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No Waste Food Challenge

No Waste Food Challenge – 17 Recipes to Help Reduce Food Waste

Published on February 15, 2015 โ€ข Last updated July 22, 2017 by Elizabeth Atia

17 Fantastic Food Blogger Recipes to Help Reduce Food Waste!

No Waste Food Challenge

The No Waste Food Challenge was set up in 2012 in a bid to encourage our fellow foodies to help prevent food waste both by doing it ourselves and encouraging others. This challenge asks us to share our recipes and tips on how we’ve used up an ingredient which might otherwise have ended up in a landfill site.

You can read more about it and find the current month’s linky on the officialย No Waste Food Challenge page. All entries get stumbled, pinned, G+’d, tweeted and included in the monthly round up!

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So, without further adieu, here are the tempting entries from last month’s linky!

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STALE BREAD – before you throw that two or three day old bread away, have a look at these recipes!

Leftover Bread - No Waste Food Challenge

Bread Roll by Herbs, Spices & Tradition. A fried vegetarian Indian snack of 2-3 day old bread encasing a spiced potato and pea filling.
Rye Bread & Blackcurrant Cake by Chocolate Log Blog. Leftover rye sourdough bread gets whizzed up and used in this super chocolate cake recipe!

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VEGETABLES – wilted vegetables needed be destined for the compost heap, get creative with them!

Leftover Vegetables - No Waste Food Challenge

Beetroot and Lentil Salad from Green Gourmet Giraffe – neglected veggies with a drizzle of leftover yogurt make for a lovely salad recipe!
Leftover Roast Veg Dip from Roast Chicken & A Country Walk – such a creative use of leftover roast veggies!
Chocolate Habenero Black Turtle Bean Chilli with Winter Greens and Sweetcorn by Allotment 2 Kitchen – rehydrate your old chillies with this chilli with twist!

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DAIRY – cream and cheese can often be extended just that little bit longer.

Leftover Dairy - No Waste Food Challenge

Pizza Muffins from the Gluten Free Alchemist – leftover mozzarella make this muffin aย favourite with the children!
Sticky Toffee Orange Pudding from Anne’s Kitchen – leftover cream and a neglected orange get used up in this perfect winter warmer pudding.

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CHRISTMAS INGREDIENTS – don’t chuck them out just yet!

Leftover Christmas Food - No Waste Food Challenge

Coffee-Cointreau Truffles by The Lass in the Apron – leftover Cointreau cream? Not a problem – make truffles!
Mincemeat Ice Cream by The Gluten Free Alchemist – leftover mincemeat, gingerbread and cherries are combined in this delicious no churn ice cream!
Toffee Apple Cake by The More Than Occasional Baker – scared those Christmas toffees might pull out your fillings? Use them up in this cake instead!
Mincemeat & Apple Shortcake Slice by Family, Friends, Food – leftover mincemeat gets put to use in a family classic recipe!
Mincemeat & Cranberry Flapjack Slices by Jibber Jabber UK -mincemeat, oats, cranberries – win!

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HAM – because sometimes those packets get forgotten in the back of the fridge.

Mozzarella and eggplant ham sandwich

Mozzarella and eggplant ham sandwich by My Little Italian Kitchen.ย Aren’t they adorable! I just want to jump into the photo and take a big bite!

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FRUIT – fruit too soft to be palatable can often be turned into something delightful!

Leftover Fruit - No Waste Food Challenge

Low Fat Apple Crumble from Cake of the Week – use up those sad looking apples in this low fat crumble!
Easy White Chocolate Eton Mess Ice Cream by Farmersgirl Kitchen – use up frozen strawberry puree in this delectable ice cream!
Vegan Banana Bread by Fab Food 4 All – use up your old bananas in this eggless, sugarless and dairy free cake!

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FISH HEADS?! – you never know when you might have one of these laying around!

Ukha Russian Fish Soup

Ukha – Russian Fish Soup by Chez Maximka – spare fish heads laying about? Try this budget fish soup recipe!

Feeling inspired? Why don’t you join in with this months linky, or follow the No Waste Food Challenge Pinterest board to see what other foodies are making!

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  1. April Ortiz

    November 30, 2015 at 3:32 pm

    Wasting food is something really unfortunate in our modern society and I am happy to see the topic of food waste becoming hotter and to see that people are trying somehow to do something about it. Thank you for the wonderful recipes! These meals looks so tasty! Great post!

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  2. Kate Cass

    April 12, 2015 at 1:52 am

    Just fantastic, great recipes and what a super way o reduce waste, info try hard but these recipes will certainly help, I look forward to trying them! Ty again x x

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  3. Paul Wilson

    February 27, 2015 at 1:12 am

    Brilliant! I’m very much into seeing nothing gets wasted.

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  4. Kate - gluten free alchemist

    February 18, 2015 at 9:54 pm

    Wow…. such a lot of inventive recipes. Love the way you have grouped them! Thanks for hosting x

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    • Elizabeth

      February 21, 2015 at 9:04 am

      Thanks Kate, and thank you for joining in – it’s always a pleasure to read your recipes!

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  5. Amanda Walsh

    February 16, 2015 at 5:21 pm

    I love the stale bread recipes, I am always throwing out stale bread

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    • Elizabeth

      February 21, 2015 at 9:04 am

      I often whiz it up into breadcrumbs and pop in the freezer for coating fish, onion rings, etc.

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  6. sarah stevens

    February 15, 2015 at 12:59 pm

    we need to save money and wasted so literally have just started cooking and baking from scratch! love this post and will certainly look some recipes up!!

    http://sarahandc.blogspot.co.uk/

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    • Elizabeth

      February 21, 2015 at 9:05 am

      Super! Cooking from scratch is the best ๐Ÿ™‚

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  7. Helen

    February 15, 2015 at 12:40 pm

    Hooray! One thing I hate more than anything is food waste so I’m always trying out new ways to use up food. Those pizza muffins sound amazing…

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    • Elizabeth

      February 21, 2015 at 9:06 am

      Don’t they! Super scrummy indeed! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply

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