Chargrilled Stuffed Peppers
Linda’s recipe I’m a regular volunteer cook at Westgate Foodcycle in Newcastle (which I absolutely love and am missing at the moment! ), but as a Food Stylist, I am passionate about food and love creating! I am more than happy to share some of my creations with the Foodcyle community, here is one of […]
Vegetable Frittata
Claudine’s Recipe Claudine has volunteered with us at FoodCycle Kilburn Now that supermarkets are slowly returning back to normal and eggs are back in stock `hurrah’, I thought I’d share a great Vegetable Frittata recipe to help use up any veg you have in your fridge just sitting there that your not quite sure what […]
Eggs on a bed of Ratatouille
Recipe by Claire Claire has previously volunteered with us at FoodCycle Cambridge The one thing I really enjoyed when volunteering at FoodCycle is making dishes that you can duplicate easily and prepare quickly. This recipe is all about this, simplicity. It can be done in minutes, prepared ahead of time and kept in the […]
Fruit Layer Cake
Recipe by Kar Yee Kary Yee has previously volunteered with us at FoodCycle Bow Road. As a nod to Easter and the simnel cake I’ve never got round to making, I’ve come up with this cake. Steeping the fruit gently in some liquid first makes them extra juicy and you have a choice of […]
Fiery Chocolate Overnight Oats
Jades’ Recipe Jade has previously volunteered with us at FoodCycle Langworthy. Hello, my name is Jade Mottley and I am a Fitness & Nutrition Coach based in Manchester. With it being Easter this weekend and a celebration for many that involves chocolate I wanted to share with you a chocolate overnight oats recipe. This […]
Cycling to rescue surplus food in Newcastle
FoodCycle is growing in the North East and so is its need for cyclists. Every week, three-course community meals are served up – free of charge! – in three different venues across Newcastle, all of which are created from rescued food waste. At FoodCycle Monkchester, based in Walker, this food is collected by bike. Using […]
Supporting FoodCycle is good for you…
As a registered charity, FoodCycle and our weekly meals rely on the support of companies for funding, local publicity, in-kind donations, pro-bono expertise and volunteering hours. However, our relationships with our supporters and partners are mutually beneficially and here’s why. Volunteering at a FoodCycle meal Offering your employees dedicated hours to volunteer can be extremely rewarding […]
FoodCycle Strikes for the Climate
On Friday 20th September, we’ll be setting an ‘out-of-office’ and hitting the streets to join the millions of people standing in solidarity with the youth-led Global #ClimateStrike. FoodCycle represents a community of over 10,000 volunteers, who feed 1,600 guests a week using food that would otherwise be wasted. Food waste and the environment Both our volunteers […]
Corporate Festive Fundraising: five great examples
Our corporate partners have done a great job of coming up with innovative ways to fundraise for FoodCycle this festive season. So much so that we wanted to share their ideas. Thank you to our amazing partners for their support. Just Eats’ Black Friday Campaign Just Eat kicked off the festive season by reimagining its […]
FoodCycle in 2019: Our Best Bits
Welcome to a roundup of some of the best bits from FoodCycle in our 10th Anniversary year. Our volunteers achieved this! That’s the equivalent of a one-storey house full of surplus food, enough meals to feed the city of Coventry and seven years worth of volunteer hours. It’s an incredible achievement and we can’t thank […]
FoodCycle Clacton is back!
FoodCycle Clacton is back to providing free meals using food that would otherwise be wasted. FoodCycle Clacton is reopening, offering free lunches to the local community every Monday at its new Pier Avenue Baptist Church venue. Launching on Monday 2 December at 12 noon, the meal, produced by local volunteers, is looking forward to welcoming […]
The Big Give Christmas Challenge
The Big Give Christmas Challenge We’re excited to let you know that FoodCycle has been selected to participate in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s largest match funding campaign. We will be raising money to help us continue nourishing our communities through the winter months. This time of year can be extremely hard for our […]