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Mrs Green's cunning courgettes recipe
This is a fab recipe for using up a glut of courgettes and these delicious treats can be served with a main meal, as part of a salad or eaten cold the next day.
Zoe's Use it up tuna, kohlrabi and runner bean lasagne!
I made this lasagna to use up the ingredients I had and to avoid food waste, but it was so good that I will definitely be making it again!
Annie's ZWW Odds N'Ends Burritos
This week, I have been so determined not to waste a single scrap of food if I could help it, that I have been hoarding bits and bobs of left over ingredients and cooked food like a foodie Fagin. Last night, I surveyed the collection of small tupperware boxes in the fridge and realised I…
Get Bubbled and Squeaked
In the United Kingdom, Bubble and Squeak is a traditional dish made from leftover Sunday roast. The name of this dish comes from the sights and sounds made during the cooking process. Similar dishes are Colcannon from Ireland, Calentado from Columbia, and in the United States it is simply called Hash.
Gemma's simple banana cake
I’ve been taking part in Zero Waste Week and today I found a couple of overripe bananas at the bottom of the fruit bowl…So I made banana cake! I use this really simple banana cake recipe from Mary Berry’s Baking Bible. It literally takes 5 minutes to make the cake mixture!
Use it up! Pakoras
Tonight I made Pakora with a bag of out of date spinach which was just begining to wilt. Use any vegetables that you have shrivelling in the bottom of the fridge. Just cut the vegetables into slices, or shred according to their density. Remember that courgettes will cook a lot quicker than chunks of carrot.…
Serendipity Fig Rolls
I’ve just tasted the best fig roll ever. And it was an accident. I have long been wondering what to do with a jar of fig jam I was given that is now well past its Best Before date. It didn’t quite work as jam on its own as it was just a bit too…
The Egg Test
I was reading the waste and recycling section of a local council website today in preparation for visiting one of the primary schools in their area. In their food waste guidelines they give some explanation of ‘Use By’ and ‘Best Before’ dates. The website quite rightly explained that it is the ‘Use By’ dates that…
Win prizes by taking the survey!
Thanks so much for taking part in zero waste week. I’ve put together a short survey which I’d love you to participate in. Click here to take survey By participating in the survey, you could be in with a chance of winning a great prize, so please do take time to answer all the questions!
Karen's blackberry sauce
Our garden gave us an unexpected haul of blackberries and apples this year. I challenged myself to make something to go with cooked meats.