Took a tray of deep-frozen short-dated stew beef out of the freezer a few days ago. Had goulash a few times to many this year (even the resident Austrian feels that way). So the alternative was steak and mushroom pie (never developed a taste for kidneys). Beef is stewing now and goes into the oven later. Will be served with yellow mash potatoes.

Also bought some short-dated chicken yesterday. It's been grilled after being coated with a spiced yoghurt to make chicken tikka masala in 2 days with a recipe from... America's Test Kitchen!