This is a sponsored post in support of the very worthwhile campaign 'Meaty Issues' by Love Food Hate Waste. Us Brits are no strangers to using up our leftover turkey. Turkey curry must account for *95% of meals in the UK on Boxing day *totally made up figure with absolutely no statistical data to support the claim :) However the following attention ...
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Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe
It's been a while in the coming, but this is a sweet and sour chicken recipe worth waiting for. I guarantee it. There is never one mouthful left at the end of dinner when this dish is served. Us Wright's like our traditions, and one that began to develop was one of having a Chinese take-away on a Friday evening. It was starting to get a little ...
Let’s Celebrate Food Waste Friday
This week we've already celebrated Chinese New Year (it's the year of the Fire Monkey), Shrove Tuesday, and Valentines Day is on the way. The older I get, the more I appreciate these special days. I like having something to celebrate. Life should be a celebration. Did you read The Frugal Girl's post this week about looking on the bright side? I'm ...
Vegetable Lasagne Using Greek Yogurt
Before I go any further I need to make a statement: Despite always spelling yogurt, as yoghurt, I am now spelling it yogurt - even though it looks completely wrong to my eye. This is because on the yoghurt carton in my fridge it is spelled 'yogurt'. Does that make any sense at all? No? Okay let's continue with Food Waste Friday... Last Friday I decided ...
How We Are Using Up Watermelon
It's Food Waste Friday guys and we are using up watermelon! Watermelon is a recurrent theme on Food Waste Friday. The options (in my opinion) are limited. I class it is the same food waste category as lettuce (boo!). When using up watermelon there were just two options. Eat it quickly or freeze it for smoothies. That was until Tiny Chef stepped ...
The Best Food Save And Worst
I want to focus this post on the best food save I have made lately. To balance it out I'll also share the worst food save I ever made. My Friday fridge is over on Facebook today Guys. Food Waste Friday is here to make us all mindful of what we throw away that could indeed be put to use. To discard food just because there is a lack of inspiration as to ...
Spicy Sweet Potato Slow Cooked Soup
Today's recipe was inspired by the sweet potatoes I found in my store-cupboard on Friday. You may have seen my Food Waste Friday post talking about waging a war on waste? I promised to post my No Waste Tastes Great recipe that I planned to rustle up to ensure the sweet potatoes did not go to waste. The idea had been to make a slightly different soup, but I ...
War On Waste
It's Friday Guys. Food Waste Friday or rather #foodwastefriday. On a Friday I always check out what's happening over on Twitter. The hashtag #foodwastefriday is being used more and more. While casually hanging around Twitter I noticed a few other food waste related hashtags. One in particular caught my eye #wastenot. Now, I do recall one lovely ...
Slow Cook Or Smooth To Reduce Food Waste
It's Food Waste Friday! (Click here to learn all about my Friday routine, or you can watch the movie here) We are back on track at Chez Wright. Meal planning was successful this week, and the fridge is looking fine and dandy. Just 2 part-baked rolls to declare on the food waste front. Usually I freeze the ones we do not use rather than leave them in ...
The First Friday Of 2016
It's the 1st of the month and 1st of the year. It's also a Friday. Food Waste Friday has been a little sporadic lately here at the blog. With circumstances beyond my control since November, and just the general lack of home-organisation and meal-planning, I haven't been the greatest ambassador to encourage others to reduce their own food ...