Sustainable recipes
Trying to cook planet-friendly meals but not sure where to start? We’re here to help. Little changes can make a big difference. Below you’ll find some of our most sustainable recipes in one handy place, as well tips and ideas in our section on how to make more sustainable food choices.
Eat in harmony with nature, using seasonal fruit and veg recipes for all times of year. You’ll also find recipes using late-summer gluts: transforming berries, beans and more into jams and preserves. There’s plenty of ideas for tackling food waste and leftovers, be it chicken noodle soup, veg-peel fritters or a delicious quiche using wilted leaves and leftover mash.
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Beetroot
Coffee-baked beetroot with berry glaze
Earthy coffee-baked beetroot with a sweet berry glaze is an easy but impressive spring side dish. Try it alongside roast lamb for Easter.
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Flatbreads
Moules marinières flatbreads
These flatbreads have a little pool of molten herby butter studded with plenty of plump, sweet mussels. It’s moules marinière in bread form!
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Venison
Venison steaks with sweet potato fries and pickled rhubarb
Venison steaks with pickled rhubarb and sweet potato fries makes for an easy but impressive dinner. The pickling liquid doubles as the sauce.
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Mackerel
Pan-fried mackerel and caramelised radicchio with crushed butter beans
Pan-fried mackerel pairs beautifully with caramelised radicchio. Add creamy butter beans and you have an elegantly simple supper for two.
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Trout
Steamed trout and leeks with curried cream
Beautiful pink trout paired with delicate steamed leeks and a rich, lightly spiced sauce makes for a speedy and delicious weeknight meal.
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Rice
Clam and lemongrass fried rice
This fragrant fried rice is ready in 20 mins. Lemongrass, chilli and garlic pack a flavour punch, while clams make a simple meal feel special.
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Pumpkins
Cheesy pumpkin toasties
Somewhere between a croque monsieur and welsh rarebit, this indulgent cheesy pumpkin toastie will warm you up on cold days.
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30-minute meals
Brothy beans with pumpkin
Brothy beans are comfort in a bowl. This simple dinner showcases the sweet warmth of pumpkin, pairing it with creamy white beans.
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Savoury bread
Seaweed soda bread
Craggy and crumbly soda bread is quick to make. Adding seaweed to this Irish classic provides umami and boosts its nutritional benefits.
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Tofu
Nori-wrapped tofu
Crisp nuggets of tofu are coated in a spicy soy dressing, but the real pop of flavour comes from the strip of nori wrapped around each one.
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Summer pastas
Mussel and sea lettuce linguine
Strands of sea lettuce twirled through linguine bring a mineral contrast to sweet mussels and tomatoes in this summer pasta dish.
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Sustainable recipes
Crispy fish skin crackling
If you love pork crackling, crispy chicken skin or seaweed thins, you’ll love our fishy crisps. These salty crackers are great as a snack.
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Fish and chips
Fish and chips with no-waste shell curry sauce
Upgrade your Friday night fish and chips. Use crustacean shells to make a rich no-waste stock, which forms the base of a silky curry sauce.
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Fish scrap croquettes
These herby croquettes filled with fluffy mash and surrounded by a crisp breadcrumb coating are the perfect vehicle for any scraps of fish.
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Healthy fish
No-waste spicy tomato fish stew
Soul-nourishing, spicy and tangy, this tomatoey fish stew uses all of the fish to bring depth of flavour, with the fillets added at the end.
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Leftover lunches
Leftover pasta frittata
Leftover spaghetti is the carb hero of this robust omelette. This versatile frittata is the perfect vehicle for any leftover pasta and veg.
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