I was asked to contribute some of my thoughts on food waste recently by a very lovely called Bibi. In amongst our e-mail correspondence we ended exchanging our favourite zero-waste recipes. I sent Bibi the link to my Dead Bread recipe, and Bibi sent me a fabulous recipe for Baked Rice, from an Italian Vegetarian … Continue reading
You may have noticed my mild excitement at making butter from cream last week… As well as delicious butter (that I am still astounded tastes like actual butter!) that particular experiment yielded about 150ml of buttermilk as well, which has been sat in my fridge patiently waiting for an opportunity to be used. We were … Continue reading
I was doing the weekly food shop the other day, when I spotted some much reduced double cream, that was on it’s sell by date. I remembered reading somewhere about using double cream to make butter, so I snapped up a couple of pots and hot-footed it home to consult the inter-web! I posted in … Continue reading
I blogged earlier on in the week about how disappointed I was with my attempt at homemade veg stock from frozen peelings. I got lots of fabulous advice from everyone, so here is an update on how to make it/use it properly, if you want to have a go. 1. Start saving all your veg … Continue reading
In a brief aside to #mmaw2015 posts, I tried to make my own frugal veg stock, with minimal success. I was interviewed towards the end of last year, for a piece in the Guardian all about food waste (I know, get me..!) I promptly forgot all about it, until I saw the finished article, and saw … Continue reading
New Year’s Eve, and even before the old year is officially over, thoughts are turning to the shiny new year, and all our hopes and aspirations for 2015. If you are wanting to try and make your life more sustainable, dare I say it, ‘greener’, then here are some suggestions of do-able resolutions, and awesome … Continue reading
I got an exciting e-mail the other week, from the fabulous team at TRAID. TRAID is a charity working to stop clothes being thrown away-they focus on reducing the negative impacts of textiles and the fashion industry on the environment and people’s lives. Which all sounds pretty good to me 🙂 They have clothes collection … Continue reading
So here we are then. on the 7th day of #MinsGame, and here is an update for you. The idea, for those of you who missed the original blog post, is to make a bit of a game of de-cluttering. 1 item on the 1st day of the month, 2 on the 2nd, etc, until … Continue reading
I will start by confessing that I am a big of a tea addict. I am not quite as bad as my dear old mum was-she couldn’t even face breakfast without having had at least 2 cups, and was never more than half an hour away from her next one! But I am partial to a … Continue reading
Apologies for the lack of a Day 6 post yesterday. I was working and got back late, and the Smalls didn’t want to go to bed, blah blah blah. Anyway, today is the 7th and final day of Zero Waste Week. So what have I learned? 1) Not to be so crazily ambitious and pledge … Continue reading
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