FOOD AND RECIPES
Food Savvy Christimas With family budgets getting squeezed Food Savvy Suffolk have got lots of tips to help out this Christmas, including festive food swaps, How to get the best from your freezer, tasty edible gifts and much more. Visit the Food Savvy Suffoly website to find out more by clicking on the image below.
BBC £1 Dinners The BBC have a large selection of recipes which can be made for £1 a portion to help families on a budget. Click on the image below to view all the recipes on the BBC website.
Reduce your food costs With costs rising Anglia Care Trust have produced some useful tips and advice on how to help you save money on your weekly food bills.
NHS Free Food Scanner App The app gives you an easy way to scan your family favourite foods so you can find a what healthier options are available, so you can swap them next time you shop. The app is available to download for free from the Apple Store or Google Play. Find out more about how the app works on the NHS website where you can view the video.
Family Meals On A Budget If you are looking for simple but tasty recipes for the whole family and are on a tight budget check out Jack Monroe recipes as they are designed with simple inexpensive ingredients in mind. Alternatively allrecipes have a large selection of budget friendly recipes to choose from and video demonstrations are available on their YouTube Channel.
Full Time Meals Footballer Marcus Rashford and chef Tom Kerridge have teamed up to launch the ‘Full Time’ campaign to call and end to child food poverty as no child should go to bed hungry. By helping children and families to learn new skills to cook good food with confidence using the equipment available to them. Tom has created 52, simple and easy to follow, pocket friendly recipes that the whole family can cook and enjoy. With a new recipe available every Sunday morning and cook-along video on the @fulltimemeals Instagram page.
Fairtrade Foodie Tent Although the Fairtrade Foundation Festival has now passed you can still access recipes at home. Why not make their delicious Banana Cake or the Vegan Chocolate & Tahini Cake to share with friends and family.
Saving Food Means Saving Money Reducing food waste by using up every edible bit of the food you buy. If your fridge/larder has some odds and ends and you are not sure what do with them, why not put them to good use by turning them into a delicious meal. Using the leftover recipe search guide from food saving specialists Love Food Hate Waste, you can simply type in your ingredients and it will generate a recipe for you to make and eat the same day or stored in the freezer for another time. Alternatively you can find some tasty ideas that you can make from using up leftovers form Delicious.com .
10 Ways To Reduce Food Waste At Home Food waste is as damaging the environment so how can we all cut down the amount food that ends up in the bin? Which? have come up with some simple ideas to try at home. Live a reduced waste lifestyle by planning ahead, making practical swaps from disposal items to reusable ones and using creative ways to use up leftovers. T
Understand food labels – Reduce food waste – Save money Do you really know what the labels on your packaging mean? understanding food labelling can help to reduce household food waste and save money. Which? have lots of good advice to help you avoid throwing away food items before you need to. This will help to prevent the additional build up of greenhouse gases which are damaging to the environment.
Get Friendly with your freezer Prevent foods from going to waste. Freezing food you haven’t had time to eat will keep to use another day. There is good advice available from Food Savvy Suffolk and Which to help you if you are not sure what foods can or can’t be frozen along with some essential facts and tips.
