And here it is. Zero Waste Week 2013 has finally begun.
And Im joining in, starting with a Monday morning excavation of my fridge, freezer and cupboards in a mission to use up the contents and create zero food waste.
Many like to call it an audit - but for me its more like an archaeological dig, especially when it comes to the freezer. For instance this mornings expedition uncovered a leg of lamb, chicken breasts, fish steaks and a mysterious lasagne whose packaging I used for a radio broadcast earlier this year and accidentally recycled afterwards - oops.
And as for the fridge, as you can see my haul has revealed a cacophony of pleading fruit & vegetables, wailing at me to use them up first to create a veritable feast.
But the most miserable looking felons that have been imprisoned in the fridge for far too long are those poor fruity yoghurts - still unopened and, ahem, past their use-by date - and all because their biggest fan has gone off them. In other words, hes become yoghurted out and being too busy, I hadnt noticed.
But I refuse to waste them without further investigation, and with my disclaimer of Dont try this at home and looking all innocent-faced, I shall be delving deep with my exploration tools, i.e. a spoon. I will of course take full responsibility for my actions.
Its also probably time to confess too that even after 5 years of talking rubbish, I am still absolutely crap at planning. All that food hasnt been bought for a recipe. Instead I shop with my imagination, buying things that I know I can make use of and blend with various herbs and spices.
So when I look at the ingredients above, I can already see a sweet and sour chicken balti, a fish pie, fruit smoothies, roasted vegetables and possibly a green salsa.
But thats all very well when my imagination is working on full power, However when youre tired and busy, culinary creativity can be buried deeper than that leg of lamb in the freezer. Then Beans on Toast becomes the highlight of the day.
Thats why Zero Waste Week provides a good kick up the backside to put great food back on the table of priorities. And after dragging the contents of my kitchen out into the open, I can already see that I wont need to go shopping this week, except for perhaps a top-up of cereal and some bagels.
Well thats a turn-up for the cook book.
So are you joining in the latest chapter in this Rubbish Revolution and committing to feed your belly not the bin?
Yes? Oh goody! See www.zerowasteweek.co.uk for more info.
And if you tweet, dont forget that #zerowasteweek is the hashtag. Wouldnt it be great if we could get that trending this week.
Well heres to the launch of Zero Waste Week.
Ill see you later, well thats if I survive the yoghurt and those dodgy looking plums that accidentally froze at the bottom of the fridge.
And as for that month-old leek, I shall be asking Mr C exactly what his intentions were when he bunged it in the trolley.
That ones his responsibility.
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