Use it up! Don't throw it in the bin!

Savagirl

I have been following lots of the fantastic ideas on these boards for a while now and thought i would start a thread myself for once.



now that I am becoming an Os convert things that I would once have thrown away are becoming ... erm...reincarnated as something else, for example

• the crusts from bread - now breadcrumbs or very tasty garlic bread fingers...the kids fight over these!!!
• old brown bananas - banana and choc chip cake/loaf thingie
• broken biscuits and crumbs from the bottom of the barrel - recycled into naughty and very delish rocky road slices

So I just wondered which things you 'reincarnate'.

Penelope_Penguin

Savagirl wrote: »

now that I am becoming an Os convert things that I would once have thrown away are becoming ... erm...reincarnated as something else,

Great ideas :T As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the existing thread on using up leftovers to keep ideas together

Penny. x

floss2

Old bread gets made into breadcrumbs, bagged & put into freezer

Manky bananas get made into smoothies or muffins, as do most other fruits.

Spare bread rolls will be sliced, toasted then drizzled with olive oil & put in oven with whatever else is in there to make croutons.

Spare sausages get cooked, thinly sliced & frozen for adding to pasta sauce.

LabLover

Ist time posting on this thread but was really chuffed with my creation last night so thought I would post. Had 5 boiled potatoes lurking in the fridge ( i normally would make potato salad or chuck into my soup at the last minute and blend) but I also had some mozzerella cheese that i had bought on special offer at asda (grated in a bag ) think it was about £1 but I needed to use it so sliced potates and layerd , potato , sliced tomatoes and mozzerella, generous amount of ground pepper and touch of salt and some garlic powder( OH wont eat garlic so need to hide it ) then had a tiny but of mature chedder left so grated some on the top. Baked it for about 25 mins untill golden on top and served with enchilladas , it was beautiful. Really getting into using things up sick fed up of chucking things in the bin.
Does anyone know what 2 do with some fruit yoghurt thats about to go out of date?
x

CCP

LabLover wrote: »

Does anyone know what 2 do with some fruit yoghurt thats about to go out of date?

Your potato-y thing sounds lovely, LabLover!

For the yoghurts, you could try turning them into smoothies - just zap up in a blender with some fresh fruit. I don't do this as often as I should, but it's really nice, and makes a good, quick breakfast if you're in a bit of a hurry.

patchwork_cat

Fruit yoghurt about to turn - make into lollies, put it in lolly moulds. I do this with fromage fraises too, I also layer them so there are different flavours.

Frugalista

LabLover wrote: »

Does anyone know what 2 do with some fruit yoghurt thats about to go out of date?
x

I would make Yoghurt cake .

LabLover

thanks guys , just had a wee search through and found a yoghurt cake recipe , mmmmmm That solves the problem of how to use up some eggs also , lol
:T

LabLover

Just found this recipe on one of the threads here
1 pot (small) yoghurt any flavour you like (I used lemon)
1 pot cooking oil (2/3rd pot corn oil)
1 pot sugar.... (I used a lot less sugar)
3 pots self raising flour.... (I used 2 pots flour)
(I added some lemon zest )

However I wanted to use up some eggs that I need to use ,Im not very confident at baking and I dont know what certain ingredients do , what could I substitute for eggs? I only have a small pot of yoghurt , thanks again
xx

windowshopper100

Hello OS gurus,

I've got a pack of Le Roule cheese in the freezer acting as a constant reminder that people generally can't fit in cheese and biscuits at the end of a meal.

Anyone any ideas as to a suitable fate for it. Do you think it would be suitable for mixing into pasta for a quick sauce, although I was rather hoping to do something a bit more substantial with it. Mind you as long as it gets used up and provides an effectively freebie element to the meal I don't mind.

Thanks for any help.
WS