With the current cost-of-living crisis and growing concerns over food waste, we have decided to create a ‘Flexipes’ guide to ensure that your weekly food shop involves seasonal, cross-over ingredients to make a creative, yet affordable approach to cooking!
According to ONS data, 22% of Brits have claimed that the reason that they waste so much fruit and veg is because they often don’t know what to cook with it. Therefore, we have created a breakdown of 8 delicious recipes, using up four of the most wasted ingredients to make your life easy.
Use your trusted friend, pure, Canadian maple syrup to enhance your sweet and savoury leftover recipes. ✨Zero-waste, maximum taste!✨
- Carrots 🥕
Did you know that 14 million carrots are thrown away in Britain each year?
- Maple and Carrot Cake – what better way to use up your leftover carrots than in a mouth-watering cake?
- Maple baked beans – this recipe is great for your leftover cupboard veg, such as onions and carrots and is a quick British classic for breakfast!
- Tomatoes 🍅
Did you know that 733 million tomatoes are thrown away in Britain each year?
- Roasted Vegetables in Spinach and Maple Pancakes – this is perfect for using up any leftover veg in your fridge and can be adapted to whatever you have left.
- Crustless Tomato Quiche – use your leftover carrots and courgettes in this recipe too!
- Potatoes 🥔
Did you know that around 17 million whole potatoes are thrown away in Britain each year?
Tip: Store your potatoes in a cool, dark place to make sure they last as long as possible.
- Potato, Bacon and Maple Rosti – this breakfast recipe is a super easy way to use up any leftover potatoes and is perfect to take into work too.
- New Potato Salad with Maple Mustard Dressing – this quick side dish will accompany any BBQ or dinner.
- Bananas 🍌
Did you know that 1.4 million bananas are thrown away in Britain each year?
- Maple Banana Bread – are you bananas starting to look worse for wear? Good news! That means they’ll make a perfect Banana Bread.
- Maple and Vanilla French Toast with Bananas – elevate your breakfast/brunch with this delicious pancake recipe with caramelised maple bananas.
