Tips: Reducing Your Food Waste

The first thing to bear in mind when think about reducing your food waste at home is that it does require a little planning. However, a little effort can go a long way and you’d not only be reducing your environmental impact but you could save yourself a significant amount of money! According to research, the average…

Bubble & Squeak

Bubble and squeak is a Christmas leftovers classic and quite possibly even better than the actual Christmas dinner, in my opinion. Outrageous statement, I know, but that is just how much I love this dish. My favourite of roast potatoes mashed together with sprouts, carrots, parsnips and some scrumptious stuffing topped with a perfectly poached…

Rice Pudding

Rice is one of those things that we never seem to get right. We usually end up cooking too much of it and then putting the leftovers in a Tupperware, only there’s nothing else leftover to eat it with. Rather than throwing it away, I thought, I’ll attempt to make rice pudding. My dad used…

Egg Fried Rice

Usually a dish ordered from your local Chinese takeaway, home-cooked egg fried rice is actually a traditional way of using up leftover rice, meat and veg from dinner the previous day. A bit like the Chinese version of bubble and squeak you could say… As this is made using leftover rice, the rice should be completely…

Caramelised Apples

Apples. Not my favourite fruit. In fact, probably one of my least favourite. But when they’re softened and caramelised…now we’re talking. Cooked in plenty of cinnamon and a little syrup, this is a great way of using up apples which may have gone a little wrinkly and lost their crispness. I like to use this as…

Baked Tortilla Chips

Ever buy a pack of tortilla wraps but find there’s just too many? I do. The solution – oven-baked tortilla chips, the perfect sharing snack. These are a healthier alternative to supermarket tortilla chips and such a quick and easy way to use up leftover tortillas. If you’re wondering why mine are so brown it’s because they…

Frozen Banana Ice Cream

Frozen banana ice cream, known to some as “nice” cream as it’s vegan, has taken the social media food scene by storm. And no wonder it’s so popular. It’s incredibly simple to make, delicious and guilt-free.  I made a chocolate-flavoured version but you could add cinnamon or, if you’re feeling fruity, add frozen mango, strawberry or another…

Banana Pancakes

Over a quarter of all the fruit we buy in UK households ends up in the bin. We can easily prevent this by using overripe fruit in cooking or baking. Or it can simply be thrown into a healthy smoothie! After 3 weeks in Vietnam, I came home to two very overripe bananas sitting in…

Crunchy Croutons

There are so many simple ways to use up bread that’s past its best, one of which is to make croutons. All you really have to do is cut the bread up into chunks and bake in the oven on a low heat until they’re crunchy. If you want to ‘tszuj’ them up a bit,…

Pumpkin Rescue Risotto

Halloween time. I bought a small to medium sized pumpkin, completely unaware of how much flesh was actually in it. I put half of it in a big pot of soup which was enough to feed 4 and the other half to make this deliciously creamy risotto, also enough to make another meal for 4. Cheap, versatile and…

Spiced Pumpkin Soup

With Halloween just around the corner, my thoughts immediately turn to pumpkins. A staggering 18,000 TONNES of edible pumpkin are tossed in our bins every year. To put it into slightly more conceivable terms, that’s the equivalent of the weight of 1,500 double-decker buses!* There’s no doubt about it, pumpkin carving is one of the best parts of Halloween but why…

Cheese and Tomato Scrambled Eggs

Surprisingly, cheese is one of the most wasted foods in the UK.* In my fridge, I also sometimes find mushy tomatoes on the verge of turning mouldy. This recipe is great for using up both of these ingredients, as well as eggs, and serves as a really tasty light meal for any time of the day….