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Now - while I was traveling last week for work and being oh-so-good and burning a consistent 2+, I planted myself at the bar with my iPad and ordered a Perrier.

That was hardest thing to do, with a lovely globe of Rosemount Zinfandel taunting me...

However, as I was reading up on Low Glycemic diets (for fun...) I came across an interesting product that claims zero calories and non-carb.

Miracle Noodle  http://www.miraclenoodle.com/default.aspx

Now - noodles in a stir fry is my downfall.  I love Pad Thai and all things rice noodle.  I was intrigued about this product and its claim.

The noodles are made of Shirataki - a naturally water soluble fiber with no fat, sugar, or starch.

The noodles and rice:
* contain zero net carbohydrates and zero calories, no gluten -made of a healthy natural fiber called Glucomannan.
* are wheat & gluten free and kosher.
* easily absorbs the flavors of any soup, dish, or sauce.
* are instant and come in a variety of styles - I bought the rice (looks like risotto rice), the angel pasta and fettucini noodles
* have shown beneficial effects backed by medical studies for Type II Diabetes, Constipation, Obesity, and Cholesterol.

Im going to try them tonight, but I dont know if they will kick me out of ketosis or not.  I reckon though since they are a natural fibre, have no sugar or starch, they shouldnt affect the ketosis burn.

 If you check out the website, there are some pretty good testimonials.

They arent cheap though.  For the 3-type noodle sampler box (4 rice, 4 angel hair and 4 fettucini noodle packs that are individual serving sizes) it was $75.

A costly risk, but if they work, taste reasonable and dont kick me out of ketosis, I could actually significantly modify my food choices.

Certainly not Bernstein-approved, but Id like to try this product.

Heres to my noodle experiment!

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UPDATE ALERT!

I tried the rice for supper tonight, and here is my assessment.  Once you open up the package and release the water that is keeping the Shirataki fresh, there is an overwhelming fishy/sea water smell.  I dont eat fish or seafood and am really sensitive to that smell, so I was put off initially.  

After rinsing the contents under cold water as instructed, I plopped the rice into a pot of boiling water for the requisite 1 minute of blanching.  I drained (but didnt dry them between a paper towel like youre supposed to) and added some soya sauce.

I must admit, I wasnt very hungry tonight, so I didnt have it in a proper stir fry that I typically make, with soya sauce, bok choy, brocolli, cauliflower, celery, garlic and ginger.  I think the noodles will be a welcome addition to my stir fries.

The texture was interesting - like little gelatinous balls - but it absorbed the soya sauce and did not taste fishy.  WHEW!

For the small packets, they actually contain a lot - a full size plate worth.  Hence, it would be enough to add to a full stir fry for sharing.  I think with the proper spices, it will add the texture that Im used to for my stir fries.

Ill check the old pee-o-meter in a couple of hours and see if Ive sabotaged my ketosis burn.

Wish me luck for phase III of this experiment.

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Monday Meeting The Rubbish Diet Challenge Wk 2

After such a great start to Week 1, which saw our bin slimmers sorting out their recycling systems at home and getting familiar with what can be recycled locally, this weeks challenge will take them to a whole different level when it comes to their waste busting mission.

Whilst last weeks challenge was to recycle as much as they could, this weeks focus moves to eliminating other waste through what they buy. 

There are even more mini challenges to contend with this week, which will have the rubbish dieters scouring the shelves of the supermarkets and checking the packaging to see which products will suit their recycling bins and their rubbish bins alike.

This is the week, where Id recommend that you allow an extra half-an-hour for your grocery shopping, or if you normally do it online, make some time to go off the store for just this occasion.  It will be worth the effort.


So are you still up for the challenge?  Great, then here we go:

This week is all about getting used to shopping with waste in mind, becoming knowledgeable about packaging and your own shopping habits and asking yourself some questions before you buy.  It wont be easy because, against the aim of reducing waste you will also need to weigh-up other factors such as budget, convenience, values and personal taste.  There is lots of information in the Week 2 of The Rubbish Diet Challenge guide, but these mini-challenges will get you started in the right direction.

1: Before you buy anything, ask yourself the following questions:

• If I buy this product, will I definitely use it?
• Can I buy it without packaging?
• Can I reuse, recycle or compost the packaging?
• Are the reycling options convenient?
• Do I really need the product if the packaging ends up in landfill?
• Without this packaging, will the contents end up as food waste?
• Are there alternative products that create less waste than my usual choice?
• Is the productpackaging made from recycled materials?
• Can you make it at home?

2. Become familiar with recycling labels: The first thing you need to understand about recycling labels, is that they should NEVER replace advice from your local authority.  Only your local council can tell you exactly what they are able to recycle.  Packaging labels only offer extra reminders about which materials can be recycled in the UK and the extent of the sevices available.

More information is available in The Rubbish Diet Challenge guide, but even without that, my top tips are:

• Ignore this symbol, as it means nothing to UK recycling guidelines. It has no value in this country and just makes me want to spit feathers, so just pretend its not there.

• Look out for these labels instead, developed by WRAP and the British Retail Consortium and which have become the retail sector standard.  However even if the label says it cant be recycled, e.g. Film, as shown below, you should check with your local council first.

3. Learn to lift and separate. This particular exercise is for those who live in areas where plastics such as yoghurt pots and margarine tubs arent recycled.  If are looking for off-the-shelf alternatives which enable you to throw less plastic into landfill, try and identify products that have been designed to use less plastic, ie developed with a thin plastic inner and a stiff cardboard outer. Brands such as Yeo Valley have redesigned their packaging in this way. It just means that before you recycle, you should split and separate the packaging.

4. Remember prevention is better than cure and heres a list that might help.

• Pick up an old bag before you head to the shops.
• Buy loose, where possible (Bananas dont need bags)
• Take a container, if the shop allows (and follows in the footsteps of Unpackaged)
• Buy concentrated products.
• Look for refillable options.
• Supersizing your purchase can sometimes help reduce packaging, so look for larger packs.

So, it will be interesting to see how our 8 volunteer households get on this week, throwing these extra decisions into their already busy lives.  However, as experience shows, once you become aware of how much waste results from our purchasing choices, it really does become easier to shop with waste in mind as a subconcious mindset, just as we shop with any of the other values that we carry with us.

So, without further ado, its time to reintroduce our bin slimmers and see how they are getting on.  I think theyre doing really well and the results of this weeks weigh in will be updated as the results come in.

1.  Terry-anna.
Household: 2 adults, in Ipswich Borough, Suffolk. 
WK1 Weigh-in: 1.5 large bags, filling one third of a wheelie bin (fortnightly):  THIS WEEK: half a bag, with another week to go before collection.

2.  Ness.  @NessyThompson
Household: 2 adults & 5 children, a rural village in Mid Suffolk
WK1 Weigh-in:  2 full wheelie bins (fortnightly).  THIS WEEK: less than 1/2 a wheelie bin, with another week before collection.

3.  Donna.  @Donna_De
Household: 2 adults, in Tower Hamlets in London. www.beatinglimitations.com/blog
WK1 Weigh-in: 1 30L rubbish sack. (weekly).  THIS WEEK: 1 30: rubbish sack.

4. Amy. @AmyMarpman
Household: 2 adults in New York City.   www.beyondthebluebin.com
WK1 Weigh-in: 2 bin bags - estimated 9kg / 20lbs. (Weekly) THIS WEEK: 1 small bag - 3.6kg / 8lbs

5: Kate. @BusinessPlumber
Household: 2 adults, in a rural village in Mid Suffolk : www.businessplumber.co.uk
WK1 Weigh-in: 1 unusually full wheelie bin - incl Christmas waste. (fortnightly): THIS WEEK: 1 bin bag with another week before collection.

6: Jax. @LiveOtherwise
Household: 2 adults, 3 children & a baby on its way, in Suffolk Coast. http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/
WK1 Weigh-in: 7 small bin bags - filling one third or half of a wheelie bin (fortnightly). THIS WEEK: 3 small bin bags, with another week before collection,

7.Melanie
Household: 2 adults, 2 children, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
WK 1 Weigh-in:  3 large bin bags, almost filling a whole wheelie bin. (weekly).  THIS WEEK: 2 Bags.

8.Tim @Dotterel
Household: 2 adults, 3 children, Lincolnshire.  www.bringingupcharlie.co.uk
WK 1 Weigh-in: 1 full wheelie bin (fortnightly). THIS WEEK: 4 small bags with 1 week to go before collection.

Dont forget, just because the Rubbish Diet challenge is already in WK 2, it doesnt mean that you cant join in.  Just visit the online guide to catch up with everything you need to do.  Theres also lots happening on Twitter too, so to join in the conversation just use the hashtag #therubbishdiet, or tweet @karencannard.

And if youre a blogger, remember to share your latest blogpost on the topic using the clever little linky below.  If youre got any questions, please feel free to get in touch.

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The Rubbish Diet Challenge goes on tour!

I am immensely excited to announce that the Rubbish Diet Challenge, which until now has been kept to the confines of the Internet, is, for the very first time, being launched as a community based initiative in a number of locations around the UK.

Inspired by my online challenge, which took eight households through slimming their bins at the beginning of the year, two organisations are now taking the concept into their local communities and are seeking volunteers who want to reduce their waste for an 8 week challenge, set to start in the new year.

Transition Town Shrewsbury in Shropshire is launching its Rubbish Diet Challenge next week, to an audience of community leaders and interested residents, to outline how they can be involved in creating a fabulous slimming club with a difference. I am delighted to confirm that I will be attending the launch.

Elsewhere, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust launched its Waste Watchers Rubbish Diet project last week, highlighting its own exciting plan for weekly events to support all those who take part.  Emma Crofts interview with BBC Wiltshire (fast forward to 1hr 10m) calls for 8 residents from around the county to join in.


It really is an exciting time to witness the adoption of the Rubbish Diet by independent organisations and I cant wait to see the results. I also hope that these two initiatives will be the first of many that will be held around the country over the next couple of years.  So watch this space for further news.


For more information about the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust project, please contact Emma Croft on 01380 736074 or email EmmaC@wiltshirewildlife.org.

To find out more about the Transition Town Shrewsbury project or to attend its launch on Thursday 25th October (7-8.30pm at the Hobbs Room, Shrewsbury Library), contact Ali Thomas on 07972 858313 or email Alison.thomas08@gmail.com.

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My pledge for National Zero Waste Week decluttering my kitchen the final frontier!

Yes, you heard it here first!

Im going in!

Venturing deep into my kitchen, where for the first time in nine years I am going to attempt to clear out all the cupboards, banish the clutter, get organised and prepare myself for the new school term!

And that is my pledge for National Zero Waste Week, which kicks off on Monday.

The theme this year is to encourage participants to do that "one more thing" to reduce waste.

When I thought about what I could do, I knew that as we already recycle all we can, the only thing left to tackle was food waste. We still have some, not an enormous amount, but some food waste all the same.  And with the wormery still out of action, its the main thing that gets sent to landfill, along sweet wrappers and crisp packets.

I thought if I pledged to use up what we have in the fridge during National Zero Waste Week, and try not to go shopping until wed done that, it would be easy.

Then I thought again.

Thats like putting a sticking plaster on a broken leg.

The truth of the matter is I CANT STAND MY KITCHEN!
 
These days, I spend as little time in there as I can get away with and yet underneath I am a bloody good cook with a sense of adventure for creating good food.

But I need space to create.

I simply dont have it.

And its all got on top of me.

Our kitchen is tiny and as the household has become busier and busier, the space has become more and more cluttered. My previously much-loved gadgets,such as the yoghurt maker in the photo above, have become unused and gather dust, supporting bowls that cant even be squeezed into cupboards for lack of room!

All too often, when Im at my busiest, I take one glance at the kitchen, and sigh, before scooting the family off elsewhere.  Then follows the guilt of trying to rescue perishables in the fridge before they die a certain death. And it is here that I sometimes fail.

So Ive decided that this vicious circle must stop!

I need to clear out the stuff that I will never use again, rehome it or recycle it and find some space in the cupboard so that I can clear the worktop.

I must also decide how much I really need those gadgets and cookbooks.  The breadmaker, juicer and yoghurt maker all sell the idea of such a lovely lifestyle, but if they clutter up the workspace and make me feel too disorganised to use them, is there any point in keeping them?

And as for the sound effects that add to the atmosphere, my washing machine and dishwasher have both started groaning like a poor elephant with a hernia.

It really doesnt create a relaxing environment, so Im going to see if we can get them repaired.

Then maybe, if I make it safely back from my excursion into the unexplored corners of my freezer, I will finally have the quiet, uncluttered, well-organised kitchen I dream of...

... and the creative space I need to avoid food waste!

This National Zero Waste Week pledge may be my toughest challenge yet, but Im rolling up my sleeves and going in and hopefully I will feel better for it. Admittedly, I may need some gin first to avoid the lemons going to waste!

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To keep up with National Zero Waste Week, follow @MyZeroWaste on Twitter.  Now in its fifth year, the awareness campaign is really gathering momentum with a whole host of industry leaders, politicians and celebrities making personal pledges, and even before the week starts, over 800 people have signed up on Facebook. So it would be great if you could join in and do that "one more thing" to help tackle the worlds waste. Just one more thing!  And I doubt it will be as tough as my blimmin kitchen.

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Meet the bin slimmers

Each week, I will be introducing some of the volunteers who have signed up for the Rubbish Diet challenge, so that we can find out more about their rubbish, the issues that arise and their plans for slimming those bins.

For Week 1, Id like to introduce you to two people from Suffolk, Ness and Terry-anna.

Meet Terry-anna

Terry-anna lives with her partner in Ipswich, which falls under the district of Ipswich Borough.

When she first volunteered for the challenge she mentioned that she threw out between 2 -3 bags of rubbish every fortnight. However, already at the start of the challenge this week, shed already slimmed this down to one and a half bags for her first weigh-in. 

This is great. Taking advantage of less waste, Terry-anna has already ordered a new slimmer bin from her council, a 180L, which will take up less room than the average 240L thats issued to most homes.

Some of the key things that her household will be tackling throughout the Rubbish Diet Challenge include some food waste (but not much), aerosol cans and those annoying little things such as tissues.  However, she doesnt want to stop there. When she was offered the opportunity to have a larger recycling bin, she politely declined.  Instead, she hopes to slim down her recycling bin too.

Huge thanks to Terry-anna for joining in and helping to support the launch of the challenge on BBC Radio Suffolk this week.  You can listen in on the link to Mark Murphys show, with my introduction at 1hr 6min and Terry-annas interview at 1hr 25m, where she confesses that she really hopes to get down to zero during Week 8.

*Terry-annas new bin is part of Ipswich Borough Councils 6040 plan where they are aiming for 60% recycling and offer residents the choice of smaller rubbish bins and larger recycling bins. 

For Ipswichs recycling guidelines, click here.



Meet Ness

Ness lives with her husband and three children (aged 6, 8 & 10) plus a dog and two cats, in the rural district of Mid Suffolk.

Currently she has two wheelie bins for rubbish, which are generally full to capacity each fortnight.  However, for her first weigh-in this week, she was already pleased to see that her rubbish was down by one bag since shes been preparing to take on the challenge.

The key challenges for Ness will be organic waste and making sure that her family follows the recycling guidelines.  Its a busy household, which means things that can be recycled often get thrown into the rubbish bin.  Just like Ipswich, Mid Suffolk residents benefit from mixed plastics recycling so most packaging can be put in the recycling bin for kerbside collection. 

However, Mid Suffolk doesnt collect compostables, except for garden waste, and even so, this service is only provided on subscription for residents who need it.  Knowing that organic waste such as peelings and odd pieces of mouldy fruit end up in her rubbish bin, Ness has committed herself to getting to grips with home-composting and has already got a bin on order.

Shes also focusing on how she can organise other materials to drop at the Household Waste Recycling Centre, which admittedly is not always a convenient exercise, but will allow her to recycle textiles, Tetrapaks,  plastic film and hard plastic.  Im hoping that by the end of this challenge, Ness will have cut her rubbish down by at least half and the council will be able to wheel that second bin away.

*For Mid Suffolks recycling guidelines, click here.


Ill be reporting back on how both households have managed later on in the challenge.  In the meantime, for further information about recycling facilities in Suffolk, visit the countys new website.

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Week 2 day 4 Thurs

Thursday
Breakfast:
Cantaloupe, Cottage Cheese and Cinnamon Salad
Combine one cup cantaloupe with half cup fat-free plain cottage cheese. Add 10 almonds and half teaspoon cinnamon.
Total ORAC points = 4,500

Snack:
Spread two teaspoon almond butter combined with quarter teaspoon cinnamon on two stalks of celery.
One cup green tea
Total ORAC points = 5,650

Lunch:
Lemon Salmon Salad
Combine one cup chopped romaine lettuce, one chopped plum tomato, quarter cup sliced carrots, 10 strips yellow bell peppers and half cup artichoke hearts. Add four ounces canned salmon. Mix and top with 18 pistachios. Drizzle salad with one ounce lemon juice and one teaspoon black pepper.
Total ORAC points = 11,400

Snack:
Dip two part-skim mozzarella cheese sticks into quarter cup marinara sauce seasoned with quarter teaspoon oregano.
One cup green tea
Total ORAC points = 4,300

Dinner:
Grilled Red Pepper Chicken
Steam one cup mixed broccoli and cauliflower and add two teaspoons olive oil. Grill four ounces chicken breast seasoned with one teaspoon garlic and red pepper flakes to taste.
Total ORAC points = 1,500

Eight cups of lemon water with one ounce of lemon juice per cup
Total ORAC points = 3,200

Total ORAC points on Thursday: 30,575

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Week 2 Day 6 Saturday

Saturday
Breakfast:
Cinnamon Blackberry Smoothie
Blend one cup frozen blackberries, one cup fat-free milk, two tablespoons ground flaxseed, quarter cup ice and one teaspoon cinnamon.
Total ORAC points = 13,200

Snack:
Spread two tablespoons hummus mixed with quarter teaspoon paprika onto two stalks of celery.
One cup green tea
Total ORAC points = 3,800

Lunch:
Cumin Lentil Soup with Guacamole Crudités
One cup red and yellow peppers, carrots and zucchini crudités.
One cup lentil soup. Three tablespoons guacamole as a dip for crudite. Sprinkle half teaspoon of cumin on soup.
Total ORAC points = 20,800

Snack:
Three-quarter cup fat-free plain yogurt mixed with half cup canned pumpkin puree with half teaspoon cinnamon.
Total ORAC points = 3,800

Dinner:
Sage-Roasted Pork with Sautéed Kale
Sauté two cups of kale with two teaspoons olive oil. Roast four ounce pork tenderloin. Season pork with two teaspoons fresh sage.
Total ORAC points = 4,140

Eight cups of lemon water with one ounce of lemon juice per cup
Total ORAC points = 3,200

Total ORAC points on Saturday: 48,940

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Bloggers! Win tickets to the Olympic Games with Coca Cola

Examples of Coca-Colas colour-coded recycling bins designed for London 2012

I hope all you bloggers with some waste-busting credentials out there have got your fingertips at the ready, because todays news is that Im judging a fantastic competition thats promoted by Coca-Cola as part of its Olympic Games Sustainability Challenge and which is inviting YOU to talk about my favourite topic.

REDUCING WASTE!

And the prize on offer is an exciting package featuring two tickets to the Olympic Games for 4th August, as well as travel and accommodation, all of which are provided by Coca-Cola as as an Olympic sponsor.


All you have to do is publish a blogpost about easy ways in which you are reducing waste in your household and link it to the competition blogpost at the Coca-Cola Website. 

I would love you to take part and share some inspirational and entertaining snippets of how you juggle your waste at home  - and seriously, I wouldnt be surprised if some of the entries did actually feature some snazzy juggling action.

For more information about the competition, go straight over to my blogpost at their website, and follow the instructions there. Ive included lots of ideas about ways in which you can take part.

But remember, to be in with a chance of winning, make sure you enter by the closing date which is midnight Friday 13th July.

And with any luck, if youre one of the winners, I will see you there.

I wont be difficult to spot, Ill be the one snapping photos of the colour-coded recycling bins as well as some of the other examples of waste reduction featured around the Olympic Park.  I may even drag along Shedwyn, my roving reporter from last summers 1000 bins campaign. After all, its right up her street.

Until then, good luck to all who enter. I cant wait to visit your blogs and be inspired by your talent.

Now, get ye gone from here and go over there instead.

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Disclaimer: I will not be paid by Coca-Cola for launching, promoting and judging the Olympic Games Sustainability Challenge. However, I have been invited to attend the London 2012 Olympic Games along with some of the competition winners and a Coca-Cola representative as a thank you for working with them.

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My thoughts and hopes for The Rubbish Diet Challenge

Its the eve of the Rubbish Diet Challenge and I realise that part of me feels quite nervous but excited too. Who knows what will happen over the next few weeks as 8 households endeavour to slim their bins in public.

As four of these households are based in Suffolk, I will be officially launching the challenge live on BBC Radio Suffolk just after 10am, quite appropriately in an outside broadcast from our local Household Waste Recycling Centre in Bury St Edmunds. So if you get a chance, do listen into the Mark Murphy show, which is also launching its own Dont be a Tosser anti-litter campaign on the same day.

In the meantime, heres a video I made earlier today about my thoughts on The Rubbish Diet Challenge... warts and all.  See you again tomorrow for the first Monday Meeting, where I will send you away with your first set of mini-challenges.

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Passing out Friday Flowers at White Rock Retirement Village

Last friday, we went to Walmart and picked out some flowers. Greyson picked red roses....he has good taste! And, Riley picked out some yellow roses. We took them to visit my Gram-Margie and all her friends at White Rock Retirement Village. Greyson and Riley were so sweet walking around, giving a flower to each lady we saw and saying, "Happy Friday!"

Each night when I put Greyson to bed, we say the #1 high and low of our day before we say our prayers. After passing out all the flowers, Greyson got in the car and said, "Mom, you know what my high was today? Giving those grandmas flowers." Yep, that made it worth the trip....right then and there!

"A cheerful look brings joy to the heart,
and good news health to the bones."
Proverbs 15:30

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Do me a favour leave your plastic wrapping at the supermarket!

Dont fret, this old softie hasnt suddenly turned into an an all-guns-ablazing activist overnight but I have come across some good news that will help householders across the country quietly join the move towards a more active zero waste lifestyle.

Reported in this weeks LetsRecycle bulletin is the news that the UKs key supermarkets (Asda; The Co-operative Group; WM Morrison; J Sainsbury’s; Tesco; and Waitrose) are officially accepting thin plastic film packaging through their existing in-store bag recycling facilities.

This wont be a new idea to some as several supermarkets have been doing this already, but it is welcome news that this recycling facility is now officially being rolled out at more than 4500 stores across the UK, providing customers with a place to leave packaging such as cereal bags, toilet roll packaging and multi-can wrappers.

What really struck me about the value of collecting back these materials was that according to LetsRecycle, this type of plastic makes up 43% of all plastic household packaging, weighing in at 645,000 tonnes each year.   Plastic bottles make up only 32%, or 480,000 tonnes, by comparison.  Wowsers!  It just goes to show how much there is knocking around this planet of hours and thats a lot of plastic that would otherwise go to waste if it is simply dumped in the rubbish bin.

Of course, much of this packaging can be reduced at source or reused at home (e.g. bread bags being repurposed as sandwich wrappers, and loo roll bags doubling up as bin bags), but much of it can now go back to the supermarket to be reprocessed.  To find out more information about this scheme and the on-pack recycling label that underpins it, visit Caelia Quinaults article at LetsRecycle.com Supermarkets take back plastic film in-store.   Oh....and tell your friends.  Well theres no point in keeping news like this to ourselves is there.

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Im feeling all decluttered after National Zero Waste Week

What a week!

I must have been absolutely out of my mind to suggest that I decluttered my kitchen for National Zero Waste Week. Nothing like pressure eh!

When I first mentioned my plans to my husband, he threw me one of his looks, accompanied by hands on hips, warning me that surely Id got the wrong idea.  That really, I shouldnt aim to chuck so much out during a week intended to slim our bin.

Having ventured nowhere near the far corners of some of the cupboards for... er... 5 years, he had a point.  I really didnt know what I would be up against!

But look!  The overhaul of the kitchen cupboards didnt impact on our rubbish at all. 

That small bin bag, pictured above, is the sum of our landfill rubbish last week, despite getting rid of a load of stuff!

If I had attempted the declutter five years ago, it would have been a different story.  Not least because I probably wouldnt have gone to the trouble of sorting it.

These bags full of unused baking equipment and storage containers would still have probably gone to charity.

But most of this junk, now destined for the reuse ecycling skips at the Household Waste Recycling Centre would have no doubt ended up in the bin! Thankfully, these days our local facilities include containers for broken hard plastics and small electricals, which helps tremendously when youre in the midst of a blimmin good clear out!

And as for this wonder drawer of mixed tat, my impatient hand would have dumped it all in a bag and got rid of it within minutes.

Instead, I set aside an hour to sort it properly, sending some random bits of plastic off for recycling and organising the rest of the stuff so it can be easily found and used.

Even the freezer, where our leftovers historically suffer a frozen death, received a visit from the decluttering hand, which helped to salvage a sausage casserole, a packet of mince, some fish, a dozen chipolatas and some bacon rashers,  This enabled me to happily avoid the supermarket for a week, using up what we already had.  I am such a lazy defroster and rarely plan ahead, the freezer proved to come up trumps as a right little goldmine during Zero Waste Week.  My aim now is to gradually work through the rest of the contents and relieve more space so that I can use it more efficiently.

But did I really achieve my overall aims last week?

Yes! I believe I did!  Working my way through this.

And creating much needed space in the cupboards to achieve this!

What pleases me most is that I am finally in control of the contents of my kitchen.  It took five days of sorting and clearing and no area has been left untouched. What helped me along were the wise words of a friend who reminded me that unwanted stuff left at the back of cupboards was just as wasteful as if it had been dumped into landfill. I am now confident that everything that I have kept will be put to good use. All the unused clutter has been rehomed and will no longer be wasted.

Of course my key aim was to create much longed-for space, so that I can put my creative culinary skills to good use again and be far better at avoiding food waste.

I can already see the return of the old me and I have been busy cooking up the random contents found lurking in the fridgefreezer. And having rediscovered a whole cupboard of flour to use up, benefiting from that space once more has really proved to be the icing on the cake!

I now wonder which room I should tackle next!

So thank you to everyone who left supportive comments as well as all the Twitter crew who cheered me along during the week. 

As well as having my head firmly in the kitchen cupboards, I have also been busy waving the flag locally in Suffolk for National Zero Waste Week.  Huge thanks to BBC Radio Suffolks Mark Murphy and James Hazell for giving me some much appreciated airtime.  And a major round of applause to Barry Peters, the editor of the Bury Free Press, for taking up the Rubbish Diet Challenge and doing a marvellous job for his own Zero Waste Week.

Well done to MyZeroWaste for an amazing awareness campaign for 2012. I was proud to support it.  For more information about what else was going on around the country, visit www,myzerowaste.com.

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Operation Christmas Child Samaritans Purse

I got this fun Christmas idea from another one of my fabulous neighbors, Jodi.....also a great friend! Jodi is the kind of friend who will be there. She always answers her phone when you call. Shes the friend who picks you up and takes you and your child to the pediatrician when you cant find your keys and youre gonna be late for your appointment. Then shell come back and dig through your trash with you until you find them. Shes honest and tells you exactly how she feels. Shell give you her opinion and I love and admire that about her, cause Im not always so outspoken like that. Ive had moments when I needed to hear a different perspective and she didnt tell me what I wanted to hear ( like most people will do)....she told me what I needed to hear. It was so helpful! Shes a woman who is devoted to God, her husband and her family. Just a few things I love about her! Hahaha....but on to the great idea that Im snagging from her.....


So, Jodi just had her baby #3 and I was visiting the other day, holding her precious little boy. She was going to Target to get some items to fill their "Christmas Boxes." So, I just had to ask...They were filling shoe boxes with little items for a boy and / or girl, wrapping the shoe box and then sending it in to Samaritans Purse for Operation Christmas Child. I think well have to try this as Christmas approaches!
She shared the link with me.....
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/pdf/PackABoxwithLabels.pdf

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Whats in store for National Zero Waste Week 2011

Ive just realised that the title of this blogpost makes it look like I run a shop.  So apologies to anyone who thought I might be doing a stock-check or reorganising my merchandising cabinets with a special twist for Zero Waste Week.

Sorry, this is more of a talking shop than a retail space, but if there are any stores who are applying innovative ways of reducing the amount of rubbish they stock, then please do share your news here. After all, the theme of National Zero Waste Week 2011 is "Reducing waste away from home", so if youre doing anything to help reduce the amount of trash that you pass on to your customers, then your comments will fit in nicely.

So what is happening at Almost Average HQ for Zero Waste Week?  Well, unlike my very first attempt back in 2008, Ive had diddly-squat planning time.  Not that Im good at planning anyway, but I suppose five minutes preparation would have helped things on the homefront, as would actually being at home, instead of zipping around the country on a secret mission.

Of course it would have also been useful to have reminded my husband and kids last week, particularly to avoid the surprise of arriving home this weekend to much excitement that theyd treated themselves to a huge multipack of crisps and 20 blimmin Capri-Suns.  Someone must be having a laugh!  We never normally have such things in the house, not necessarily due to being pedantic about packaging, but weve got no room in our cupboards for starters, and besides I dont trust my willpower!  But great timing eh!  Bought just in time for Zero Waste Week.

So things on the homefront will be more of a challenge than usual then!  Thats why the kids have gone into battle against my husband to see who can create the least rubbish this week!  Personally,  I think Ill leave them to it.

But of course the focus of this years NZWW  is reducing waste away from home, so whilst head-to-head challenges are taking place behind closed doors, Im more interested in opportunities to reduce waste while out-and-about and will be keeping my eyes peeled for good practice as well as being on a personal mission to avoid superfluous bits of plastic that commonly pop up in the catering trade.

Im travelling again at the end of the week, so will make sure Im appropriately kitted out to avoid all the rubbish that typically gets thrown at you when on the road.  Having read that sentence again, it sounds like Ill be wearing protective shields and defending myself with some form of waste-busting laser gun.  Im sorry if that makes the reality of a refillable coffee cup and water bottle sound far less exciting.

This week Im also on a mission to get more recycling bins on the streets of my local town.  I know were pretty lucky to have two, but for the size of the town thats pretty pants, especially as theres not even a single recycling bin in the town centres Abbey Gardens.   So this week, Im taking the attitude of  "if you dont ask, you dont get" and proverbially speaking, getting off my backside to wing over an email to some local authority officers and councillors.  Ill also email my MP, asking him to look at the wider picture at a national level.

And on the subject of bins, Im still on the hunt for photos for the 1000 Bin Challenge.  Its the final week, so Im going to have to do a tally soon of the number of photos that Ive collected over the summer.  Ive got a sneaking suspicion that I am nowhere even near the 1K target, so Im going to need your help more than ever.  To find out how you can help, pop over to www.1000bins.com and send in photos of any recycling litter bins that you spot in your town.  You may even be in with a chance of winning a georgeous ring pull clutch bag by Bottletop or a fabulous Waste-busting kit from Onya.

So I think its safe to say National Zero Waste Week 2011 is officially launched at Almost Average HQ.  Huge thanks to Mrs Green at My Zero Waste for organising it.  To find out more about how you can get involved, visit www.myzerowaste.com, where youll get more tips than you can shake a stick at.  And if you want to get up-to-date with what you can recycle in your area, pop over to www.recyclenow.com for the official lowdown.

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Friday Fishcakes

On Day 5 of National Zero Waste Week, todays pot-luck lunch at Saints was a fabulous example of why I really should sort out my relationship with the fish thats lurking in my freezer at home.

Dont get me wrong, I actually like fish, but my imagination only goes as far as making fish pie, baking cod steaks or getting a battered fish from the chip shop.  Its the kind of thing that I cook at home because I feel I should, but never get excited about otherwise.

Hence, I really do have around a dozen pieces of tuna and cod that have been left in a frozen state, waiting for their release date from the freezer.   But eh thats progress, whenever I used to buy fish before I started The Rubbish Diet, chances were that it would remain in the fridge until after its use-by date then get bunged in the bin with the packaging intact!

But that was back then and despite my former disposition, I now feel that Ive got the inspiration to deal with my larder of frozen fish thanks to the fishcakes that were served today.

Now dont fall off your chairs will you, but I finally managed to capture the elusive Engin on camera today as he talked me through the contents of the fishcakes. And here he is, sharing the wisdom that just like soups, pies and stews, fishcakes are great for using up odd pieces of spare vegetables.

Todays fishcakes contained a mixture of salmon and sea bass, combined with mashed potato, chilli peppers, grated carrots and leeks.  I can also envisage theyd also be great for using up grated courgettes, cheese and any other bits and bobs that might be found in the average salad drawer.  The coating is something that Ive never got my head around but Engin explained that he uses a light batter made from eggs, milk and flour.

So my challenge now is to see if I can have the confidence to recreate fishcakes at home.  If I can, I know I will be extremely popular with the kids....well, thats if I leave out the chilli pepper.

Todays lunch made a fabulous end to whats been a great week here at Saints. Id like to thank owners Engin and Bernadette for being such great sports in supporting this years National Zero Waste Week and for the delicious inspiration and fabulous hospitality of their wonderful staff.   Its been a great opportunity to share some of their professional expertise in minimising waste and I now feel reinspired to shake up the menu on the homefront and put my leftover veg to much better use

Ive also had some brilliant company here too and Ive been joined by some of my lovely friends, many of whom have been more than happy to talk rubbish with me.

Take my friend Fi for instance, who despite it being her birthday today, got engrossed in discussing how she is busy concentrating on ways to minimise waste in a new business that shes setting up on the outskirts of Bury.  But just in case you feel sorry for her having to gab on about rubbish, dont, well be out on the town later celebrating her birthday properly and gossiping about other interesting things.

And on the topic of other matters of interest, it just so happens that BBC Radio Suffolks Rob Dunger dropped into town today, researching his new weekend show feature called "Looking Up", which highlights intriguing details about well used thoroughfares around Suffolk towns.  I managed to catch up with him for ten minutes, and was treated to a whole lot of fascinating facts about the history of buildings that line Abbeygate Street, where Saints cafe is based.  In fact, even the view from my favourite table at Saints reveals the pestle and mortar sculpture on the wall of what once was the old apothecary (currently a pasty shop).  And the clock face has an interesting fact about it too, which Rob will no doubt reveal when he covers Bury St Edmunds next week.

In the meantime, I think I may have blagged an interview with Mr Dunger on his programme tomorrow morning.   So if youre up between 6am-9am, do try and tune in.  Even if youre outside Suffolk, you can catch him online at http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/suffolk/hi/tv_and_radio/  In fact heres the chap himself, the very lovely Dungerman snapped getting ready to take photos of Bury St Edmunds for his Facebook page.

And do pop by here tomorrow too, as I will also be revealing the more serious side of what Ive been getting up to this week.   My focus has not just been on having a good time you know and tomorrow Ill be asking for your help in a blogpost which Ive prepared in order to support a very worthwhile cause.
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More information about National Zero Waste Week can be found at www.myzerowaste.com and details about Saints Cafe can be found at www.saintscafe.co.uk.

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