Xmas leftovers and running naked into the sea….
Hello you lovely bunch! To end 2024 with a bang this instalment is going to hit a little differently. I had a much-needed break over xmas, I let myself cook the food for the pure joy of cooking alone and enjoyed eating it with my family so no photos were taken.
So this is going to be one lovely dump of positivity getting everyone pumped and ready to do some mega stuff in 2025! If you want to head into the new year with me full of excited/nervous energy like the feeling you get running naked into the ice cold sea, or plunging into an ice bath on xmas morning buckle up here we go……
First things first, Christmas! Done and dusted! I had a majestic time and I hope you all did too. I want to say a massive thanks to everyone who bought the big sexy Christmas book. We totally smashed last year's total and raised a whooping £6500 for the wonderful charity Circles Alternative Education!
I also bloody loved seeing you all getting creative in the kitchen and tagging me with your creations shout out to all of you for sharing it made my xmas knowing I was helping you all have a banger of feast all over the world! Check out some of them below…..
This odd bit of time between Xmas and New Year is the WORST for food waste, but the BEST for getting creative with what’s left! There is still plenty of time to not be a twat and waste your food, your leftovers will be good for 3-5 days depending on how you stored it!
Don’t be this naughty santa!
Things you can do with leftovers…..
Stir-fried rice - link here
Soup
Stew
Mac n Cheese - link here
Bubble and squeak
Croquettes - link here
Pastry filled things
It is endless!!!
Pie filling - if you want some lengthy joy then go check out my YouTube on this one. Also subscribe while your there.
I ended up knocking together something that was a mix between a bubble and squeak and a Swedish dish called Pytt i Panna (I will do a vid of this one at some point it an epic brunch!)
FOOD WASTE ISN'T COMPLICATED - JUST EAT THE FOOD YOU BUY!
I know I’m like a broken record but we are shit lazy humans and we just need to think about the food we have in our house. There is no one else to blame for it, it's on us! Anyway enough of me calling you a twats lets get into some more positivity!
2025 is on the horizon, and it’s that time when we start thinking about setting goals. Things we want to achieve, holidays we want to go on, tasks we want to tick off. We look forward to the new year as it gives us an excuse to reset and start afresh.
Now I’m not a motivational guru but I can share my real experiences in the hope that they will help you in some way or another. My advice going into the new year is, to find something you love and just put your mind to it! If you love it, you will find time to do it, if you don’t love it, you won’t.
I bloody love food, anything and everything to do with it. I don’t think a day goes by where I don’t write a mad foodie business idea down on my phone or cook something new, taste something new or get that “wow that’s fucking rad” feeling about food! That’s why I’ve shaped my life around it and it's opened up so many doors. Specifically I love passing on my knowledge, coming up with weird and wonderful ways to solve food waste and teaching people how to apply it in their kitchens brings me energy.
We all have that thing we love inside of us, and I beg you to just invest some time and energy into making that thing part of your every day because your life will become way more fulfilling and you never know what may come of it!
I probably do more hours now running my “business” than I did when I was slaving away in those kitchens working crazy ass hours! BUT I love my channels, I love what I do so I'm happy to invest my time in it. Connecting with you lovely bunch and sharing my 20+ years of cooking wisdom through the medium of camp, ADHD cooking videos is bringing me so much joy I cant honestly call it a job. It’s a calling! I was on the toilet Christmas day sending voice notes to people as they asked for advice on how to cook a Christmas dinner! I refer to my point above “Find the thing you love and just run head first at it”.
If you have made it this far, bloody well done!
A couple of books to help you run naked into the sea
David Hieatt - Do Purpose
With my undiagnosed ADHD, I struggled with books, but this one I have read about 20 times and bought about 50 times as I have given it to friends after telling them about it!
Paul Arden - God Explained in a taxi ride
If you like creative and fun philosophical thinkers, then get your face in this!
John C Parkin - F**k It Therapy
I have read about 10-15 pages of this book and got everything I wanted from it! But there are another 300+ pages that are probably full of wisdom!
Chefy Christmas
I also suppose you are thinking, what does a chef get for Christmas, I never really ask for anything as I am pretty basic and have a lovely wife and child, so I don't need much more (put this in as my wife proofreads the newsletters)
So I got..
Peppers Canon
I saw the reviews, I saw friends online using it, and I almost shat myself when I saw the cost, but FUCK ME! This thing is insane! If you have a spare £175, go and get one or use a pestle and mortar!
Fellow Eddy Milk Pitcher
If you have followed me for any time, you will know I am a big fan girl of coffee. Get it in my face! I have a fancy machine and asked my mate Josh from Yallah for a decent jug to practice my Latte art and he said this one is the nuts! So I believe him! Yet to use it!
Beach clean placemats
My wife got me these, and they are epic; I love a sustainable product, and these not only look rad but are doing something to combat humans being shit!
And this solid present from my bro - cheers mate
A couple of bits of housekeeping:
Stuffed! Podcast
We talk leftovers so go and get involved!
Also on the note of Podcast I went on What It Takes with Olly Fawcett and chatted about all my life! So if you want to learn a lot about me go have a listen
Tea Towels and Vinegar have all sold out! I forgot to order some before Christmas, so I will let you know when they are back in stock!
We are working on plans for some new tea towels and Merch, so if there is anything you would love to see let me know!
Anyway, thats all I promise to give you some recipes soon!
Big love
M
p.s please run naked into the sea at somepoint it’s wonderful