On Saturday 22nd June 2024 we held Cork Zero Waste FEST at Test Site. We went foraging, had a no food waste demo with delicious samples, naturally dyed cloth with turmeric, swapped plants and learned about all things soil during a compost talk.

We organised the event around these topics as they are simple and fun ways to reduce waste, particularly food waste, and use everything that is available to you.

There was so much interest in everything we shared, especially in the no waste recipes we used, so we’re sharing them here.

• Pea ‘guacamole’ recipe (we left out the tomato and spring onion but did boil up some asparagus ends and blitzed them in)
• Vegan bread recipe from Anne Marie Bonneau who has loads of zero waste resources on her website (great for adding foraged food, we included dandelion petals and nettle seeds)
• Composting
  • Bokashi intro
  • Home Composting Basics
  • Worm composting
• Aquafaba (chickpea water) vegan mousse
• Pickle recipe
• Pesto recipe – we used radish leaves
• Basic natural dye method (from Cork based artist Ashleigh Ellis)