Helping prevent food waste one recipe at a time.
The No Waste Food Challenge is a food blogging challenge to get us sharing the recipes we’ve made with ingredients which might otherwise have ended up in the bin. Did you know that the UK throws away an astonishing 7 million tonnes of edible food every year?
This is not sustainable, and this challenge was designed to help raise awareness of this issue, and to help folk realise how easy it is to salvage that lonely little carrot in the back of the crisper, the dregs of double cream at the bottom of the tub, those slices of stale bread you forgot you had.
Last month we had 16 fantastic entries for this challenge…. a great big thank you to everyone who contributed.
Cauliflower Leaf Miso Soba Soup and Miso Ginger Roasted Cauliflower by Veggie Desserts
Festive Fried Rice – Using Up Christmas Leftovers by Onions & Paper
Gluten & Dairy Free Angel Cake by The Gluten Free Alchemist
Tuna Nicoise Salad – A Perfect Salad for the New Year by The Gluten Free Alchemist
Brie, Leek & Onion Quiche by The Baking Explorer
Cheesy Fish Chowder Pie by Fab Food 4 All
Roasted Chestnut, Parsnip and Carrot Loaf by Allotment 2 Kitchen
Lemon Marzipan Cakes by Tin & Thyme
Courgette, Leek and Herb Risotto Cake by Thinly Spread
Mature Cheddar and Wholegrain Mustard Scones by Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary
Turkey and Mushroom Creamy Pasta by Jibber Jabber UK
Quick & Easy Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce by Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary
Gardener’s Pie by Chardonnay & Samphire
Sarah Beattie’s Camembert Leek Rostiflette by Allotment 2 Kitchen
Warm Cheese & Herb Scones by Family, Friends, Food
Sausage Casserole With Herb Dumplings by From Plate to Pen
Thank you again to everyone who linked up last month. If you are feeling inspired and have a recipe you’d like to share, please link back to either this page or the official No Waste Food Challenge page (use of the badge is optional) and add your link to the linky below! It’s a Blog Hop so you can grab the code and share on your own page too, if you fancied! I stumble, yum, RT & tweet, pin and comment on all entries.
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Heather Haigh says
What a fabulous selection of recipes, and they just go to show being frugal doesn’t mean scimping on taste.
Adam Warren says
Nice work to all of those entries, they looked delicious! I’d love to get involved in the next one!
Jenni - Odd Socks and Lollipops says
I love the look of the Lemon Marizpan cakes and the quiche! They all look so yummy – it’s made me hungry now! I really need to branch out more and try different things for meals and this has given me a lot of inspiration
Sarah James says
January’s recipes look delicious Elizabeth, I love the sound of the Leek Rostiflette. Just linked up with my Pink Peppercorn Shortbread but I don’t know what happened to the photo.
The London Mum says
I love the idea of not wasting food and making something unique like these meals!
Idaintyit says
a brilliant post, theres nothing worse than wasting food, may as well be throwing money down the drain.
Liz Mays says
I am so blown away by the creativity and fabulous flavors I see in the collection of ideas. I am looking forward to what comes in this new round-up.
Summer says
I like the Gluten And Dairy Free Angel Cake a lot!
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The Nice Nest says
The recipes look delicious so I’ve bookmarked for inspiration later. I try to waste as little as possible so we sometimes have some “creative” meals! Any suitable left overs that we don’t eat go to the chickens so I figure that’s a good way to recycle and the little that’s left after that goes on the compost heap.
Catstello says
What a great challenge! Some good recipes here too.
Angela at Daysinbed says
These are fab ideas. I love to NOT Waste and put all the things left over together to make meals. Sadly due to illness I have someone preparing the food at the minute but once i get batter in a few months or years i will get back int it. Angela
Rhian Westbury says
I am so bad at throwing away food, I never check things in time and because I am not at home for about half the week I don’t get time to use things. Definitely going to check out the gluten and dairy free cake recipe x
WhatLauraLoves says
Loving the pastas and the festive fried rice, sounds delicious! xxx
leeshastarr says
The Cauliflower Leaf Miso Soba Soup and Miso Ginger Roasted Cauliflower looks so yummy! I’d love to try a few of these.
Deanna says
I love this, I hate wasting food and feeling like i’m just creating rubbish and being ungrateful. I love the look of the the angel cake!
Jessica says
This is a great post. I was brought up not to waste my food and always try to cook different things with my leftovers the next day 🙂
Natasha Mairs says
some really nice recipes here, like the looks of the cheese and herb scones
Life as Mum says
Turkey and mushroom cream pasta look delicious. Lovely choices here
Sarah Bailey says
What an amazing selection of recipes -all those things with cheese in – I do need to try! x
Katerina says
What a delicious collection of recipes to avoid throwing food away! I am trying to recycle as much as possible!
Sarah says
So many fantastic recipes. Ca’t wait to try some of them.
Rachel says
My reading your posts always makes me incredibly hungry, wow… I now want a Tuna Nicoise Salad, some quiche and a stew!
Umber Phoenix *My Make Up Life* says
i waste far to many bits of food. the lemon cake looks really yummy
Teresa Bowen says
Our local council recently provided bins to recycle food waste. A small one for the kitchen and a larger one to keep outside. Any week where we have filled the small bin is a bad week for us and focuses the mind on just how much we are wasting.
justine @ Full Belly Sisters says
What a wonderful challenge and it inspired such delicious recipes!
Jessica says
Oh my! I have to bookmark this and try one by one.
Tanya Brannan says
My goodness! so many amazing recipes here, I look forward to trying several of them. Thank you for the post
Tx
Divya @ Divya's Culinary Journey says
This is a wonderful challenge! I make sure we don’t waste anything edible at all in our home. Love all the recipes you have listed here.
Tara says
Oh wow, everything looks amazing, what a great challenge!!
Platter Talk says
Thanks for such a deliciously resourceful collection of dishes; I’m bookmarking this post!
Linda (Meal Planning Maven) says
These days, eating frugally is more important than ever! I am definitely saving these recipes for future meals…what a fantastic resource!
Diane says
I never throw food away. It’s definitely getting trickier to keep everything in the fridge fresh with just the hubby and me to feed. I Absolutely love your mature cheddar and wholegrain mustard scones. Such a creative recipe and it just looks too good to pass up. I’ll be trying this recipe out and several of the others. It’s so good to have inspiration for the ‘end of life kitchen rescues’ we all must do!
Rebecca Smith says
What a great idea for a post, will definitely be trying some recipes
Nicole says
This is a really delicious looking collection of recipes and what a fantastic idea! That is absolutely far too much food waste a year, and I imagine it’s probably quite similar here in New Zealand. I’d love to reduce the food waste from our household so I will be referring to this collection often.
Tori Gabriel says
What a great challenge! I love the sound of some of these. Especially the quiche. I’m a big quiche fan!
LydiaF says
I totally support this challenge. We try not to waste food; and make broth, soup, salads, quiches, etc. I’ll have to see what I can come up with. 🙂
Eve Redmond says
These sound amaze-balls! That tuna salad definitely looks lush.
Katie says
Food wastage is a massive problem within my family, we throw so much food away. Usually at least a quarter of our shop. We really need to start using our food more carefully! Thank you for the amazing tips
Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious says
What a stunningly good idea for the no food waste challenge! I am all in with you.
Stella says
Loving the look of these recipes. Will try these.
Miss Kitty Kaos says
These all look so great and a inventive way to use up food as well x
Ana De- Jesus says
The ginger miso looks heavenly and I like the sound of the warm cheese scones. Which one is your favourite?
Diana Villa says
All those recipes sound and look delicious, I also don’t waste food. My favorite one is the Warm Cheese & Herb Scones 😀