Food – ECRF – Sustainable Wellness

Edinburgh Community Food, Food, Health and Wellbeing

Edinburgh Community Food Group

By laikman2 02/05/2024 13/08/2024 1

It is great to see the Edinburgh Community Food Group at the Western General, RIE and RHCYP with a range of fresh fruit & vegetables; and not forgetting their fantastic convenient Take & Make DIY Meals! kits to buy. Their Take & Make DIY meals range from £3.50 – £8.75 …

Grow your own, Health and Wellbeing

The Allotment is coming!

By mleslie2 26/07/2023 26/07/2023 0

I got the exciting news this month that I have been allocated one of the new allotments being provided in my village. The project at St Monans is being looked at as a model project,

with the Council working with a house-builder building a new housing estate in the village to create a great space with around 40 allotments.

Hopefully I will get access soon, to get it set up ready for planting for next season. Watch this space!

I know of at least one allotment-holder in the CRF already (step forward Dickie!). Does anyone else have one?

I am looking to get some research done before I get my hands on it, so if anyone has any recommendations for the best books to get, best way to set it up etc, please let me know!

Marie

Jul 26, 2023

Food, Plastics, Reduce Re-use Recycle

Plastic-free July! What are you going to do?

By mleslie2 22/06/2022 22/06/2022 5

Plastic-free July is fast approaching! Why not commit to reducing or eliminating single-use plastic for the month? I made a commitment last year to reduce my use of single-use plastics and used Plastic-free July to focus on what changes I could make. I focussed on things room-by-room in my house …

Food, Healthy Eating Week 2020, Plastics, Reduce Re-use Recycle, Sustainability

Plastic-free swaps

By tgilchri 17/06/2022 17/06/2022 1

With Plastic-free July fast approaching, I thought it would be a good time to share some of my recent swaps to try and reduce the amount of plastic we use at home. I think it is helpful to know about small and simple swaps that maybe seem trivial but if …

Grow your own, Mental Health, Walking routes

Nature and mental health

By mleslie2 21/05/2021 21/05/2021 0

I hope you all, like me, enjoyed the spring Mental Health newsletter that was circulated during Mental Health Awareness Week by our Mental Health First Aider team. If you missed it, here is a link – https://sway.office.com/Li3TO3IdQYfnGpF7?ref=email. It’s a great read, so do have a look. I really do appreciate …

Food Waste

Your Food isn’t Rubbish!

By mleslie2 22/04/2021 22/04/2021 0

Did you know that a whopping one third of the world’s food is wasted? 60% of it is edible food. Producing, distributing, storing and cooking food uses energy, fuel and water. All of these emit greenhouse gases, contributing to climate change. If we all stop wasting food that could have …

Cycling, Edinburgh Community Food, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Travel, Uncategorised, Weekend adventures

Training day – Pre NC500 challenge

By atoch2 25/11/2020 25/11/2020 1

When you’ve a big challenge coming up – preparation is key. Not just of the kit you are going to need – but the reality of mileage. We have done our chunky cycles before (see previous blogs) – often with trying inclines – always summiting with sweat and smiles. But …

Cycling, Edinburgh Community Food, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Sustainability, Travel, Uncategorised, Weekend adventures

NC500 Challenge – updates and blog posts to come!

By atoch2 16/11/2020 16/11/2020 2

HELLO! This October 2020 – Kirstie and I ( sadly Jenny could not start with us due to illness) – began our NC500 Challenge. As our email on our return detailed – our challenge was sadly postponed after 2 days in – due to extreme adverse weather conditions …

Food

Healthy Lamb and squash biryani with cucumber raita

By mleslie2 26/10/2020 26/10/2020 0

I found the below healthy-eating recipe and tried it out, and it was really tasty. I didn’t have yoghurt to make the raita, so just served it with a little soured cream. Lamb and Squash Biryani with Cucumber Raita Prep: 10 mins Cook: 25 mins Serves 4 Low-calorie, rich in …

Food, Grow your own, Healthy Eating Week 2020

Healthy Eating Week – best lunch in ages!

By mleslie2 01/10/2020 01/10/2020 2

Inspired by the posts about Healthy Eating Week, I ditched usual lunch options today and instead had home-made leek and potato soup (with my own home-grown leeks), accompanied by some home-made wholemeal bread. It was the nicest workday lunch I’d had in ages and set me up well for my …

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