Made out of REAL pieces of chicken! Fast Food that is real, wholesome, cheap, cheerful, and fun to make! Here’s how you do it.

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So you’ve treated yourself to that delicious ice cream on a Sunday night in front of a movie. What do you do with the ice cream tub? Throw it in the bin? Probably not. Recycle it? Maybe. Well how about you…..

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So we all know that the world is in a pretty terrible financial state, largely due to a few greedy elitist bankers. OK, rant over, but we are where we are largely due to an endemic problem of unethical banking practices, and it’s no surprise that the banks in the UK least hit by the “credit crunch” are the one’s which haven’t dipped their toes in the shadier sides of corporate banking.

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So your reading this blog. That means you care about the environment. That means you probably already switch your office monitor off at night. However, what about the other monitors in your office, that your colleagues leave switched on?

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So it’s all the rage now for shops and corporations to show us how green they are by selling tote bags in their shops or by handing them out at conferences instead of a plastic bag full of promo material. Yes – it’s a GREAT thing that we aren’t using plastic bags as much these days, but I’m some of you have tote bags coming out of your ears.

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I love Lasagna. I love making it also, and I love how you can make it as “from scratch” as you like. You may decide to make your own bolognese, or even your own pasta. If you want to venture into making a “proper” lasagna, then making your own white sauce is essential. It’s really really simple, you’ll never have to buy a jar again, and here how you can help save the world, one jar at a time.

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I love these things. When I first took over my allotment, the previous owner had installed a water butt to collect rainwater landing on the shed. When I wish to water my vegetables I just fill my watering can using the collected rain water.

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This is a really simple tip, and one I really stick to. If you wash a half load of clothes, then unless your washer is one of those really expensive super smart washers that uses only the right amount of water for your load, then your going to be using too much water to wash your clothes, and therefore wasting water and energy.

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If I had a pound for every time I’d used the phrase “Best thing since sliced bread”, I’d be a very rich man now. Similarly, If I had a pound for every slice of bread I had thrown in the bin because it had gone off, then I’d also be very rich. Thankfully, I have now got into a habit of freezing my sliced bread loaves.

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Here’s a few facts for you that you may not know about the tires in your car

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Over a third of a typical families water consumption is taken by the toilet. So if every family cut could that in half then that would make a major difference to your bills and the environment

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Regular cat litter is normally made out of non-biodegradable clay which is mined. It is also loaded with scents to mask any odor. This can be particularly harmful for kittens and the clay based litters will produce dust when your cat does its business and covers up it’s mess.

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What is in your toothpaste? Do you know what Triclosan is? Well it is an antibacterial ingredient in toothpaste and has been linked to causing cancer. Make your own toothpaste to cut out the unnecessary ingredients.

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Don’t use peat based matter as a growing medium for things like hanging baskets. Peat bogs are dwindling around the world and are a vital carbon store.

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Would you take a dollar note and flush it down the drain? Well if your toilet has a leak that could be exactly what you are doing. Here is a simple test of how to check to see if your cistern is leaking.

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One of the worst consumers of environmental resources is food packaging. I have now introduced a new category “Fast Food Recipes” and I will use this category to make posts about how you can make your own healthy “Fast Food” such as burgers, pizza’s, chip/fries and the like, but also fast food in the sense that it will take just a few minutes to cook. When I was a student, I often went for the quick pasta stir in sauce option, which was covered in packaging and most likely, full of “E numbers” that couple with all the beer I was guzzling, was not very good for me. So, it seems right, that now I have mended my ways, I will start with a Basic Pasta tomato Sauce

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Now I know for my readers in the Northern Hemisphere, this may not be the most timely tip. Personally for me being in the UK, a hot water bottle in my bed would be agony! However, our readers in the Southern Hemisphere are now in mid winter and may need their beds heating a bit!

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If you have an old pillow case which you are planning to throw away, then here may be an option for you

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You may or may not be aware, but due to building booms in India & China, the prices of fences have risen dramtically in the last ten years. This is great news really, as it is pushing people back to the traditional fence – the hedgerow

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If you have beans in your vegetable garden then the chances are you will have a problem with aphids.

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