My husband was recording in the house over the weekend and we had about a million people over. I made a ricky load of chilli and rice to keep the troops going - the chilli was scoffed but I had loads of leftover rice. What to do with it?
Well, you can do a number of [...]

At last! I’ve finally discovered the answer to making good chicken stock, and you’re not going to like it. It’s salt. Simply cover your chicken carcass with well-salted cold water. Add an onion chopped in half along with a stick of celery and a whole carrot (if organic, no need to peel). Bring it to [...]

All Christmas I couldn’t stop thinking about food out of greed and now I can’t stop thinking about it out of fear. I live on the top of a mountain in West Wicklow and I’m snowed in - alone. I did make provisions last week and got copious amounts of food including an auxiliary ham [...]

This is just one of infinite ways to use up your leftover chicken, which I will sporadically update you with. The whole chicken thing is my saviour at the minute; I can literally eke it out for three days, for me, my partner and 11-year-old stepdaughter.
One thing I do splash out on in the first [...]

Lately I’m loving LoveFoodHateWaste.com, a UK government funded website full of great information about cutting down on your food waste. The site is full of great tips on what to do with leftovers, how to control portion size, and recipes.

Stocking up on fruit and veg at the weekend, I noticed that there were two very black bananas in our fruit basket.  I find black bananas extremely unpleasant to eat, but know from years of making Avoca’s Banana Bread that overripe bananas work really well in baking.  I did a bit of searching online to [...]

A few weeks ago, CheapEats’ lovely readers shared their top frugal cooking tips. Over the next few Fridays, we’re reprinting a selection of some of the most useful, starting today with advice on leftovers:
From Fiona:
Scoop leftover creamed potatoes onto a tray and open freeze, then pop into a freezer bag. You can always grab a [...]

The other day, a profoundly middle-class friend collapsed in self-righteous disgust when I told him this story. I’m curious to see what our readers think.
A few years ago, another friend used to root through the bins behind shops and restaurants in Dublin for perfectly good, thrown out food. Everything she took was clean, packaged, or [...]

Don’t throw away the liquid from your boiled chicken! It can be used to make a lovely broth.
Simply cover the base of a pot with olive oil or butter and heat. Add in a finely chopped onion, a chopped leek, a few celery sticks, a few chopped carrots, and a pinch of salt. Cover with [...]

Irish Stew is so cheap and easy to cook. Make it with the leftover meat and bones from a roast leg or shoulder of lamb - this roast recipe is particularly pleasing. The meat and bones will already have rich flavour from having being roasted and, if you slow cook it for as long as [...]