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Love Food Hate Waste

shutterstock_614168930 By AlexeiLogvinovich

19 recipes that will make you love your leftovers #GiveUpBinningFood

April 5, 2017 by Elizabeth

In collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste. This week, why not get into the habit of making the most out of leftover ingredients, because waste not, want not, as they say! This blog post is the final instalment in our #GiveUpBinningFood series in collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste and it’s is all about re-purposing …

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Homemade Muesli Flapjacks

Homemade Muesli Flapjacks #GiveUpBinningFood

April 1, 2017 by Elizabeth

The perfect muesli flapjack recipe to fuel your outdoor (or indoor!) adventures. It’s not too sweet, not too buttery and holds together perfectly – just right! A recipe in collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste. I wanted to like bircher muesli. I really did. I tried my best, but do you know what? No matter …

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food use by date shutterstock_435098740 By Satakorn

Understanding Food Labels #GiveUpBinningFood

March 29, 2017 by Elizabeth

In collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste. Did you know that in 2015 in the UK alone we threw away 7.3 million tonnes of perfectly edible food? That’s £13 billion gone straight into our landfill! In addition to the environmental and social impacts of this waste, we are literally throwing money away! According to Love …

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shutterstock_340562492 By Stasique

6 Tips for Perfect Portioning #GiveUpBinningFood

March 22, 2017 by Elizabeth

In collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste. Hand’s up, who else is terrible at gauging how much pasta to cook, how many potatoes will feed the family and how much rice is needed? Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve been cooking regularly since I was 12, and I am still rubbish at measuring out these …

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GiveUpBinningFood Week 3

How to Make the Most out of your Fridge #GiveUpBinningFood

March 15, 2017 by Elizabeth

In collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste. It’s already week three of the Love Food Hate Waste #GiveUpBinningFood campaign, where is the time going?! This six-week long food waste prevention campaign running throughout Lent is broken down into weekly themes to help make reducing food waste at home a more attainable goal.

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Food Storage Solutions - Love Food Hate Waste #giveupbinningfood

Food Storage Tips & Tricks #GiveUpBinningFood

March 8, 2017 by Elizabeth

In collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste. This week is the second week of the Love Food Hate Waste #giveupbinningfood campaign for Lent. How are you getting on with it so far? Last week we shared plenty of tips and tricks for meal planning, something I had never done before then and really enjoyed creating. …

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Meal Plan shutterstock_587371247

Tips For Weekly Meal Planning #GiveUpBinningFood

March 1, 2017 by Elizabeth

In collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste. I have a confession to make: I have never meal planned before. Ever. In fact, I’ve previously scoffed at the idea because, well, I like to think I’m a bit too spontaneous for such organization and attention to detail. What if, three days after I’ve planned and shopped …

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Pancakes by Alesia Berlezova via Shutterstock

This Lent why not #GiveUpBinningFood instead?

February 22, 2017 by Elizabeth

In collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste. Regular readers will know I am a huge supporter of preventing food waste in the home. My No Waste Food Challenge linky is in its fifth year and I am constantly amazed by the creativity of the tips and recipes shared by my blog readers. I am absolutely …

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