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The Real Junk Food Project Opens in Horsforth, Leeds
The Real Junk Food Project is a network of ‘pay as you feel’ cafes dedicated to feeding bellies, not bins. They divert food that would otherwise be destined for waste, and use it to create delicious and healthy meals. Its three main aims are: to reduce food waste to reduce food poverty to build community Horsforth launched its own Real Junk Food Cafe at St Margarets Parish Centre today, and Robin and I stopped by to see what it was all about. Emma Mawer, who’s managing the cafe, was busy in the kitchen preparing meals out of the random selection of food she received this morning; it’s like a large scale Ready Steady…
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5 Great Ways to use up Leftover Roast Chicken
Most of my Sunday afternoons are spent cooking a roast chicken with stuffing, roast potatoes, gravy and veg – it’s a perfect Sunday feast. However, the leftovers would often stare at me forlornly from the fridge, and I never knew what to do with them. We always buy free range chicken, so it’s not cheap and I hate wasting any of the meat. Eventually, I came up with several different ideas (apart from the obvious sandwich) that make a whole new meal out of the leftovers. So here they are, my top five meals for using up leftover roast chicken. Hope they help! 1. Yorkshire puddings, with chicken, gravy and vegetables…
