A third of all food produced for human consumption around the world is wasted. If you love to cook you’re in a great position to do your small part to reduce food waste, one meal at a time. Bones and vegetable offcuts become stock, stale bread is blitzed into fresh breadcrumbs and coriander roots are cleaned up to pound into curry pastes – all of which freeze well. So before you go shopping, or bin food off-cuts, think about what delicious dishes you can make from what you have on hand. Here are my favourite no waste recipes.
Orange Pots de Crème Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! Pots de crème (also called custard pots in English) are a simple classic French dessert. These little pots of baked custard can be flavoured with almost anything. My recipe is inspired by one from Stephanie Alexander’s Cooks […]
Chicken Minestrone Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Northern Italian cooking class inspired by Alessandro Pavoni! Literally meaning ‘big soup’, minestrone is a hearty Italian dish half way between a soup and a stew. Vegetable-based, it was traditionally made from leftovers and whatever was in the garden or foraged nearby, so feel free to […]
Asian Rice Bowl Like this Asian rice bowl recipe? You’ll love my online Asian home cooking class inspired by Cheong Liew! We always want to eat well, but don’t always want to spend hours in the kitchen. That’s when throw-together-dishes like this Asian rice bowl are welcome, using whatever’s on hand. This recipe for seasoned […]
Steak with Green Peppercorn Hollandaise Explore Scotland’s West Coast on my Scottish ‘Seafood & Spirits’ Tour! I was served steak with green peppercorn hollandaise at the Kilchoan Hotel on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula on Scotland’s west coast. A simple hollandaise with pickled green peppercorns is such an easy way to dress up a steak with what’s […]
Salami-stuffed Chicken Drumsticks Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Sardinian cooking class! These salami-stuffed chicken drumsticks are perfect picnic fare – easy to make a day ahead then throw in the car with a bottle of red, a couple of glasses and some serviettes and head out to some pretty spot that feels a […]
Summer Pudding Like Summer Pudding? You’ll love my online British cooking class! I’ve long been intrigued by summer pudding, the classic British dessert made in the height of summer when berries are abundant and very ripe. It’s ideal for warm weather and the colour is perfect for the Australian festive table. There are many variations […]
Italian Stuffed Artichokes Like artichokes? Let’s eat them together in Rome on my Southern Italian my food & wine tour! I love artichokes, one of the first spring vegetables to appear in greengrocers. I love them finely shaved raw in a salad, deep-fried Roman-style (carciofi alla Giudia), and preserved on an antipasto platter. But most […]
Chicken Pie with Puff Pastry Lid Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! There’s something comforting about a homemade pie. This chicken pie with puff pastry lid is an easy pot pie that I’ve been making for over 30 years. If you’re short on time you can use […]
Orecchiette with Broccoli & Anchovies Join my food & wine tour to Southern Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! This classic dish of orecchiette with broccoli and anchovies hails from Puglia and is also popular in neighbouring Basilicata. It highlights one of the many reasons to love pasta – it’s literally on the table […]