A relative has downsized. I 'inherited' a mass of pantry items she couldn't take with her. They range from the exotic to the everyday. A lot of them are well beyond their Best Before date (some going back to 2012 like stock cubes).
However, I can't bear food waste. So, I'm making a conscious effort to use up the pantry items along with the contents of our freezer and minimise the need to purchase much beyond fresh fruit and vegetables (we do have a lot of dehydrated vegetables).
I know I'm going to run out of inspiration and find it easier to default to not rotating in the pantry items which is why I'm hoping to keep this here.
Note from 31 Dec. I used some dried whole egg when baking (I used half the amount of fresh eggs and the remainder was from dried) and it was (unexpectedly) fine.
01.01.24 pantry challenge
Breakfast: porridge, HM bread toasted, HM yoghurt (all pantry; I may need to try and shift yoghurt making to dried milk)
Lunch: yesterday's vegetable soup (pantry) with tomato salad (current stores)
Dinner: duck (freezer) with roast potatoes, vegetables all from pantry (red cabbage, rehydrated carrots and celeriac).
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2024Hackathon · 01/01/2024 12:28
user1492757084 · 02/01/2024 06:20
Such an amazing variety!
Do you have an ice-cream maker?
cloudtree · 02/01/2024 08:02
The sugar based products (syrup, granular sugar, honey) will literally last decades so no need to worry about them. The flours and nuts will go rancid. How are they stored? Do you have a vacuum packer since this will help to preserve them. Flour will last way beyond its sell by date but will turn eventually (particularly wholemeal)
Pebble21uk · 02/01/2024 07:59
Are you interested in trying your hand at home brewing? I used to do it years ago and you can definitely use up some of your dried fruit that way - I made a great Date Wine which was also great to give as gifts.
My challenge to myself for the new year is to try making Mead. I have honey but also a very large bottle of maple syrup and have discovered that I can make Maple Mead (to make it mead there has to be SOME honey in there but can also include other syrups) so perhaps an option?
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