Don't Throw Food Away Challenge

Firemunchkin

hobbitfancier wrote: »

Any suggestions with what to do with leftover basil leaves - already made pasta sauce with some!

Pesto! Or a sauce and then freeze. Basil leaves actually freeze well for later use in sauces and such like, but not for use as fresh leaves. I like to bulk buy reduced basil in the supermarket and make pesto at home. It keeps well in the fridge for a few weeks. You can pretty much put basil in anything, a chilli, a sauce, a pie, baked/stuffed/roast chicken, etc.

flikkerty

Hello! Help! what can i do with a tin of cockles?!

emmbee123

Sorry to just jump in, but have found a website which has helped me to avoid throwing things away, not sure if anyone on here has already mentioned it but just in case it helps, it is supercook (google it) you just type in ingredients you have and it comes up with recipes.

Have made two meals this week from what I would have previously considered bare cupboards.

K9sandFelines

I used to use one also called Cooking by numbers, but not sure if that site still exists

K9sandFelines

Had to give half a bag of Quorn chicken pieces to the dog, a quarter got ruined and the other quarter DD couldn't eat it as sore throat. These were on offer 3 for £5.00, so £1.66 a bag. £0.83p added to signature

Billie-jo

40pence worth of tomatoes gone into the bin yesterday. Ought to have taken them back really as only brought them on Saturday but they went mouldy over night!

March waste to date - £0.40/£1.50

K9sandFelines

Decided to dip out of this thread as i find i'm posting the same thing on each thread. Good luck all.

icontinuetodream

I will start with an apology ...I have been away from this site for the past couple of months due to a variety of personal issues and all my plans went to poo!!:eek:

However, it's a new month, and I'm back now and hoping it stays that way!

I have just caught upon the thread....everyone has been doing really well and hopefully will remain with us...just think of all the cash you have saved over the past few months by changing your habits..;)

So, welcome to the 'lurkers' and a big shout out to our newest contenders:

29.Katzen

30.Lilyplonk

31.princesskitty29 - £5

32.Billy-jo - £1.50

33.Sheeppapper - £5

34.donnajt - £10

35.Sprozza - £5

36.Mrs_T_M

37.K9sandFelines

38.Ostrichnomore - £5

39.Couponchaos - £10

40. Dons65 - £10

Good luck everyone!!

pajama

Just made soup to use up a pile of cooked green beans and broccoli from Easter lunch. I chopped an onion and cooked in a little water with a stock cube. To this I added the green beans, broccoli and milk with plenty of seasoning. Whizzed it all up and I've got my lunch for the next few days. No waste, yippe

[Deleted User]

I have a left over leg bone from Sundays dinner I stripped most of the meat off and made a sheps pie for Dd and tribe and brought the bone home and I'm going to bung it in the slow cooker over night with a couple of carrots and a few chopped onion.Tomorrow morning I shall strain the resulting broth off and bin the bone and veg and whats left will make a nice broth for me for a couple of days, now that's being frugal :):)