Foods and recipes
- Type: RecipesEgg freeEasyUse up breadLeftover vegLeftover fruit
Bruschetta is a great way of using up items from your fridge, use a variety of leftover cheese, cooked meats, tomatoes and beans, basically anything goes!
Cook time: 30-45 minutes - Type: RecipesMeatEasyCook with kidsLeftover vegUse up milkOne pot meals
Pretty much anything that’s close to its use-by date can be transformed under the guise of a Spanish omelette. You can include cooked potatoes, cooked vegetables such as peas, leeks, carrots, courgettes, onions etc, that last rasher of bacon and cheese that’s going hard around the edges.
Cook time: 10-20 minutes - Type: RecipesMeatEasyLeftover vegMeals for freezingMeatChristmas
This is a neat little dish for being creative with your leftovers. You can have them hot or cook them the night before to take cold to work for lunch. For best results keep your leftover veg in the fridge with your roast until you need them for this recipe.
Cook time: 1 hour + - Type: RecipesVegetarianEasyLeftover fruitUse up breadUse up milk
This recipe is great for when you find those stale slices of bread left at the end of the loaf.
Cook time: 1 hour + - Type: RecipesVegetarianAdvancedMeals for freezing
This delicious vegetarian dish is a great one to have on standby in the freezer and is a good vegetarian option for the main Christmas meal.
Cook time: 1 hour 50 minutes - Type: RecipesVegetarianIntermediateLeftover fruit
Meringues might sound scary, but they’re actually incredibly simple. Using only two ingredients, you can create these cloud-like confections in less than an hour!
Cook time: 45-60 minutes - Type: RecipesIntermediateMeals for freezing
These are flat flaky, palm-shaped little bites that can be made ahead of time and frozen. Even if the pastry is ready-rolled make sure you roll it out a bit thinner.
Cook time: 1 hour 30 minutes - Type: RecipesIntermediateUse up breadMeals for freezing
This famous dish from Ukraine is a popular family staple and a tasty way to revitalise chicken and use up any bread past its best.
Cook time: 45 minutes - Type: RecipesDairy freeAdvancedMeals for freezingChristmas
Children go wild for these burgers, keep them in the freezer for a last minute children’s tea - they can be cooked from frozen. You could also serve them as small meatballs with tomato sauce and spaghetti.
Cook time: 1 hour + - Type: RecipesEasyLeftover vegOne pot meals
A speedy and delicious dinner, get creative and use up any tasty morsels you have leftover in your fridge!
Cook time: 20 minutes