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no waste food challenge

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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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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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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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Christmas and Thanksgiving Dinner Leftovers

16 Ways to Jazz Up Your Christmas Dinner Leftovers

January 1, 2017 by Elizabeth

Helping to prevent food waste one recipe at a time. Happy New Year! May I take this opportunity to wish all of my readers and fellow bloggers all the best for 2017. May it be the best year yet for you all! Now that the Christmas decorations have all been cleared, and the fridge looks …

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Banana Blueberry Streusel Muffins

Banana Blueberry Streusel Muffins

July 27, 2016 by Elizabeth

These generous-sized banana blueberry streusel muffins (we all like a big breakfast muffin, right?) are incredibly soft and moist, with little bursts of blueberry throughout. The cinnamon-scented streusel topping adds a lovely crunch texture and appetite-stimulating aroma to the muffin. It’s a delicious way to use those over-ripe bananas; perfect for breakfast with a coffee! …

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Chocolate Hazelnut Layer Cake

Chocolate Hazelnut Layer Cake

October 17, 2015 by Elizabeth

aka how to salvage a failed attempt at making chocolate hazelnut spread. I like experimenting in my kitchen, I really do. Sometimes (quite a lot of the time, if I am to be honest!) it doesn’t quite go according to plan. I had a notion to make some homemade chocolate hazelnut spread recently. Ok, if …

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Hungarian Plum Cake Recipe with Almonds

Hungarian Plum Cake Recipe

October 7, 2015 by Elizabeth

This quick and easy Hungarian plum cake is a great way to showcase fresh, seasonal plums. It’s very nutty and delicious, perfect with an afternoon cuppa. Post updated 16 August 2018. “Mum, why it so windy?” It’s that time of year again. The gales have returned causing ferry transport disruptions. It’s getting dark early and …

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30 Recipes to Help Prevent Food Waste

September 13, 2015 by Elizabeth

The August 2015 #NoWasteFoodChallenge Round Up! Did you know that more than 15 million tonnes of food is wasted in UK homes every year, most of which is still perfectly edible? In the No Waste Food Challenge food bloggers from around the world are asked to share their recipes where they help prevent food waste, …

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Chunky Vegetable Soup with Spinach Cashew Pesto

Chunky Vegetable Soup with Spinach-Cashew Pesto

February 2, 2015 by Elizabeth

aka: what to do with all those ignored vegetables at the bottom of the fridge! Let’s talk Lego! My husband, bless his cotton socks, doesn’t do a lot of cooking. He can peer into a full refrigerator and not come up with a single idea for dinner. Shelves of vibrant vegetables get ignored in favour …

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