Quick recipes for combating food waste

Ingredients:

• Stale bread (e.g. baguette or wholemeal bread)
• Tomato sauce/tomato purée
• Cheese (grated)
• Toppings of your choice (e.g. ham, mushrooms, leftover vegetables)
• Seasoning of your choice

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Slice the bread and place on a baking tray.
3. Spread each slice of bread with tomato sauce, sprinkle with cheese and top with your choice of topping.
4. Bake in the oven for about 10 to 15 minutes until the cheese has melted and is lightly browned.
    

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of rice
• Leftover vegetables (e.g. peas, peppers)
• 1 onion
• Vegetable stock
• Oil
• Parmesan
   

Method:

1. Finely dice the onion and sauté in oil until translucent.
2. Add the rice and sauté briefly.
3. Gradually add the vegetable stock until the rice is cooked.
4. Stir in the vegetables and serve garnished with Parmesan.
   
    

Ingredients:

• Stale bread or bread rolls
• 500 ml milk
• 2 eggs
• 100 g sugar
• Vanilla extract or cinnamon
   

Method:

1. Tear the bread into small pieces and place in a greased baking tin.
2. Whisk together the milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla extract and pour over the bread.
3. Bake the pudding in the preheated oven at 180°C for about 40 minutes until the surface is golden brown.

Tip: tastes best made with stale croissants