Never a leftover, leftover

Pork Waste in the UK

by Ann Storr | Dec 9, 2019 | Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover fish, Leftover meat, Little bit of meat, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, One pot meals, Recipes, Soft Vegetables

How much pork is wasted in the UK? "Of the 120,000 tonnes per year of pork waste, three-quarters (93,000 tonnes per year) is avoidable, costing £440 million. Much of the pork is prepared pork products such as sausages, ham and bacon, rather than being carcass meat."...

How to make your own frozen greens

by Ann Storr | Nov 16, 2019 | Freezer friendly, Leftover baking, Recipes, Soft Vegetables

How to: make your own frozen greens So you bought a bag of greens, because it's much better if everyone eats their greens, right? Meh. If I don't cook up a bag of spinach as soon as it hits my house, I just look at it, and think about it, and think about it some more....

How to cook garlic and herb mushrooms

by Ann Storr | Nov 16, 2019 | Lazy afternoon cooking, Lots of little leftovers, Recipes, Soft Vegetables

How to: make your own garlic mushrooms Mushrooms are one of the most popular foods chosen in the UK; with loads of trying trying to reduce the amount of meat we eat, they can provide that lovely umaminess. Also cracking with a full English. However, supermarket...

Ratio: Basic Quiche

by Ann Storr | Nov 7, 2019 | healthy lunch, Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover baking, Leftover meat, Little bit of meat, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, One pot meals, Recipes, Soft Vegetables, Vegetarian recipes

Ratio Cooking: Quiche As a veg-box customer I've got used to making quiche from loads of different things. Using just egg yolks for luxury, or an egg and an egg-white when that needs finishing up. Half a jar of roasted peppers and a few olives? A little bacon and...

Ratio: Time

by Ann Storr | Oct 19, 2019 | Food Waste News, Recipes

Ratio Cooking, StorrCupboard Hi loyal StorrCupboard visitors. I am still working in the background. But I've been working, delivering events, devising and giving workshops, hosting events, making calls, and being a parent, a daughter and a friend. The reality is that...

Leftover Green Pepper Jambalaya

by Ann Storr | Jul 21, 2019 | Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover fish, Leftover meat, Little bit of meat, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, One pot meals, Recipes, Soft Vegetables

Jambalaya Creole and cajun cuisine has always interested me, and I don't really know why. I think because the flavours and layers and history are fascinating - how French, African-diaspora, American and English histories combine. I started cooking some Louisiana...

Leftover Green Pepper Curry

by Ann Storr | Jul 18, 2019 | Dodgy Dairy, Midweek recipes, Recipes, Soft Vegetables, Vegetarian recipes

Green Pepper Poriyal This green pepper recipe was a fluke find, many years back. I was staring at some green peppers and feeling fed up, because I don’t like them. But I had them and I needed to eat them. And not wasting food is, sometimes, just cracking on through....

Smokey Barbecue Noodles

by Ann Storr | Jul 12, 2019 | Cooking with kids, Leftover meat, Little bit of meat, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, Midweek recipes, No food waste, Quick Quick, Recipes, Skill

Hoisin barbecue noodles Barbecueing is one of my favourite ways to cook. Mostly because I like building up fires and being outside. Cooking the right amount is almost impossible, when you take into account having to shave off charcoal edges here and there (I’m still...

Egg and bacon quiche

by Ann Storr | Jun 23, 2019 | healthy lunch, Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover baking, Leftover meat, Little bit of meat, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, No food waste, Recipes, Skill, Soft Vegetables, Vegetarian recipes

Egg and bacon quiche. Okay, there is more than one egg yolk in this dish, but what I want is to inspire you to have a zero waste, adaptable set of recipes. If you're veggie, or don't have bacon, then just leave it out. Add in more onions, or leeks. Or some tuna and...

Squashed strawberry Bellini

by Ann Storr | Jun 13, 2019 | Drinks, Leftover crushing snacks, Quick Quick, Recipes, Sad fruit, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian recipes

Squashed Strawberry Bellini I confess, this was a spur of the moment deal. It had been a long week (month/year). The strawberry sauce was almost finished. I was running a bath Of course the real deal is a white peach Bellini at Harry's Bar in Venice. Jesus, I love...