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A no-fuss recipe for all the bits and bobs that need using up in your veggie drawer. It goes well with either rice or noodles. For two portions: 5 handfuls chopped vegetables e.g. chard, mushroom, broccoli, leek, carrot, cabbage, peppers and celery Fresh ginger, grated Fresh garlic to taste, minced 1 Tbsp sesame oil 1Continue reading “Recipe: any-veg stir fry”

Thanks to Sabine for sharing this recipe with us! We all have those overripe bananas lying around in our fruit bowl, and it is a shame when they get tossed out. Bananas are great for cake, as they work like eggs, binding everything together very well. Also they give cake a lovely, rich flavour. This recipe isContinue reading “Recipe: Banana and Cocoa Marble Cake”

Thanks to Sabine for sharing this recipe with us. It’s a great dish for using up all the tiny bits of root veg that lurk in the fridge, as well as for some old pieces of bread, and that tiny bit of parmesan that would otherwise get tossed. Pangrattato means ‘grated bread’ (i.e. breadcrumbs) inContinue reading “Recipe: veggie Bolognese with pangrattato”

Here are some of our favourite screen-free activities for teaching kids about the benefits of making the most of food and protecting the environment. Quick food waste facts: The average family throws away £720 of food a year. Eliminating food waste in UK households would reduce greenhouse gas emissions as much as taking a quarterContinue reading “Family Food Waste Activities”

Eating seasonally in the UK isn’t so hard in the summer – from tomatoes and spinach to courgette and cucumber, our mild climate means we have an abundance of British-grown vegetables to choose from.  Then comes winter. Three months of damp, dark and drizzle and it’s hardly surprising that the only living things that canContinue reading “Swedes, celeriac and turnips – learning to love these humble roots”

Homemade broth can be used to add flavour to soups, gravies, risottos or pasta sauces, and is a great way to use up odds and ends of vegetables that would otherwise get thrown away. This recipe is a guideline – it will be slightly different each time you make it, depending on the ingredients youContinue reading “Recipe: odds and ends broth”