Elderflower champagne It’s that time of year when Elderflower is filling the air with its strong scent so it’s time to bottle it by making Elderflower champagne. I read that in South Africa folk are using all sorts of flowers with this recipe as they can’t get Elderflower and the lockdown alcohol ban is meaning …
Vanilla Custard There is nothing nicer than home made custard on your favourite pudding and it is so simple to make. We have all the ingredients at Weigh Ahead too! Ingredients 1 vanilla pod (W) 600 ml whole milk (W) 4 large free-range egg yolks (W) 2 tablespoons caster sugar (W) 1 tablespoon cornflour (W) …
Epsom & Himalayan Salts So today we have for you….Epsom salts and coarse Himalayan salts for putting in your bath to ease those weary muscles AND Faith in Nature are now doing 20litre shampoo and conditioner and will take back the tubs-circular at last. AND the sweeties are all back en mass. Funny that 5 …
Baked Beans These beans aren’t baked at all but this is a quick and easy recipe, once your beans are cooked, to make your own much loved staple. So much tastier and healthier than the tinned variety. I made triple the quantity so I could freeze some and saved the bean cooking liquor to use …
Turkey meatballs with cranberries and herbs This recipe is adapted from Ottolenghi’s ‘Lamb meatballs with barberries, yoghurt and herbs’ I made extra meatballs to make a nice lunch with salad and pitta bread – the family loved them. Ingredients(W) available from Weigh Ahead 750g minced turkey 2 medium onions, peeled and finely chopped 20g flat-leaf …
Reducing Plastic, Reducing Waste This is what the circular economy means. Once the 20 litre cleaning product tubs are used up we send them back to Sesi Detergent Refill for them to refill and send us back. That’s 48 less plastic containers in landfill. Oh and 960 less 1 litre plastic bottles put in the …
New Zero Waste Shop Glasgow Congratulations to Sophie on opening Society Zero in Glasgow. So glad to see more zero waste shops opening up in Scotland.
Courgette Polpette This recipe is from one of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s books, based on Italian cookery writer Ursula Ferrigno. Polpette are usually meatballs, but these delicious little meat-free nuggets make great nibbles or picnic food. Makes about 12. Ingredients(w) ingredients available from Weigh Ahead• 2 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil (w)• 500g courgettes, diced• Grated zest …
Courgette and goat’s cheese soup with basil This recipe is adapted from one of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s recipes. The photo of the finished soup is also Hugh’s as we’d already eaten it before I got to take a picture! (w) Ingredients available from Weigh Ahead 2 tbsp olive oil (w) 1kg courgettes Preferably small, but as …
Moon Bottles Our lovely Moon Bottles are here. Three sizes and various colours. Great for the kids going back to school and needing a water bottle. £13, £15 and £17. Keep things hot for 6 hours and cold for 12 and you are saving lots and lots of plastic waste!