Welcome to WEEK 3 of the Utilita Planet Pledge! Are you ready to take on the challenge to #DitchTheOven this week?
#DITCHTHEOVEN! We want to challenge you to spend less time in the kitchen this week by ditching the oven. Using the oven can be expensive, so why not batch cook for the week or use the slow cooker instead. By batch cooking more food than you need, you’ll be able to reduce your energy consumption by heating the leftover food in the microwave – as this uses a significant amount less energy than an oven!
Here are our top tips to get started!
- Cook up a storm: Use a slow cooker to save time and money – simply add your ingredients at the start of the day for a meal ready when you get home/finish your day!
- Save time and energy: Batch cook meals like spaghetti and reheat for a quick weekday meal – this will save you time to enjoy your evenings WIN WIN!
- Be creative: Need to go on a food shop? Sometimes we are guilty of going on a food shop, when actually the remaining items in the fridge/freezer/cupboards are capable of a meal! It could be a mismatch stir fry – or a chicken dippers salad butty! Making sure to use up all the food in the house before going on a routine food shop can really make a difference and significantly cut unnecessary food waste! To find out more on how you can be less wasteful and make your food go further and find out more on tackling food waste, check out Too Good To Go and their top tips!
Here are seven of our top low cost and easy meals to make in the slow cooker/hob (gas or elec)/microwave for each night this week (all via BBC Good Food):
Top 7 Slow Cooker Recipes
Top 7 Microwave Recipes
Don’t forget, you could WIN 1 of 5 Cooking Sets this week – including a slow cooker and one-month fruit and veg subscription box! Just remember to share how you’re helping to tackle climate change on social media by tagging @UtilitaEnergy with the hashtag #PlanetPledge .
#DITCHTHEOVEN! We want to challenge you to spend less time in the kitchen this week by ditching the oven. Using the oven can be expensive, so why not batch cook for the week or use the slow cooker instead. By batch cooking more food than you need, you’ll be able to reduce your energy consumption by heating the leftover food in the microwave – as this uses a significant amount less energy than an oven!
Here are our top tips to get started!
- Cook up a storm: Use a slow cooker to save time and money – simply add your ingredients at the start of the day for a meal ready when you get home/finish your day!
- Save time and energy: Batch cook meals like spaghetti and reheat for a quick weekday meal – this will save you time to enjoy your evenings WIN WIN!
- Be creative: Need to go on a food shop? Sometimes we are guilty of going on a food shop, when actually the remaining items in the fridge/freezer/cupboards are capable of a meal! It could be a mismatch stir fry – or a chicken dippers salad butty! Making sure to use up all the food in the house before going on a routine food shop can really make a difference and significantly cut unnecessary food waste! To find out more on how you can be less wasteful and make your food go further and find out more on tackling food waste, check out Too Good To Go and their top tips!
Here are seven of our top low cost and easy meals to make in the slow cooker/hob (gas or elec)/microwave for each night this week (all via BBC Good Food):
Top 7 Slow Cooker Recipes
- Slow cooker chilli con carne
- Slow-cooker vegetable lasagne
- Slow cooker vegetable stew with cheddar dumplings
- Slow-cooker chicken korma
- Slow cooker paella
- Slow cooker aubergine
- Slow cooker vegetable curry
Top 7 Microwave Recipes
- Microwave penne pappa al pomodoro
- Leeky salmon in a parcel
- Microwave risotto primavera
- Easy sweet & sour chicken
- Easy noodles
- Hubble bubble pumpkin pot
- Easiest ever seafood risotto
Don’t forget, you could WIN 1 of 5 Cooking Sets this week – including a slow cooker and one-month fruit and veg subscription box! Just remember to share how you’re helping to tackle climate change on social media by tagging @UtilitaEnergy with the hashtag #PlanetPledge .
Last edited by Rebecca; 31-01-22 at 17:31.
