15 May 2022

Waste Not Want Not

Earlier this week I made a beef casserole and served it with some puff pastry rounds. I don’t make my own pastry but I had a ready made slab in the freezer. 

I only used half of the slab so this morning I used the other half to make some Pain au Chocolat pastries using a bar of confectioner’s chocolate I found lurking at the back of a cupboard. They turned out quite well, although a bit heavier than I would have liked. We had them warm from the oven with our coffee.  



That left me with half a bar of chocolate. Hmm. I did a quick Google search and found a recipe for fudge using peanut butter and Greek yoghurt. I had half a tub of yoghurt in the fridge (son-in-law Craig likes Greek yoghurt for breakfast) so I had all the ingredients. I have never made fudge before but it was easy to mix all the ingredients together. I now have to wait for 8 hours for it to set. Not sure what it will turn out like but the mixture tasted sublime (yes, I licked the bowl clean!).

I just hate throwing food away.


8 comments:

  1. Your chocolate pastry looks very good, as good as any pastry I've seen at the bakery. Well done! The fudge sounds good too. When I made fudge (once) it came out like pudding and had to be eaten with a spoon.

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  2. A great way to use up leftovers! I often have puff pastry to use up so might try that. Hope the fudge turns out well - I`m sure it will be yummy regardless!

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  3. The pain au chocolat look wonderful; very professional.

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  4. They look scrumptious! Poor Rick, no chance of any crumbs, and no taste of the fudge either!

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  5. They look great and I will be interested to hear how the fudge turns out. The fact that it already tasted great means it will be good however it turns out.

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  6. Has Craig told any mother-in-law jokes yet? I don't think there's such a thing as son-in-law jokes!

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  7. They look like shop bought ones.

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