This easy to make fridge cake is a great way to use up leftover chocolate Easter eggs, and makes a wonderful afternoon treat!

Pretty much anything that’s close to its use-by date can be transformed under the guise of a Spanish omelette. You can include cooked potatoes, cooked vegetables such as peas, leeks, carrots, courgettes, onions etc, that last rasher of bacon and cheese that’s going hard around the edges.

A great way of using up bananas that are past their best!

This recipe is great for when you find those stale slices of bread left at the end of the loaf.

Mince pie overload? These delicious brownies will give them another life.

This simple sponge pudding sits on a yummy layer of your choice and is perfect for using up all sorts of leftover sweet foods.

This fish pie uses a pastry topping that doesn't need rolling out, just grating!

Bruschetta is a great way of using up items from your fridge, use a variety of leftover cheese, cooked meats, tomatoes and beans, basically anything goes!

Use up any variety of dessert apples in this delicious recipe, which incorporates a quick toffee sauce and is topped off with a crispy crumble made from a leftover doughnut.

It’s much cheaper and simpler to make your own tapenade and great for making leftover bread something more interesting. This will keep in the fridge and can be added to pasta or used to enrich casseroles.