Did you know that the UK wastes, on average, 18 million tonnes of food and drink per year? 4.2 million tonnes of this comes straight from our own kitchen tables, with the average family throwing out almost an entire meal every day, worth up to £60 each month (source).
Inspired by the Love Food Hate Waste campaign, Kate from Turquoise Lemons began the No Waste Food Challenge – a food blogging challenge dedicated to helping us prevent food waste by sharing our recipe tips and ideas. Kate’s blogging has since taken a back burner in her busy life and so I’ve carried on with her fantastic blogging challenge.
Here we have the round up of last month’s challenge entries, I hope you enjoy them!
1. Spiced Cranberry & Marzipan Loaf by Jen over at Blue Kitchen Bakes (uses leftover marzipan from decorating the Christmas cake!)
2. Ham and Cheese Puff Pastry Rolled Tart by Alida over at My Little Italian Kitchen (ham on it’s best before date? Use it up in this recipe!)
3. Apricot & Almond Stuffing Balls by Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary (uses up stale breadcrumbs!)
4. Courgette Soup by Camilla at Fab Food 4 All (Glut of courgettes? Make soup!)
5. Colourful Bell Peppers with Chickpea Flour by Herbs, Spices & Tradition (Fridge full of peppers? Try this!)
6. Broccoli ‘water chestnuts’ by Jane at Onions and Paper. (Don’t throw out those broccoli stalks!)
7. Banana, Apple & Cranberry Muffins by Ros, The More Than Occasional Baker (leftover fruit)
8. Christmas Soda Bread by Camilla at Fab Food 4 All (uses up store cupboard baking ingredients)
9. Turkey Meatloaf by Camilla at Fab Food 4 All (uses up that leftover Christmas turkey!)
10. Vegetable Mish-Mash Soup by Kate, The Gluten Free Alchemist (leftover veggies? No problem!)
11. Brussels Sprout and Root Vegetable Hash with Braised Chicken by Nazima at Franglais Kitchen (leftover Christmas dinner never looked so good!)
12. Cranberry & Camembert Quiche by Ros, The More Than Occasional Baker
13. Boozy Mincemeat & Marzipan Puff by Anne of Anne’s Kitchen (leftover mincemeat!)
14. Fig & Mincemeat Christmas Bundt Cake by Choclette of Chocolate Log Blog (leftover mincemeat!)
15. Banana & Chocolate Quesadilla by Camilla at Fab Food 4 All (leftover bananas & tortillas!)
Many thanks to everyone who joined in last month; it’s so lovely so have so many people regularly contributing to the challenge and sharing their ideas to help reduce food waste.
If you would like to join in too, you can find the rules and current linky over on the official #nowastefoodchallenge page.
Follow Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary’s board No Waste Food Challenge on Pinterest.
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Emily @amummytoo
Another brilliant resource. Pinned!
Pam Francis Gregory
Some great ideas to use up those leftovers
Tina L-D
Some really useful recipes that will definitely help reduce wastage =D
Lucy Taylor
Some brilliant ideas here. I hate wasting food so any left overs tend to go in the dogs’ bowls. I love the idea of using up broccoli stalks as “water chestnuts”!
Tracey Peach
What a brilliant idea, I always try my best to not waste any food but sometimes I don’t get round to eating something by the use by date so have to throw it out
Sally - My Custard Pie
I loathe food waste and those statistics are scary. I’ve heard that we could feed the world easily if it wasn’t for the food waste. Bookmarking this for next December 26th with all those Christmas leftover ideas.
Kate - gluten free alchemist
The amount of food we waste is scary and I often wonder how much of the BOGOF offers end up in the bin, just because we all love a bargain! Christmas must be an especially wasteful time, so it is great to see so many seasonal leftovers being creatively used and spare bits and pieces being seasonally used! Great round up….. Thanks for hosting!
Margot @ Coffee & Vanilla
What a great round-up, so many interesting recipes!
Sue
Some lovely ideas there.
It is shameful the amount of food waste there is around isn’t it, but at least us bloggers are doing our very best to spread good ideas around to help people make the most of what their hard earned cash has paid for.
Kate @ Family Fever
I am always looking for new ideas to use up odds and ends – I hate waste!
Camilla @FabFood4All
A beautiful round-up Elizabeth and lots of fabulous recipes for using up our leftover ingredients. I look forward to entering again soon!
Tracey
The food wastage figures don’t surprise me. I’ve read similar before in the nationals and it is quite staggering the wastage. I always plan our family meals a week ahead, so when I go to the supermarket I buy only what we need. It’s not the cheapest way to shop, of course, as it means you don’t always pick up the weekly instore deals. But it does mean there is litle wastage from our house. BTW, some lovely recipes above. Tx