

I’ve just made enough pastry for yet another 2 dozen mince pies. 🐷

@Blueberrycreampie · Today 13:23
ChangedmynameagainforChristmas · Today 12:34
I hate threads like this because I am now about to have a warm mice pie with some Baileys extra thick cream and I would not have done so, and all because of this thread
So thanks from my ever expanding waistline to all who posted🙎
I really really do not like the sound of that! Grin

To be fair it did taste nice. I need another cup of tea now. This is the life :)

Lol! It was the mice I had a problem with!

I really scaled back the grocery shop before Christmas, and paid particular to not purchasing a ton of cheese. Also planned in the left over food and so didn't have to shop for "normal food"

M&S do very small packets of cheese for £1 so 3 of those. Then Brough a large brie and also a couple of packets of puff pastry and cranberriy jelly to make brie pastry cases for supper with left over red cabbage
cheneetoday.com/brie-and-cranberry-tart-with-puff-pastry/ a bit like this but mine was covered over

Didn't purchase any tins of chocolate and instead brought a small box of 10 chocolates to eat after xmas day dinner etc tbh they were much nicer as quality street has become extremely sickly that I can't eat them any more.

Still have a bottle of knock of Bailey and half a bottle of punch/mulled wine

Does anyone freeze shop bought mince pies? I've got two boxes.
Also -
x2 brandy sauce
x2 brandy cream
x2 brandy butter
Can any of them be frozen?

Yes I often do without any problems - I was wondering about brandy sauce too?

I have successfully frozen brandy butter, if that helps!

www.nigella.com/recipes/members/nigellalisas-brandy-butter-ice-cream

or turn it into ice cream

Great, thank you!

A bit of cheese and a box of celebrations, so not a huge amount. We were due to move the week before Christmas so we hadn't done the usual Christmas treats stockpile, then I got the flu and couldn't be bothered !

www.sweetandsorrel.com/no-churn-rum-and-raisin-ice-cream/

or make rum and raisin with the brandy cream

the mince pies
www.myfussyeater.com/mince-pie-rocky-road/

then freeze for easter?

I scaled back this year too but have some chocolates, crisps, mulled wine and various other alcohol and nuts left. I made a new years roast yesterday so used up the rest of the pigs in blankets, sausage meat and prawns I had in the freezer! I made bubble and squeak with poached eggs and smoked salmon for lunch so that’s the last of the Christmas food really.

Also some base trifle ingredients, maybe make a trifle next week as we did not have one over Christmas

We have LOADS of crisps left, but they'll get eaten and aren't going off any time soon! Some cake and cheese left, but again, will get eaten eventually and lots of chocolate. May give some choc away, we don't eat loads and when we do, prefer better quality.

Trifle, Colin the Caterpillar, one party sized pack of crisps plus a small amount of cheese

I have dented the Colin for both breakfast and lunch

Lots of chocolate and treat stuff left and some wine. Obviously no quick dates on those though so will be good for a while

Just cooked the ham the other day and had the last of it today in some home made soup (and the birdies got some trimmings too).

I have a bag of cooked turkey in the freezer for a curry later in the week.

Otherwise, a bit of cranberry sauce left and just some normal stuff/veg/potatoes which will be part of meals this week. Probably more ice cream than normal in the freezer but again, nothing that will be wasted.

Today is the first time I’ve been to a supermarket since Christmas, just for milk and fresh fruit.

I put a lot of meat into the freezer just before Christmas so there’s still 3 meals’ worth waiting to be used.
Enough mincemeat and pastry to make a saucer-sized mince pie.
About a kilo of nuts, some of which I’ve shelled to make Gorgonzola and walnut pasta.
And a bottle of Prosecco. We were out on NYE.

I also ordered a Hello Fresh delivery on the 29th because I wanted to make some fun, non-Christmas dinners over the holidays. They’re generous with the meat and veg so I usually order 4x4 portions and turn it into 6x3.

I mealplan carefully for Christmas and NY week so we don't have lots left over.

I've got a few frozen bits that will be used over the next couple of weeks.

The things I can't account for are the random chocolate, biscuits and alcohol DH gets given. It's not often perishable so goes on the garage shelves till you they can be used.

Nothing goes in the bin at least.

We have everything left, been struck down with this flu since the start of December. Shall make up for it in January

We have cheese, a big panettone , tin of quality street, crackers and some ready made pastry. Ive just got a batch of sausage rolls in the oven, my family will eat the majority when they are cooked. We do have a few tins of biscuits left but they have mid year date so will get used up as and when.

We have the following left:

Roses
Quality Street
Celebrations
x2 bottles Baileys
Multipack Coco Cola
Wensleydale with Cranberries
Freezer party food (Halloumi, prawns, vegan nuggets)
Twiglets

My cat has asked for your “mice pie” recipe, ChangedmynameforChristmas!
I am manfully working through the leftover turkey - I forgot to parcel it up for the family to take home with them, so still have a jug of turkey consommé, three portions of turkey casserole, a bowl of thick turkey soup and several stuffing fritters to get down. Not to mention the fennel crostellini nibbles, satsumas, chocolate truffles, frozen croissants, smoked salmon and cranberry chutney…

Still got:
Stollen and mince pie
Lindt balls
Candy canes

Everything else has been eaten

Why does cheese count as left overs?

We have lots of chocolates.
And cheese but as said above we always have lots of cheese.
We only started on the Christmas cake yesterday.

15 unopened selection boxes 🤯
4 open ones !
tin of unopened hero’s
3 tins of opened
box of biscuits
random chocolate bits around

Have put everything away for dds party bags next month !