Three of our regular FoodCycling GoodGymers came along on an extremely wet Tuesday evening to help prepare a sumptuous meal. Unfortunately, once again there was limited food available, and the only fruit we had to work with was a few nets of organs which had been saved form the previous week. Undeterred Gill and Lucy peeled the oranges and segmented while Gill was formulating a plan for the dessert. Meanwhile Dani got busy helping the main course team, peeling and chopping veg for a delicious curry and then investigating possibilities for an Indian style baked rice to accompany. It was her first time making rice like this, but it was light, fluffy and tasted fabulous. Definitely one to do again Dani. We had 26 guests, so although we had catered for more, everyone had second helpings and many took some home with them too.

This is such a great way of saying supermarket produce from going to landfill, and any waste we did have went in the food composting bin, so a double whammy for the environment too.

There was not much food available for cooking the meal at FoodCycle tonight but there were a lot of bananas. So while Lucie got busy crafting a delicious vegetable Bolognaise Gill started making a sticky caramel sauce which she used to caramelise enough bananas to feed 40 people. They very sticky but went well with the rice pudding made by one of the other volunteers. Abdulrahman was his usual smiley self and as well as serving the guests, enjoyed a bowl if the pudding and sticky bananas too.

so lovely to welcome Pelumi to the FoodCycle team tonight. Although he was on the hosting team with Abdulrahman he also joined us in the kitchen to help with the washing up and was a great help. As always we had great fun turning the supermarket surplus into a delicious three course meal; tonight the menu had a real autumnal feel. Lucie took charge of making a carrot and coriander soup while Dani and Gill made an apple crumble for pudding. With bags of carrots and a crate of apples there was a lot of peeling to do. Abdulrahman was a fine host and along with the others made sure that all guests were welcomed and served with a smile.

This evening we served 40 guests and 4 children at Foodcycle Great team work as always Menu Starter: Vegetable frittata and 🥖 bread Main : Vegetable curry 🍛 and Indian rice 🍚 Dessert: 🍌 Banana pudding and fruit with custard