It's a return to old school Food Waste Friday this week. Yes, I know, It's been a while. And don't I know it from how my fridge looks this Food Waste Friday. It's embarrassing. How did this happen? Well let me explain... ...
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Slow Cooker Five Bean Vegetarian Chilli Recipe
Being British I just have to comment upon the weather we are having here at the moment. Yes it's wet, windy and altogether a little bit dreary. It is October after all! On the bright side it is perfect weather for us to have our spirits (and internal temperature) lifted with a simple Slow Cooker Five Bean Vegetarian Chilli Recipe. Checking out my fridge I ...
Healthy Mediterranean Vegetable Lasagne Recipe
This #foodwastefriday please may I introduce this Healthy Mediterranean Vegetable Lasagne recipe! (have you ever wondered why the Mediterranean diet is considered to be one of the healthiest on Planet Earth? This post by BBC Good Food explains...) The inspiration behind today's #nowastetastesgreat meal began when I discovered a red pepper lurking in my ...
Naked Mud Pie Slices Recipe
Here's a tasty treat to top off #zerowasteweek and use up any broken biscuits you may have in the barrel! The kids' have named these 'Rocky-dough' (they say they taste a little like cookie dough?) but I'd planned on: Naked Mud Pie Slices It doesn't really matter what they're called - they are a great way to use up bits and pieces and also as they are a ...
What’s #foodwastefriday all about?
In April 2010 I registered a blog with WordPress.com. It wasn't until October 2010 I summoned up enough courage to actually post. I'd come to the virtual world looking for a simpler, and more conscious way of life. In the virtual world? Does that make any sense? Well yes it does, because the virtual world is gigantic and tiny at the same time. It ...
Here’s A Super Healthy Carrot Cake Recipe
I heard on the grapevine (or rather Twitter) that today is #nationalcarrotday - which nation are celebrating the carrot I'm not actually sure, but it reminded me of a healthy carrot cake recipe that I posted here a while back (how many years?). It's a great recipe, and worth sharing once again because not only does it contain carrots (it's ...
Buy Less | Buy Better | Waste Less
Last May I stopped eating meat. We'd been on holiday and camped at a farm in Dorset. The local restaurant's menu was limited, and consisted mainly of beef products - which I ate happily. Happily, because I knew the source of the beef was hand-reared on the farm we were staying. For years I have felt conflicted about eating meat - but knowing the origin ...
Simple Vegetable Soup Recipe
Making soup is probably my favourite way to reduce food waste. It's so effective. And this simple vegetable soup recipe is the perfect way to use up sorry looking vegetables. These are my vegetables that are looking a little worse for wear: The onions are in pretty good shape, but everything else is starting to look a little tired. In particular ...
Emergency Meal | Emergency Pancakes
Welcome to the first Food Waste Friday post of 2017. It's also my first blog post of 2017. And it's also our first snow of 2017 in the UK. A day of firsts. It's a bit of a running joke, in the UK, that we Brits see a snowflake and panic ensues. Our supermarket shelves are cleared before we've tied the laces on our snow boots (when we've managed to ...
Do We Waste More In December?
As we hurtle (I have never used the word 'hurtle' before at the blog!) toward December, and the festive period, my mind is consumed with food. And as it's Food Waste Friday, I thought it timely to have a debate on food consumption at this time of year. Historically Christmas has been (and is) an abundant time. Particularly abundant in the area of ...