A group of us volunteers at Reading Sustainability Centre have decided to challenge each other to share and improve our sustainable food habits.
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Food rescue stories: Bread and Butter Pudding
What recipes have you collected, or inherited, to use up surplus food? Here Tony describes how a Bread and Butter Pudding saved a build-up of stale bread from the bin (and made a delicious dessert) in the Cowling household. Do you have a food rescue recipe to share?
Goodbye Clingfilm, Hello Beeswax
So much of the plastic we buy is used only once before being thrown away. Clingfilm is a common culprit. It sticks to everything (except what you want it to) and it’s always difficult find the end of the roll. As it turns out, there’s a sustainable alternative which doesn’t have these drawbacks, and it can be made in 7 simple steps…
Waste not want not!
Every year we throw away a lot of food, much of it perfectly edible. Perhaps it is just an inevitable part of our pre-prepared, ready bagged, multipacked, buy-one-get-one-free way of shopping. But Tony Cowling thinks not and has a friend who is providing living proof.
Re3 workshops to help residents in Reading, Wokingham and Bracknell to reduce food waste
Various dates to be announced – Across the Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham council areas – Admission free