Turn half-used packets of nuts into something special, with colour courtesy of beetroot offcuts.
Raw choc-strawberry bars
Raw choc-strawberry bars
Spring clean your pantry with these 7 no-waste recipes
Save money and streamline your store cupboard with clever ways to turn packet ends into super snacks. Samantha Coutts uses fruit, nuts, spices and more to create bars and balls – including a protein-rich no-bake banana bread – you can whip up in a flash.
Pantry bars
Pantry bars
We used nuts and seeds to make our pantry mix, but the goal is to empty those packets, so feel free to experiment with dried fruit and cereal such as rice puffs.
S'mored nougat brownie bars
S'mored nougat brownie bars
Using whole eggs in this recipe means there’s no annoying leftover yolks. Try whatever frozen fruit you have in the base, and feel free to enrich your nougat with any nuts or dried fruit left in the pantry
Caramel and peanut balls
Caramel and peanut balls
These Snickers-inspired snacks use leftover biscuits and peanuts – keep them in the fridge for a wicked midnight treat.
No-bake protein banana bread bars
No-bake protein banana bread bars
Put those overripe bananas, jar-ends of nut butter and winter’s porridge oats to work in this no-fuss coconutty treat.
Sugar-free protein clinkers
Sugar-free protein clinkers
Let your imagination colour your clinkers – we used leftover beetroot, pistachios, frozen berries and a nub of turmeric lurking in the fridge.
Chia fruit salad balls
Chia fruit salad balls
Upcycle leftover dried fruit into these sweet bites for a kid-friendly snack with a chia protein hit.
