Category: Food Waste
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Cork Zero Waste FEST resources
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…
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Zero Waste recipe: Scrappy Soup
This recipe is great for making sure no food is wasted but don’t be fooled by the name, it’s also delicious! A hearty and filling soup that is souper easy to make – throw everything in one pot and simmer until done. It’s also vegan and can be made gluten-free by removing the pasta or…
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No Food Waste: Vegetable stock
When prepping your vegetables, don’t waste the scraps! Use them to make stock for soup, risotto, paella and stews. Keep the scraps in a container in the freezer until you have enough. Ingredients 2 tsp salt 2 litres cold water Flavouring like peppercorns, bay leaves (optional) 165g frozen/130g fresh veg scraps like onion/garlic skins and…
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Zero Food Waste: Pickle recipe
PICKLE RECIPE Makes 2 medium jars Ingredients Fresh vegetables, such as cucumbers, carrots, onions, beetroot stems. Radishes, peppers (you can mix whatever you like!) 250ml vinegar, such as white, apple cider, or rice 250ml water 2 teaspoons table salt (and more to taste) 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (and more to taste) 2 sprigs fresh herbs,…
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Zero Food Waste: Pesto recipe
Roots are the only delicious part of vegetables – use those leaves to make pesto! This recipe can be used for a variety of soft greens such as carrot tops, radish leaves and peashoots, and herbs like basil and parsley. You can mix leaves for a different flavour and even use foraged wild greens like…
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How to make a perfect Zero Waste Cocktail? Let’s ask the Cork finalist in the Artisan of Taste, National Final in Zero Waste Cocktail competition
Fernando Garrido Diaz is one of the five Ireland national finalists in the zero waste cocktail competition representing Co. Cork. On the 8th of November, Fernando will compete against four other contestants (three from Dublin and one from Galway) in a cocktail competition organised by Diplomático and Co with their program Artisan of taste. And…
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Zero Food Waste: Roast Pumpkin Soup
This is such a great recipe to make sure no pumpkin goes to waste. Roasting the pumpkin makes it extra flavourful AND means you don’t have to peel the it! Ingredients: 1 medium squash/pumpkin 1 onion 700 ml stock Dried herb of choice Olive/rapeseed oil 1 teaspoon curry powder (optional) 3 cloves garlic, crushed (optional)…
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Zero Waste food shopping in Cork
Shopping zero waste is a great way to reduce the amount of waste produced. When we say shopping zero waste we mean buying loose or asking the shop to put the product in your own (clean!) container, rather than buying something covered in single use plastic/cardboard/tin (even if that cover is recyclable, only 30% of…
