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…

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…

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….

Asian-style Omelette

In the UK, we waste over 1 million eggs every day.* Many people assume that the best before date printed on the shell is the expiry date – but it’s not. Best before dates simply tell you when produce is at its freshest. Once that date has passed, that doesn’t mean it’s no longer fit for…

Overripe Fruit Smoothie

We often have fruit that sits in the fruit bowl or in the fridge for weeks and slowly turns slightly brown, wrinkled or becomes bruised. Rather than chucking it away, I chuck it in a blender. This isn’t really a recipe because there’s no cooking involved. It’s so easy, it doesn’t need a method. Just…

End-Of-The-Loaf ‘French Toast’

Collectively, UK households throw away 24 million slices of bread every single day.* In my household, we rarely throw away food because my dad will usually eat any leftovers that nobody else wants. However, the end slices of a bread loaf is one thing, or rather two things that often do get thrown away. But,…