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Zero Waste Week on Radio Gloucestershire!

Last Thursday, the lovely Kate Justice from Radio Gloucestershire visited to find out all about zero waste week. Kate’s an absolute star who asks the right questions and, more importantly, gives her interviewees the airspace to answer!

Annie's ZWW Fennel & Apple Soup

Soup is such a great recipe for using up all those odd bits and pieces from the fridge

Penny's recipe for slow cooker stock

Grab everything from your fridge that is looking past its best to make a simple, delicious stock which you can freeze for later use

Joanne's left overs chicken

A great recipe for using up left over roast chicken and all those bits and pieces from the fridge

Chuck It Together Chilli

Chilli, as spicy as you like and uses up those green peppers and courgettes not to mention runner beans and anything else suitable you find in your fridge or veg box.

Angela's Carrot and Coriander soup

This soup is so versatile that you can adapt it in so many ways to make good use of any leftovers (ingredients).

Jen's Gnocchi

A great way to use up left over mashed potato!

Jen's Dead Cake Pudding

After finding lots of dry, ‘dead’ cake in the tin I decided to do something about it. I thought I’d make a version of Bread Pudding, using the ‘dead cake’ in place of the bread. I searched through my recipe books for a Bread Pudding recipe, but drew a blank, so googled it, and the…

Suzy's munging recipe

I’d like to suggest a simple cooking method which is ideal for using up leftovers; munging. For instance a recent dinner comprised cod in a buttery leek and lemon sauce, new potatoes and veggies. As is so often the case I couldn’t eat the lot so put my leavings on a tea plate in the…

Susie Hallan's cheesy veggie bread pie

In celebration of Zero Waste Week I made this casserole; which ended up more of a pie!