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Being FoodWise
Apples, Beetroot, Brussels Sprouts, Carrots,Celeriac, Celery,
Chestnuts, Chicory, Cranberries,
Jerusalem Artichokes, Kale, Leeks, Mushrooms,Onions, Parsnips,
Pears, Potatoes, Pumpkin,
Quince, Red Cabbage, Salsify, Savoy Cabbage,Swede, Swiss Chard,
Turnips, Watercress, Winter
Squash, White Cabbage
We have put together a toolkit on how to stay FoodWise this
winter!
You will find some tips for avoiding food waste during
theholidays, some tasty winter warmer recipes, new
campaign to support local businesses, an update onHealthy Start
vouchers & recipe to feed the birds!
Let’s eat the rainbow this winter with thesetasty seasonal fruit
and vegetables....
Find our autumn rainbow sheet on page 8
In Winter
#BeingFoodWise #vegrocks www.foodwiseleeds.org
When it's cold outside we need to keep warmby eating nice home
cooked meals full of
seasonal vegetables!
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Avoiding Food Waste
Find the full video via this link and more:
https://www.zerowasteleeds.org.uk/posts/zero-waste-christmas/
Did you know that 54 million plates of food getthrown away every
Christmas?
Leeds chef Anthony O'Shaughnessy gives his top 3 'waste busting'
tips.
They're good ones too!
Use your potato and vegetable peels!
You can roast them with some oil and seasoning, and make a great
tasty snack!
Use your leftover potato's and mash to make fishcakes!
Mash up your left over potato, add some fish you like, or even
keep itveggie with leftover vegetables!
Don't throw away your leftovers!
You can blend them up to make a soup, or freeze them to do
somethingwith a few months later
#BeingFoodWise #vegrocks www.foodwiseleeds.org
W I T H Z E R O W A S T E L E E D S
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#BuyLeeds
#Buy Leeds Campaign‘Buy Leeds’ is a social media campaign to
encouragepeople to support businesses and jobs in Leeds.
By sharing posts with the hashtag #BuyLeeds, it reminds people
of the importance of buying locally,whilst also ‘shouting about’
the brilliant businesses inthe city.
Support Local Businesses This Winter!
By buying local food you will enjoy produce that is
fresher, healthier & tastes better, because it spends less
time being transported from farm to plate, and therefore, loses
fewer nutrients
and incurs less spoilage.
(supportyourlocalindie.co.uk)
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Winter Warmers Tasty Recipes to keep you warm!
Ingredients:
2 carrots, chopped300g swede, chopped600g potatoes, cut
intosmall cubes 1 tsp vegetable oil 1 onion, chopped 300g
vegetarian mince300ml reduced saltvegetable stock 1 courgette,
grated100g frozen mixedvegetables or frozenpeas Ground black pepper
1 tsp cornflour
Method
!. Cook the carrots, swedeand potatoes in a largesaucepan of
boiling water forabout 20 minutes.
2. Heat the oil in a largesaucepan, gently fry theonion for 2-3
minutes untilsoftened. Add the vegetarianmince and stock. Bring to
theboil, then reduce the heat,add the courgette andvegetables or
peas. Cook,stirring occasionally, for 4-5minutes. Season with
blackpepper.
3. Preheat the grill, warminga baking dish underneath.Drain and
mash the carrots,swede and potatoes,seasoning with black
pepper.
4. Blend the cornflour with 1tbsp cold water and add it tothe
mince mixture, stirringuntil thickened. Transfer it tothe baking
dish and spoonthe vegetable mash on top.Grill for about 5/10
minutes,until browned. Serve.
VegetarianSheperds Pie!
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Winter Warmers
Apple or Pear Oat CrumbleIngredients:
10 apples or pears (or a combination of both)· 1/4 cup water·
4
tablespoons olive oil· 2 cups quick cook oats· 2 tablespoons
honey·
2 tablespoons sunflower seeds (optional)· 1/2 teaspoon
cinnamon
(optional)· Generous pinch of nutmeg (optional)
Method:
1. Core and thinly slice the fruit, leaving the skin on.
2. Put about 1/4 cup water in the base of a baking dish and
thenarrange the thinly sliced fruit to cover the bottom of the
dish.
3. Heat the oil in a saucepan and then add the oats,
honey,sunflower seeds, cinnamon and nutmeg
4. Mix the ingredients over low heat with a wooden spoon
untilthey are thoroughly combined.
5. Spread the oat mixture over the sliced fruit.
6. Bake in the oven at (160°C) for about an hour or until
goldenbrown on top.
#BeingFoodWise #vegrocks www.foodwiseleeds.org
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Feed the BirdsIn Winter
Bird Food Recipe!Birds require high-energy (high-fat) foods
during the cold
winter weather to maintain their fat reserves to survive
thefrosty nights.
Mix one part lard to two parts seed in a saucepan and
gentlyheat, stirring until the fat melts, mould with your hands,
into
balls. If you want them to hang from a tree thread some
stringthrough them.
Space apart in a plastic container or on a tray and place in
thefreezer to set firm.4. Once the fat balls are solid, put in
the
garden, hang on a tree, on a bird feeder or in a fat-ball
feeder.
#BeingFoodWise #vegrocks www.foodwiseleeds.org
Join Yvonne, one of the cookery trainers at
Leeds Ministry of Food as she shares some useful tips on
Store Cupboard Essentials
https://vimeo.com/489473066
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Just present the Healthy Start vouchers at the till point andthe
Co-Op cashier will automatically add on the extra £1 on
top of the vouchers supplied.
Any family who use the weekly Healthy Startvouchers in Tesco
will receive a £1 coupon to spend on
fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables. Every time acustomer
hands over their vouchers at the checkout, theywill automatically
receive the money-off coupon to redeem
off their next shop.
Offer free frozen vegetables to families using HealthyStart
Vouchers. The free veg, worth £1, will boost the valueof the
vouchers. Just add the veg to your basket and theprice will
automatically be deducted off before you pay.
Healthy StartVouchers
A number of supermarkets are adding value to Healthy Start
vouchers this Winter
For details of all retailers, large and small, near you
thataccept Healthy Start Vouchers just visit
https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/healthy-start-vouchers/where-to-use-the-vouchers/
#BeingFoodWise #vegrocks www.foodwiseleeds.org
Keeping Healthy this winter
https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/healthy-start-vouchers/where-to-use-the-vouchers/https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/healthy-start-vouchers/where-to-use-the-vouchers/
