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Recipes

  • Vegan Mapo Tofu
  • Slow Cooker Black Bean and Chorizo Stew
  • Carrot and Onion Bhajis with Carrot Top Chutney
  • Lamb Massaman Curry
  • Cheesy onion chips
  • Slow cooker chicken congee
  • Just a Mum’s Kitchen Potato & Leek Soup
  • Just a Mum’s Kitchen Lasagne
  • Boil up
  • Apple fritters
  • Cheesy Garlic French Toast
  • Purple peach and bread pudding
  • Jackfruit sliders
  • Watermelon rind kimchi
  • Spanish style rice
  • Quick & Easy lentils with leftover BBQ meat
  • Crispy potato waffles
  • Cauliflower burger
  • Chicken mushroom fettuccine
  • Mushroom couscous
  • Crispy fried mushrooms with spicy mayo
  • Potato crusted quiche
  • Mushroom and kale bites
  • Avocado grilled cheese
  • Moroccan crispy lamb flatbreads
  • Peanut butter caramel smoothie
  • Cauliflower chermoula
  • Banana bread pudding
  • Bubble and squeak
  • Falafel balls and hummus
  • Crunchy silverbeet stems
  • Carrot pesto orechiette
  • Butternut squash risotto
  • Potato peels chips
  • Excess greens chicken noodle soup
  • Breadcrumb gnocchi
  • Broccoli waldorf salad
  • Mashed potato pancakes
  • Malfatti (Silverbeet & Ricotta Italian dumplings)
  • Wholewheat pangritata
  • Crispy spring rolls
  • Chicken and pineapple fried rice
  • Beetroot flatbread
  • Leek tarte tatin
  • Stuffed leek
  • Microwave Shakshuka
  • Easy wontons
  • Lemon Chicken Slow Cooker Tagine
  • Slow Cooker Beef Stew with Dumplings
  • Chickpea & Mushroom Slow Cooker Feast
  • Mandarin sorbet
  • Whole boiled mandarin pancakes
  • Grilled chicken & eggplant with orange soy reduction
  • Summer gazpacho with roasted mushroom focaccia
  • Berries and cream
  • Fish head chowder
  • Bakery & butter pudding
  • Corn ribs with apricot chilli butter & pickles
  • Roasted & caramalised cauliflower, chickpeas, crispy leaves, pickled stems, roast garlic aioli
  • Apricot & rosemary almond puddings, blackberries, roast almond crème
  • Aubergine, homemade chilli peanut butter, green sauce, crispy leeks
  • Roasted beetroot & lentil hummus with white onion jam foccacia
  • Chermoula spatchcock chicken with tomato charred onion salsa
  • Basque cheesecake with raisin crumbs
  • Poached meringue, apple compote & grape granita
  • Roasted tomato soup, potato mozzarella dumplings & bread croutons
  • Lemon sole, broccoli vichyssoise & smoked fish butter sauce
  • Fried bread with creamed watercress & pickled mushrooms
  • Venison & bacon hache with courgette & spring onion vinaigrette
  • Banana upside down cake, nectarine, tangelo & white chocolate
  • Broccoli Bites
  • Jax’s Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Korean lamb tacos
  • Vietnamese beef & noodle salad
  • Greek style courgette filo pie
  • Lamb and noodle balls
  • Melt-in-the-middle courgette fritters
  • Miso-Glazed Sweetcorn
  • Beef meatball wrap
  • Courgette crisps
  • Eggplant rolls
  • Black pepper beef
  • Corn Fritters
  • Miso eggplant fries
  • Hasselback eggplant with mozzarella
  • Courgette carpaccio
  • Corn ribs
  • Bread Bliss Balls
  • Stuffed cabbage rolls
  • Cabbage pancake (Okonomiyaki)
  • Miso glazed cabbage steak
  • Recipe Remix Fish Burger
  • Recipe Remix Beef Burger
  • Recipe Remix Black Bean Burger
  • Recipe Remix Burrito Rice Bowl
  • Recipe Remix Teriyaki Rice Bowl
  • Recipe Remix Salad Rice Bowl
  • Recipe Remix Tomato Pasta
  • Recipe Remix Creamy Pasta
  • Recipe Remix Lemony Pasta
  • Recipe Remix Noodle Soup
  • Recipe Remix Hearty Soup
  • Recipe Remix Creamy Soup
  • Recipe Remix Shepherd’s Pie
  • Recipe Remix Nachos
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  • Onion Tarte Tatin
  • Quick Pickled Onion
  • French onion soup
  • Sticky cauliflower wings
  • Cauliflower parmigiana
  • Chipotle Cauliflower Tacos
  • Spiced honey carrots with whipped feta
  • Smashed carrot chips
  • Carrot Tortillas
  • Mashed vegetable scones
  • Avocado and chocolate mousse
  • Potato Peel Crisps
  • Chickpea cookies
  • Broccoli stem tempura
  • Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
  • Crispy Rice Rolls
  • Mashed Potato Roulade
  • No bake chocolate fudge slice
  • Hot cross bun fruit crumble
  • Pancakes (without milk or eggs)
  • Berrymisu Mess
  • Kūmara flatbread
  • Chocolate bread cake
  • Whole orange cupcakes
  • Crisp apple crumble
  • Whole mandarin cake
  • Quince butter
  • Single serve crepes
  • Sugar free bottled fruit
  • Salt free sauerkraut
  • Rainbow vegetable pickles
  • Steamed Whole Fish
  • Seared Fish Frames
  • Seared Fish Fins
  • Roasted Whole Fish with Escabeche style sauce
  • Mashed Potato Scones
  • Boston/Sally Lunn Bun
  • Whole Lemon Loaf
  • Filo (Phyllo) Turon
  • Queen of Pudding
  • Whole Orange and Almond Cake
  • Steak Rice Paper Rolls
  • Simple Beef Steak Wraps
  • Leftover Lamb and Chickpea Curry
  • Tabbouleh and Lamb Pitas
  • Cannelloni
  • Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls with Steak
  • Lamb Rump Steaks with Red Lentil Salad
  • Leftover Brisket Dumplings
  • Cow and Gate Tart
  • Leftover Brisket Roti Wrap
  • Banana ANZAC Biscuits
  • Spiced Chai Rolls
  • Peach Danish
  • Raspberry and Avocado Ice Cream
  • Easy pickled radish
  • Potato, Kumara and Beef Hash
  • Cheesy Potato Bombs
  • Leftover Mashed Potato Bread Cups
  • Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole
  • Red lentil, carrot and coconut soup
  • DIY Mustard
  • Budget crackers
  • DIY Yoghurt
  • DIY pasta
  • Warm Lentil Salad
  • Celery Soup with Crusty Bread
  • Salmon Burgers with Lemon Slaw
  • Beef Burger with Wedges
  • Moroccan Mince Pizzas
  • Mini Hawaiian pizzas
  • Vege stalk and kumara curry
  • Silverbeet pappardelle with roasted stalks and a lemon & herb crumb
  • Whole Cauliflower Tabbouleh with Fresh Oranges
  • Easy Peel Muffins
  • Apple, Orange and Ginger Jelly
  • Zero waste apple cider vinegar using apple peels and cores
  • Chocolate and Crust-ard Microwave Pudding
  • Steal the Peel – Oven Baked Crisps
  • Easy Smashed Potatoes
  • Turmeric and Garlic Cauliflower Steaks
  • Maple and Smoked Paprika Whole Baked Cauliflower
  • Lemon and Herb Flavoured Cauliflower Rice
  • Sweet or Savory Orange Sauce
  • Easy Lemon Lime Cordial
  • All Purpose Citrus Cleaning Spray
  • Zero Waste Vegan Chocolate Brownies
  • Easy Vegetable Stock Paste
  • Super simple homemade seed crackers
  • Mexican Meatballs
  • Chicken Rice Paper Cups
  • Green Dip
  • Berry Bread Puddings
  • Mediterranean Mince Pies
  • Orange Sorbet
  • Salmon Mashed Potato Bites
  • Pan-fried Banana Split
  • Pumpkin Pasta
  • Microwaved Stuffed Apples with Honey Mascarpone
  • Chicken and Asparagus Tart
  • Berry Roll-Ups
  • Apple and Cinnamon Gummies
  • Courgette Dip
  • Cheesy Baked Asparagus
  • Easy Fridge Pickle
  • Stewed Apples
  • Microwave Citrus Curd
  • Cheese and Bacon Bread Pudding
  • Chicken Noodle Soup
  • Beetroot and Carrot Soup
  • Bacon Bread Cases with Raw Energy Slaw
  • Green Leek and Potato Soup
  • Autumnal Vegetable Tart
  • Pumpkin Muffins
  • Chicken and Vegetable Pie
  • Chocky Bready Muffins
  • Feijoa Skin Muffins
  • Summer Vegetable Slice
  • Courgette Burgers
  • Tomato Chutney
  • Asparagus Stalk Pesto
  • Green Garden Crackers
  • Okonomiyaki
  • Zucchini, Mint and Feta Quiche
  • Ham and Cheese Bread Quiche
  • Bread Gnocchi
  • Veggie Bread Parcels
  • Banana Peel Dhal
  • Cinnamon Sugar Bread Chips
  • Garlic Bread Chips
  • Cheesy As Meal In A Mug
  • Sweet As Meal in a Mug
  • Chocolate Dipped Candied Citrus
  • Vegan Bread and Butter Pudding
  • Broccoli Fritters
  • Broccoli Empanadas
  • Broccoli and Red Onion Salad with Parsley Vinaigrette
  • Broccoli Stalk Pesto
  • Broccoli Pasta
  • Broccoli and Cheese Filo Parcels
  • Broccoli Balls
  • Fridge Harvest Frittata
  • Fridge Harvest Stew
  • Fridge Harvest Crumble
  • Brain Popcorn with Chilli Mayo
  • Salmon and Red Capsicum Dip
  • Easy Chicken Liver Pâté
  • Tripe with Onion and Parsley
  • Winter Warming Lamb Neck Chops
  • Kidneys in Sherry and Mustard Sauce
  • Pork Popcorn
  • Basic Bone Broth
  • Persimmon Loaf
  • Pumpkin Hummus
  • Pumpkin Falafel Wraps
  • Spiced Chicken and Pumpkin Bake
  • Chili Bean and Potato Bake
  • Feijoa Jam
  • Feijoa Paste
  • Feijoa Cordial
  • No Bake Feijoa and White Chocolate Cheesecake
  • Quince Paste
  • Feijoa and Apple Crumble
  • Feijoa Pancake
  • Banana and Chocolate Ice Cream
  • Grape and Apple Chutney
  • Fried Watermelon Rinds
  • Pickled Carrots
  • Carrot and Apple Salad
  • Carrot and Miso Dip
  • Carrot Cake
  • Apricot Salad
  • Stone Fruit Sponge
  • Chocolate Courgette Cake
  • Fish and Chip Pie
  • Easy One Cup Jam
  • Boxing Day Fritters
  • Christmas Crackle Tree
  • Strawberry Jam
  • Lasagne Pasta Rolls with Ham and Parmesan
  • Cranberry Christmas Kebabs
  • Tomato Pasta Sauce
  • Pumpkin Gnocchi
  • Veggie Fritters
  • Kiwi Compost Cookies
  • Asparagus Stalk Soup
  • Tasty Tuna Rice Croquettes
  • Caramel Banana Stuffed Crust Pizza
  • Cauliflower Pizza Base
  • Noodle Fritters
  • Sarah Wilson’s Super-Greens Fondue
  • Broad Bean Hummus
  • Fruit Yoghurt Pizza
  • Leftover Quesadillas
  • Omelette Wrap for Leftovers
  • Rice Paper Rolls
  • Poke
  • Sweetcorn Croquettes with Apple Slaw
  • Cauliflower Croquettes
  • Chicken Croquettes
  • Marinated Feta
  • Bread Aioli
  • Apple Chutney
  • Baked Apple Pies
  • Hearty Beef Pie
  • Al Brown’s Smoked Fish & Kumara Pie
  • Roasted Pumpkin, Feta & Caramelised Onion Pie
  • Lettuce Pie
  • Chicken and Brie Filo Pie
  • Rustic Apple Pies
  • Leftover Lattice Pies
  • Mini Spinach and Ricotta Filo Pies
  • Pork, Apple and Sage Pie
  • Potato Topped Pie
  • Turkey and Cranberry Strudel
  • Chicken, Potato and Apple Pie
  • Leftover Pastry Roly-Poly
  • Spiced Potato Filo Parcels
  • Tasty Cheese Straws
  • Soggy Greens Dressing
  • Crispy Potato Skins
  • Henry’s Hearty Chicken and Vegetable Soup
  • Baked Bread Pudding
  • Colcannon Cakes
  • Aquafaba Chocolate Mousse
  • Pumpkin and Caramelised Onion Tarts
  • Chocolate and Date Truffles
  • Leek and Lentil Soup
  • Roasted Vegetable Salad with Orange Dressing
  • Mixed Citrus Salad
  • Microwave Lemon Curd
  • Granny June’s Marmalade
  • Basic Jam Recipe
  • Italian-style Silverbeet Stalks
  • Chicken and Prawn Jambalaya
  • Spicy Chicken and Vegetable Pancakes
  • Banana Spice Loaf
  • Chicken Stock
  • Chicken Banh Mi
  • Cauliflower and Sunflower Seed Pesto
  • Banana Nuggets
  • Mexican Chicken Rolls
  • Muffin Case Tarts
  • Solomon Poi
  • Pacific Fruit Cake
  • Sua Fa’i (Samoan Banana Soup)
  • Leek and Spaghetti Frittata
  • Creamy Coconut Rice Pudding
  • Kūmara and Banana Salad
  • Mini Pasta Frittata
  • Easy Fried Rice
  • Pumpkin and Kūmara Soup
  • Fish and Potato Cakes
  • Tim Shadbolt’s Cheese Rolls
  • Mandarin Jaffa Cakes
  • Braised Baby Lettuce
  • Carrot Cake Cookies
  • Banana and Chocolate Bread-and-Butter Pudding
  • Pasta with Roasted Pumpkin, Tomatoes and Bacon
  • Crunchy Fruit and Oat Crumble
  • Banana Peel Cake
  • Limp Lettuce Soup
  • Potato Layer Bake
  • Chicken and Vegetable Fajitas
  • Broccoleaf Breakfast Smoothie
  • Frozen Chocolate Banana Bites
  • Savoury Bread Pudding
  • Crunchy Croutons
  • Banana and Yoghurt Pancakes
  • Golden Shepherd’s Pie
  • Panzanella
  • Open Chicken Lasagne
  • Kumara and Roast Meat Croquettes
  • Jungle Gelato
  • Easy Frypan Frittata
  • Potato, Bacon and Feta Omelette
  • Smashed Potato and Tuna Croquettes
  • Curried Rice Salad
  • Pumpkin, Prune and Chocolate Bars
  • Annabel’s Provençal Crust
  • Allyson’s Amish Apple Cake
  • Libby Weaver’s Brilliant Brassica Soup
  • Awesome Apple Tart
  • Rice-crusted Quiche
  • Fruit Salad Muffins
  • Crispy Fried Rice Cakes
  • Cheesy Vegetable Ramekins
  • Apple Roll Ups
  • Homemade Roast Beef Sausages
  • Rice and Vegetable Stuffed Tomatoes
  • Moroccan Chicken Stew
  • Vegetarian Bolognese
  • Versatile Lasagne

Posts

  • Beat Winter Bills: Kitchen Hacks to Save Money and Time
  • Despite Meal Planning Efforts, Kiwis Waste $2.9 Billion in Food Annually – Four Simple Steps Could Hold the Key to Cutting Waste
  • Why Meal Planning is Your New Best Friend
  • What Kind of Planner Are You?
  • Meet our meal planning heroes
  • How to Eat Well for Less in New Zealand
  • How Kids Can Help in the Kitchen to Reduce Food Waste
  • Reflecting on a Year of Food-Saving Wins
  • Freezing festive food
  • Valuing Your Food is Valuing the Planet
  • From Waste to Worth: Investing in Food Waste Reduction for a Sustainable Future | IDAFLW 2024
  • Transform Your Leftovers: Easy Tips to Reduce Food Waste and Save Money!
  • Getting the most from your slow cooker.
  • Celebrating Matariki: Embracing Traditional Māori Foods, Sustainability, and Reflection
  • Matariki Whetū Heri Kai – Matariki the bringer of food
  • Your Stories: Eat Me First Stickers
  • Sometimes the answer is right in front of you: Love Food Hate Waste NZ Partners with Food Rescue Kitchen
  • Eat Me First Stickers Explained
  • Buying Loose Potatoes, Apples and Bananas could save NZ $36 million a year
  • Reviving food
  • The Beauty of Batch Cooking
  • Six eco-conscious gift ideas for food lovers
  • Stop Food Waste! For People and Planet: A Call to Action on International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
  • Bread makeover | Recipe ideas using bread
  • Food Waste Action Week 2023
  • Auckland Council funds Love Food Hate Waste ideas
  • Ingredient substitutions
  • Budget friendly family dinners
  • Christmas get ready guide advent
  • Menu planning guide for celebrations and special occasions
  • The Food Waste Warriors Challenge
  • Value Spring Meal Planner
  • For the love of food | He ngākau whakaute ki ngā hua o Rongo
  • Value Winter Meal Planner
  • Celebrating Matariki
  • Value Autumn Meal Planner
  • LFHW survey 2022
  • Food Waste Action Week 2022
  • Value Summer Meal Planner
  • GirlGuiding New Zealand Badge
  • Complete guide for a LFHW Christmas
  • Value Spring Meal Planner
  • Value Your Food
  • Tackling school lunch waste
  • Keeping food waste low with lockdowns
  • What’s cheap and in season in summer: fruits
  • What’s cheap and in season in summer: vegetables
  • Auckland Council funds Love Food Hate Waste ideas
  • Tis the season to reduce food waste!
  • Do you love a list?
  • How to shop with a list and stick to it!
  • What’s cheap and in season in spring
  • What is the total amount of food wasted in NZ?
  • Winter produce guide
  • Turning bread into beer and beer into bread – using kiwi innovation to reduce food waste.
  • 4 plastics you can’t recycle and how to avoid them
  • Everything you need to know about lentils
  • Make not wasting food your new normal!
  • What fruit and veggies are cheaper and in season in autumn?
  • Takeaways you can make from home
  • How to shop “better than normal” during lockdown
  • Fresh food rescue groups operating completely during COVID-19 lockdowns as an essential service
  • NZ Food Waste Champions 12.3
  • Foraging for fruit in the red zone
  • Recycling Man uses filing cabinets to rescue food
  • 8 ways with apple and banana peels
  • How to make jelly – the kind you spread on toast!
  • 8 ways with cauliflower – make the most of those stalks!
  • Say no to the naked potato!
  • Don’t just eat it – compleat it!
  • How to make orange powder
  • Don’t throw away your citrus peels
  • When Life Gives You Lemons
  • Waste-Not Kitchen – an innovative way to tackle supermarket food waste
  • Download the Foodprint app and stop delicious food being thrown away
  • Recipes to reduce your food and plastic waste
  • Food Fighter – Movie Screening
  • 8 ways with melons
  • New research reveals New Zealanders are making an effort to reduce food waste but it’s not enough
  • 8 ways with potatoes
  • Save our spuds: Everything you need to know about potatoes
  • 8 ways with lettuce
  • 7 tips to reduce food waste when camping
  • Are you throwing away more food than you think you are?
  • Pātaka Kai: Free pantries feeding neighbourhoods around New Zealand
  • How to have a zero food waste Christmas
  • 8 ways with hummus
  • Christmas gifts for the food waster in your life
  • Edible Christmas gifts you can make with ingredients you already have
  • Fighting the battle to reduce hospital food waste
  • The foods you should never feed to animals
  • What to do with food that can’t be eaten
  • Composting 101: Everything you need to know to get started
  • Bokashi 101: Everything you need to know to get started
  • Worm Farms 101: Everything you need to know
  • Labour MP Warren-Clark leading the food waste fight in New Zealand
  • A guide to which vegetables spoil the fastest
  • 8 ways with cooked chicken
  • Why you should collect the New World PODs
  • How to reduce food waste when you are cooking for one
  • How to set up a community fruit and vegetable stand in your neighbourhood
  • Parua Bay School pair win Root To Tip cooking competition
  • The ultimate guide to using up your child’s leftover food
  • What to do when your child won’t eat their dinner
  • Got children? Here’s how you can reduce their food waste
  • How to reduce your food bill this winter
  • 8 ways with cabbage
  • How to make sauerkraut
  • How to turn leftovers into soup
  • 8 ways with pumpkin
  • 10 food scraps to add to your garden
  • Easy Choice meal planner & recipe book
  • 10 tips to make meal planning easier
  • What you didn’t know about freezing bread
  • 8 ways with bread crusts
  • How to bottle fruit
  • Reduce your food waste this Chinese New Year
  • The Waste-Wise Kitchen Companion
  • How to do a food waste audit at home
  • 8 ways with courgettes
  • Recipe ideas for leftover barbecued meat
  • 8 ways with tomatoes
  • 11 summer storage secrets you need to know
  • How to make tomato chutney
  • Give a cluck about food waste this year
  • 8 ways with leftover turkey
  • How to use leftover Christmas treats to flavour ice cream
  • The Ultimate Guide To Freezing Christmas Leftovers
  • The Auckland Community Fridge celebrates its first birthday
  • Save your food with the new FoodSaver Fresh
  • Prepare for the festive period, clear out and save!
  • Win a Mitsubishi Electric freezer in time for Christmas
  • Keep It Fresh: Setting Your Fridge to the Ideal Temperature
  • NZ’s food wastage illustrated by bread pyramid
  • Giant bread pyramid to be built at Canterbury University to raise awareness of food waste
  • 8 ways with bread that doesn’t involve sandwiches
  • How to make a Meal in a Mug
  • Your wasted food really can help starving people in other countries
  • Here’s one easy way to tackle climate change that you may not know about
  • Top 10 recipes to reduce food waste
  • Top 10 ways to reduce your food waste
  • How to store fresh herbs
  • How to reduce food waste in schools
  • Is it safe to eat mouldy food?
  • Teach students how to waste less food
  • Fresh vs Frozen: Save time and money by buying frozen vegetables
  • How to preserve lemons
  • The place where Everybody Eats
  • To peel or not to peel: Do you really need to peel vegetables?
  • #beastalker and be in to win
  • Why you should be a broccoli stalker
  • 8 ways with broccoli stalks
  • NZ’s second Community Fridge launches in New Brighton
  • Going Plastic Free this July? 5 tips to help you
  • How to harvest your fridge and freezer
  • WIN! Enter our competition to win offal
  • A beginner’s guide to eating Nose to Tail
  • Nose to Tail: 8 reasons why you should eat offal
  • Where to watch Theater of Life – a food waste film
  • A step-by-step guide to making the most of a whole pumpkin
  • How to store avocado and pumpkin without cling wrap
  • How to store pumpkins so that they last longer
  • How to keep your celery crunchy
  • Don’t Bag Lettuce: Everything you need to know about how to store salad greens
  • The best way to store your cut avocado
  • How to make your carrots last 10 times longer
  • New University of Otago research reveals how to make your vegetables last longer
  • Don’t be a scaredy when it comes to dairy
  • Competition winner amazed by new Mitsubishi Electric fridge
  • Dive Inside Auckland’s Dumpsters
  • 8 ways with feijoas
  • What to do with your leftover Easter treats
  • 5 new fridge and freezer technologies to keep your food fresher for longer
  • Top 8 refrigerator hacks from Mitsubishi Electric
  • Win A Mitsubishi Electric Fridge
  • Introducing The Odd Bunch: Why you should love imperfect fruit and vegetables
  • 8 ways to use limp or crooked carrots
  • Don’t be chicken when it comes to food safety
  • Free Fish Heads
  • This one resolution will help you save money, eat better and protect the environment
  • Sorting out storage: fact from fiction
  • What’s happened to the Community Fridge?
  • Love your leftovers this Christmas
  • Easy ideas for leftover Christmas ham
  • How to keep your food safe this summer
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