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Ever heard yourself moaning about date labels? Ever heard others asking what on earth they mean?What about calling them all the same thing?This week it's food safety week, run by the FSA and date labels have again been in the news. It's far too easy to refer to them all under one heading and blame them for the amount of food we waste but actually the use-by really is important in protecting...
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Today is World Environment Day and the theme is Think.Eat.Save. The aim is to encourage you to reduce your 'foodprint' by becoming more aware of the environmental impact of food waste and loss across the food supply chain.According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), every year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted or lost. This volume of waste is more than the total net production...
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Emma Marsh, 4 Jun 2013, Comments: 2
You're not alone!Today WRAP and Love Food Hate Waste are publishing research looking at why we waste food when we eat out in UK in cafes, pubs, restaurants etc.To be honest most of us don’t want to even think about food waste when we're eating out - we're there for the experience, to be with friends and enjoy ourselves. But still, if I think wasting food is bad at home why don't I care when I'm...
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BBQs.....I have to admit I've never been a fan. I know it's sacrilegious to say so but as someone who never really liked meat even before I became a vegetarian it never really appealed. It was a massive thing in our house though perhaps because my Dad was a farmer, and it was all tied into celebrations and festivities.So I set out to find really tasty veggie foods which I could BBQ at the same...
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Emma Marsh, 28 May 2013, Comments: 1
So, on Monday I'm out doing my bit, running a plant stall for my mums fete (I grow the plants in our small greenhouse every year and so I'm currently relishing having the space back for my own tomatoes!!) and we were selling rhubarb sticks at 10p each.How many people do you think asked me how to use up rhubarb other than for crumbles and how not to end up wasting it? Literally loads!So I decided...
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The world faces an acute challenge. By 2050, the global population is forecast to grow from seven to nine billion people! As a result our food system will come under intense pressure and there are already significant concerns around global food security.To make sure we have enough food to feed the population we need to do three things: find sustainable ways of increasing food production, improve...
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To celebrate National Vegetarian Week 2013 I've trawled our Love Food Hate Waste recipe bank and and come up with 10 brilliant veggie meals that I hope will encourage you to try something new, whether now and again, just the once or forever.There are a range of reasons people want to cut down on the amount of meat they eat, from reducing our carbon and environmental impact (growing grains and...
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Today is Food Revolution Day! Started in 2012 by Jamie Oliver this annual day of awareness for better food education and cooking skills across the world is getting bigger, tastier and louder.In fact it will reach at least 75 countries this year from Argentina to Slovakia, from France to the Philippines. The global focus of the Food Revolution will be London, where Jamie Oliver will be hosting "a...
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Ian and Rebekah Pugh set themselves the challenge of buying all their groceries and household items from their local stores and markets — for an entire year, reducing their food waste AND ultimately saving money off their shopping bills.Rebekah came up with the idea and Ian at first thought it would be impossible, but has proved to not only be possible but easy to achieve and very enjoyable!...
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Last Thursday if you went into your local co-op you'd have discovered some brand new packaging which has the ability to keep vine ripened tomatoes fresher for longer.I asked The Co-operative Food what this was all about and I found out that their research scientists have spent two years working out precisely how large each hole in food packaging should be - and exactly where to place them - to...
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Ingredients specialist Very Lazy has today commissioned food artist Prudence Staite to create a map of the UK, using the equivalent of 5 seconds worth of total salad and vegetable waste in the UK. This equates to a total of 301kg of which 136kg could have been eaten. That’s costing is about £220 every 5 seconds!!The staggering piece of art – which used up 151kg of potatoes, 50kg of onions, 40kg...
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Food waste has again hit the headlines today, the Telegraph, the Express and the Times all running pieces on how not wasting food can help families save money.Throwing away food costs us as the UK public £12 billion every single year - and that's not the peelings or the bones - that's the stuff we could have eaten. For a typical household that's £480 a year rising to £680 for a family with...
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Yes, it's finally here! The all new, Love Food Hate Waste App, which is completely free to download - and available for both iPhone and android devices AND in Welsh (iphone welsh version and android Welsh version).Our original App was a great place to plan your portions, get your recipes and swot up on hints & tips. The new App does that and...oh so much more.Our aim really was to turn...
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The one topic I’m asked about more and more is going meat free or simply reducing it as a way to save money on the shopping bills. In general the number of us who are fully vegetarian has stayed pretty stable over the years but those who want to simply reduce meat in their diet – for money saving reasons, ethical reasons or environmental or even practical reasons – is rapidly growing. On top of...
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That's one of the brilliant new poems created for us by comedian Kate Fox - they are an excellent and much less dull way of remembering how to store our food in the best way possible. And why raise the topic of bread this week? Well, national bread week will be running from Tuesday the 16th April until Monday 22nd April. At Love Food Hate Waste we are celebrating the week by sharing our favourite...
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It's the annual international carrot day and in honour of this wonderful vegetable I am dedicating my blog to all things Daucus carota! The Carrot Day was founded 2003 to spread knowledge about the carrot around the world and last year celebrations were reported from France, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Australia, UK and Japan.Did you know that massive overconsumption of carrots can cause carotenosis,...
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Emma Marsh, 24 Mar 2013, Comments: 2
Easter is often a time when friends and family come together, but cooking for more people than usual can be confusing when it comes to knowing just how much to cook. The temptation is always to cook more - just in case! However, we needn’t be baffled by how much to buy and cook with our Everyday Perfect Portions CalculatorEach year we throw away around 20% of all the food we buy which costs...
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This week RHS Grow Your Own is celebrating fruit and veg in all shapes and all sizes and I think it's a brilliant idea. Fruit and veg may not look 'traditionally' perfect but will always taste just as good - if not better - and generally brings far more enjoyment to cooking - at least in my eyes anyway! As an avid allotment grower there have been many memorable moments of amusement with our...
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WWF’s Earth Hour, taking place at 8.30pm on 23 March isn’t simply an hour in the dark……it’s a great way to think about how you can value and make the most of the food you buy, and help others to do the same.Why not host a candlelit night to remember? Celebrate with your partner, friends or family and organise a candlelit dinner that you know is good for you and for the planet too (...
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I've only ever stayed in a caravan for a week or so at a time in my life - and I have to admit I have never, ever created a culinary masterpiece in one. Far from it! But recently I came across Faith Hancock who has lived in a caravan for the past 5 years and has written a brilliant cookbook, full of tasty, healthy meals - often with leftovers - all created in her bijou home!Caravan Cooking, The...
