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: 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: RecipesVeganVegetarianEgg freeDairy freeEasyLeftover vegCook with kids
This vegan-friendly gnocchi is very simple to make – and easy on the pocket too. Use baked potatoes or leftover mash which is a bit dried up.
Cook time: 20-30 minutes - Type: RecipesEasyLeftover veg
A delicious, quick and easy recipe for sea bass which is good for using up leftover single cream and lemon.
Cook time: 45-60 minutes - Type: RecipesVegetarianEasyCook with kidsUse up breadUse up milk
Stale bread can be resurrected with this wonderful breakfast treat. Serve with generous spoonful's of Greek yogurt.
Cook time: 10 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: RecipesVegetarianIntermediateLeftover vegChristmas
A great dish for making the most of any spare spuds lurking in your cupboards. Traditionally potato babka would be eaten as a side dish but it could easily be used as a tasty vegetarian main.
Cook time: 30-45 minutes