Day 5 – My zero waste week challenge

Portion control is one of the key ways of reducing food waste.  I’m generally quite good at portioning:  I know how many of handfuls of dry pasta will feed my family; rice is measured by pouring up to a certain point on a glass; potatoes need to cover the saucepan bottom in a single layer.  [...]

Day 4 – My zero waste week challenge

On day 1 of my zero waste week challenge, I told you that I was keen to try my hand at preserve making.  Day 4 was jam and jelly day.  I decided to try using the breadmaker to make my first batch of jam.  I didn’t want to buy any more fruit so I decided [...]

Day 3 – My zero waste week challenge

My zero waste week challenge continues.  Today I’ve been trying to find ways to save wasting bread.  We all love to eat fresh bread, but what do you do when the loaf starts to go stale.  Here are my pledges/tips to avoid wasting bread: 1. Make my own bread as I need it.  You can [...]

Day 2 – My zero waste week challenge

Home baking is my focus for day 2 of zero waste week.  I’ve been trying out recipes to deal with my cooking apple glut and so far I’ve tried out apple flapjacks, apple cake and apple pie – it’s a good job I love apples!  The apple flapjacks were moderately successful, but were so sticky [...]

Zero Waste Week

This September the third annual zero waste week will be taking place. The idea is to reduce your waste and whilst getting to zero waste would be absolutely fantastic, obviously any reduction will help.