Strain the chicken bits and bones from the broth and allow to cool before you skim off any fat from the top. I pop the chicken in the slow cooker cover with boiling water and let it cook overnight. When I was growing up, my mum would make chicken stock from the carcass in her pressure cooker, I do the same, but use my slow cooker.

Leftover cooked vegetables – we used leeks, turnips, carrots, new potatoes and roast parsnips,.Chicken Carcas or chicken stock and leftover chicken.This Bubble and Squeak soup is simple to make, uses leftover cooked vegetables and also is great for using up the chicken carcass. Chicken would mean her famous stew, pasties and curry.īubble and Squeak cakes are a regular addition to our meal plans. Roast beef would be turned into sandwiches, hotpots and pies. We often could guess what the following days meal would be. She taught me about meal planning and using leftovers for the next days meals, she called it companion cooking. My mum was a war baby and food was scarce and she raised me to hate waste. In fact, the average British family wastes £700 per year on food that could have been eaten, but is thrown away instead, that’s around £60 a month.Īre you a frugal cook? I am, it was how I was raised. To bring this to life, that includes 5.8 million potatoes, almost 6 million glasses of milk and an astonishing 24 million slices of bread every day! Not only is this a huge problem for our environment, but families are throwing away money along with food. This brilliant soup is perfect to cook with kids and perfect for using up chicken and vegetables left over from a Sunday dinner.ĭid you know that households in the UK waste a mind blowing 15 million tonnes of food and drink every year. We are delighted to be partnering with Sainsbury’s Waste less, Save more initiative by sharing our waste-busting bubble and squeak soup.

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