Potato pancakes

We had mashed potato with our tea the other night, and I deliberately made too much, thinking that I could whip up a batch of gnocchi for tea the next day. But thenI stumbled across a recipe for potato pancakes, in a free mini mag that came with our Good Food magazine, and decided we had … Continue reading →

Waste Not Want Not-leftover risotto

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 →

Easy Thrifty Muffins

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 →

Homemade Butter!

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 →

Slow Cooker Veg Stock-an update (or How to Make Zero Waste Slow Cooker Veg Stock!)

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 →

Veg stock fail

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 →

Sustainable Resolutions

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 →

#MinsGame Days 1-7

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 →

Now we are six

BigSmall is six! I have absolutely NO idea how that happened, or where the last six years have gone. As we all know, being six is a Big Deal. And merits much celebration. But is it possible to have a Buy Nothing, Zero Waste 6th Birthday (without the 6 year old even being aware of … Continue reading →

Zero Waste Ice Lollies

Apologies in advance if this post puts an end to this glorious sunshine. It has been HOT! And sunny. And generally more like Summer than I remember a Summer being for a little while. Hurray! We have however, been eating a reasonable number of ice lollies, and I am sure that we have seen a resultant … Continue reading →