MORE TASTE LESS WASTE

Every Christmas, we waste almost 270,000 tonnes of food, including 5 million Christmas puddings and 74 million mince pies. So we’ve created some delicious festive recipes to help you plan ahead, save food, and enjoy Christmas with more taste and less waste.

Enjoy our tasty festive recipes and food saving tips

Leftover Winter Veg Soup

Turn those leftover veg trimmings and stalks into a hearty winter vegetable soup. Perfect as a Christmas Day starter or kept frozen to enjoy another day.

Leftover Potato Peel Crisps

Here’s a great recipe to use up all those potato peelings you’d normally throw away. Delicious homemade potato peel crisps coated in spicy seasoning that will impress any guest on Christmas Day.

Leftover Cheesy Potato Croquettes

These croquettes are so tasty and a great way to use up all those leftover roast potatoes and cheese from Christmas Day. And if you have some left over cranberry sauce to dip them in, even better.

Leftover Christmas Pud Cookies

Not sure what to do with your leftover Christmas Pudding? Try these delicious Christmas pudding cookies, perfect for an evening treat or two…or three.

Pigs In Blankets

Perfect for cooking and freezing weeks before Christmas, this twist on the traditional pigs in blankets will impress any last-minute Christmas guest. Just heat them through and serve with some extra cranberry sauce for dipping.

Easy Mince Pies

These tasty and simple mince pies can be made well in advance and kept frozen for up to 3 months. Then simply reheat whenever you get that mince pie craving.

Spiced Red Cabbage

Bring a bit of spice to your Christmas dinner with our tasty spiced red cabbage recipe.
It’s so easy to make, and it can all be done ahead of time and kept in the fridge or freezer, leaving you to enjoy a more relaxed Christmas Day.

Christmas Roasties

Making Christmas dinner is stressful enough. So why not prep ahead with our tasty roast potato recipe? Keep them in the fridge or freezer, then just reheat on Christmas day (or any other day for that matter).

More great food saving hints and tips

Tip 1
Lock in taste

Dip your Bacofoil® Zipper® Bag in water to remove excess air. This will help lock in flavour and colour when freezing your fruit and veg.

Tip 2
Simply season

Make homemade potato peel crisps with leftover potato peelings, then season in a reusable Bacofoil® Zipper® Bag

Tip 3
Don’t get stuck

Make sure no food gets left behind with Bacofoil® Non-Stick Foil. Always use the non shiny side and your food will slide off easily.

Tip 4
Banish the burn

Don’t let good ice cream get ruined by freezer burn. Once opened, place Bacofoil® Cling Film on the surface to keep it just as good as when you first opened it.

Everything you need to prep, cook and save food this Christmas.

Bacofoil® Non-Stick Kitchen Foil

With a non-stick surface so no food gets left behind.

Bacofoil® Zipper® Bags

Washable and reusable, great for saving leftovers.

Bacofoil® Non-Stick Baking Paper

With a dimply texture for even bakes that lift off easily.

Bacofoil® Cling Film

Now PVC Free and recyclable.