There was not much food available for cooking the meal at FoodCycle tonight but there were a lot of bananas. So while Lucie got busy crafting a delicious vegetable Bolognaise Gill started making a sticky caramel sauce which she used to caramelise enough bananas to feed 40 people. They very sticky but went well with the rice pudding made by one of the other volunteers. Abdulrahman was his usual smiley self and as well as serving the guests, enjoyed a bowl if the pudding and sticky bananas too.

Only one GoodGymer at FoodCycle this evening, but Gill did a great job in the kitchen taking sole responsibility for the pudding. Only finding out what ingredients there were when the food delivery arrived she had to be spontaneous in making up a recipe and putting together 5 honey sponge puddings and a delicious mango lemon sauce to accompany.

This evening we served 40 guests and 4 children at Foodcycle Great team work as always Menu Starter: Vegetable frittata and 🥖 bread Main : Vegetable curry 🍛 and Indian rice 🍚 Dessert: 🍌 Banana pudding and fruit with custard

There was definitely an Autumnal feel this evening and we three of Luton's GoodGymers i the kitchen at FoodCycle there was no surprise that the mini pumpkin like squashes were turned into a delicious soup by Lucie. Gill suggested that it was like having our very own soup dragon (being from the generation that watched black and white tv programmes. Unfortunately her attempts to recreate the Clangers meant the others thought she was losing the plot. She and Dani git on with creating a lively earthy mushroom and lentil loaf and a delightful bread and butter pudding - with help from the other FoodCycle volunteers. Neill and Abdulrahman were hosting again and Abdulrahman , as always, had a smile throughout the evening - even when hoovering the church hall at the end of the session. Well done team, another delicious meal and lits of happy guests.

Another busy night at FoodCycle and fortunately we had lots of fruit including a crate of plums. So plums it was for the dessert. Gill concocted a mango pudding and was then helped by Lucie to make a very tasty plum compote. Lucie had also been busy prepping the stir fried cabbage and the veg for the main course. And of course our meal wouldn’t be the success it was without the hosting team, and Neill and Abdulrahman were great at packing the grocery bags to take home, setting up the hall and serving the food to the guests . They made a great job of clearing up afterwards. We may not be sugar plum fairies but we certainly worked some magic tonight.

With very little donated food tonight, Gill was still able to lead the kitchen team in putting together a tasty menu fir the guests. Sam joined the hosting team and made sure the guests felt welcome and were served their food with a smile.