With food prices remaining high, making the most of what we already have at home has never been more important. Yet most of us have opened the fridge at some point and found half an onion, a couple of potatoes, some leftover chicken and a few vegetables and thought: “What on earth can I make with that?”
That’s exactly why we created the BudgetBrunch.co.uk Leftover Recipe Tool.
Turn What You Have into a Meal
Rather than deciding on a recipe and then buying all the ingredients needed to make it, our tool works the other way around.
Simply tell us what food you already have available — whether that’s leftovers from yesterday’s dinner, ingredients approaching their use-by date, or random items sitting in the fridge or cupboard.
Our tool then uses those ingredients to create a recipe idea for you.
You might be surprised at what can be made from food that would otherwise have ended up in the bin!
Save Money on Your Food Shop
One of the main reasons we developed BudgetBrunch.co.uk is to help households make their food budget stretch further.
Throwing away food isn’t just wasteful — it’s effectively throwing away money.
Using up ingredients you already have can mean fewer trips to the supermarket, fewer unnecessary purchases and more meals from the food you’ve already paid for.
Even saving a few pounds each week can soon add up over the course of a year.
Help Reduce Food Waste
Food waste is another major reason behind the tool.
Leftover vegetables, cooked meat, rice, pasta, potatoes, cheese and countless other ingredients can often become the basis of another meal.
The problem isn’t always that we don’t want to use them — sometimes we simply don’t know what to make with them.
That’s where our recipe generator comes in.
Instead of staring into the fridge waiting for inspiration, enter what you’ve got and let us come up with an idea.
Great for Those “What’s for Tea?” Moments
You don’t have to be trying to use leftovers either.
Perhaps it’s the end of the week, the cupboards are looking a little bare and you don’t particularly want another trip to the supermarket.
Add whatever ingredients you have available and see what you can create.
It could turn a handful of seemingly unrelated ingredients into a pasta dish, curry, soup, stir-fry, traybake or something completely different.
Simple to Use
Using the tool couldn’t be easier.
Just add the ingredients you have available and let BudgetBrunch do the thinking.
You don’t need to have every ingredient imaginable, and you certainly don’t need to be an experienced cook. The idea is simple: make the most of the food you’ve already got.
Less Waste. Less Spending. More Great Meals.
BudgetBrunch.co.uk is about making everyday food a little easier and a little more affordable.
If we can help you rescue something from the back of the fridge, turn yesterday’s leftovers into tonight’s dinner and save a few pounds at the same time, then the tool has done exactly what we designed it to do.
So before you throw those leftovers away or head to the supermarket for another food shop, give the BudgetBrunch Leftover Recipe Tool a try and see what you can make with what you’ve already got.