Plastic-free MasterChef – yes from the telly!
Sew Obsesseed
Miss Minimalist
Ecothrifty
I am very honoured to have been featured in some of my favourite blogs including (but not all… I will get round to it!)…..
Was delighted and rather flattered when the wonderful Offset Warehouse asked me to guest post. This fantastic company sell organic, fair-trade fabrics, proper cotton on a wooden reel (very hard to find!) and peace silk (doesn’t result in the death of the silk worms). They have a great customer service. And they will post your fabric out in cardboard boxes. Plastic free. All round good guys.
And they have a great blog, Sew Obsessed, full of useful posts on how to make your own beeswax wrap or zero waste skirt. And of course there’s my contribution on how to cut plastic consumption – natch!
Sign up and you get loads of useful tips and 5% discount on your next fabric order. Order now and make your own reusable witches hat for halloween!
Miss Minimalist
I love minimalism. I live in a house so empty, people ask if I have just moved in! Being plastic free allows me to cut a lot more stuff… and I got the Miss Minimalist seal of approval.
You can read my post about how living plastic-free leads to a life with less stuff in her fantastic blog.
You can read about my minimalist life here….
Ecothrifty
Very pleased to be featured in Ecothriftys blog this month. Zoe (the thrifty, eco one), sets herself a different challenge each month. To make it more exciting, you can sponsor her through Do Nation – another great idea. In fact the blog is packed with nuggets of eco gold and is a thoughtful introduction to much current green ideology, documented from the personal perspective of giving-it-a-go.
Some challenges have been hugely successful and have become full scale life choices, others… well let’s just say the no poo wasnt a high point. Which makes it all so readable!
But less about her and more about ME!!!! You can read my interview in her blog right here. It’s great!
Plastic-free MasterChef – yes from the telly!
Very excited to be featured in a write up on plastic–free catering by the by the Hungry Gecko AKA Jackie Kearney.
Plastic free family travel
Jackie and family, (husband, Lee and twins), spent a year traveling in Asia during which they bought no bottled water. She is kind enough to say she was inspired by our plastic free travels. Which probably means we banged on relentlessly about our Steripen.
MasterChef
You might think that was achievement enough but so inspired was she by street food in Asia that she incorporated it into her own cooking creating a fantastically tasty range vegetarian and vegan fusion dishes. For those of you who done believe that is possible – well she was top 4 finalist in BBC One’s MasterChef 2011, has worked with, (amongst other great chefs), Yotam Ottolenghi and was runner up for Best Main Dish at British Street Food Awards in 2012.
Street food in compostable disposables
But it don’t stop there. After MasterChef she got a retro silver trailer and started selling her food on the mean streets of Manchester.
It gets better. Her street food is served in compostable disposables.
As she says “From day one with my street food work, I have only ever used cardboard food trays, unbleached recycled napkins and cutlery made of corn starch (at one time I offered wooden cutlery but some people don’t like the taste). Obviously it’s highly frustrating when you take part in an event and other traders are dishing out their food on the cheapest polystyrene trays imaginable. Personally I think these food trays should be banned. Full stop. No arguments. There is simply no need to use such rubbish, and those traders that continue to do so should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.”
Go girl!
Get the book….
Her food is so good she got a book deal. Here it is – you can of course buy in on Amazon but why not visit a bookshop.
If you really cant cook, you can buy Jackie does her own range of sauces.
Eat with Jackie
You can try her food at festivals and events. Or even book her for your event. How classy to have the silver Zeppelin serving food at your wedding?
Manchester folks can join dining club and enjoy a five course Asian inspired fine dining menu in Jackie’s South Manchester home. Or get her to come and cook for your dinner party.
Plus pop up events.