Chickpea Omelette recipe

✅Vegan ✅Gluten-Free ✅Nut-free ✅Soy-free

Ingredients

– 1 tbs (7g) ground flax seeds

– 3 tbs (45ml) water

– 1/2 cup (45g) chickpea flour (besan flour)

– 1/2 cup (120ml) unsweetened plant-based milk

– 1 tbs (10g) nutritional yeast

– 1/4 tsp onion powder

– 1/4 tsp garlic powder

– 1/4 tsp salt

– 1/8 tsp black pepper

– 1 tbs (15ml) olive oil

Directions

1. In a large bowl, mix together the ground flax seeds and water, set aside to thicken up.

2. When the flaxseed has thickened (about 5 mins) add to a bowl with the chickpea flour, milk, nutritional yeast, onion and garlic powder, salt and pepper, mix until combined.

3. Heat up a large pan over medium heat, add olive oil, and when hot add about two tablespoons of the omelette mixture to create a small, thick omelette. When the omelette bubbles on the top flip and then cook until golden. Repeat with the rest of the mixture.

4. Serve with your favourite breakfast toppings or sides. I have used mushrooms and cherry tomatoes, garnished with parsley.

ENJOY😋

Dark chocolate almond bar

Ingredients

– 2 1/2 cups of dry roasted almonds

– 300g dark chocolate buttons

– A pinch of salt

Method

– Put the chocolate buttons in a heatproof bowl (glass) over a small pot of boiling water. Once the chocolate has melted, add in the almonds and stir until completely covered.

– line a baking tray with baking paper (reusable of course 😉 ). Spoon the chocolate and nut mixture into the tray and smooth out until it is an even thickness.

– Let it cool at room temperature or in the refrigerator until the chocolate has set. Sprinkle with salt and serve!

So delicious and easy! Great for gifts or just a cheeky snack for yourself.

Vanilla Chai Protein smoothie

If you are looking for a delicious, healthy treat after your workout you have to try this one!

Ingredients

– 1 1/2 cups of almond milk

– 1 large frozen banana

– 1 tbs protein powder ( I used our whey protein powder)

– 1-2 tbs chai tea powder or loose leaf tea

– 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

– Ground cinnamon

– Chopped banana

Method

1. Heat up 1/4 cup of almond milk either in the microwave or on their stove, heat until steaming. Mix in the chai powder or the loose leaves in a tea strainer until combined/ remove the tea strainer

2. Combine chai tea milk, remaining milk, banana, protein powder, and vanilla extract into a blender

3. Blend until smooth and top with fresh banana and cinnamon

Enjoy 🙂

Gluten-Free sponge cake recipe!!

This recipe is super easy, delicious and is sure to be a crowd-pleaser.

Ingredients

500g gluten-free sponge cake mix

225ml of water

2 eggs

Method

Add the sponge mix to the liquid ingredients in a bowl. Mix for 1 minute on low speed using a whisk. Mix for a further 5 minutes on high speed. Pour mixture into a cake tin and bake at 190C until cooked all the way through. I baked the cake in 2 round tins for 20 mins @ 190C and topped with whipped cream and fruit.

TIP Add cocoa to the mix to make it a chocolate sponge!

Eco-Friendly Laundry Tips & Tricks

eco friendly cleaning products for the laundry

Using eco-friendly cleaning products isn’t the only way to be sustainable!

Great ways to lighten your load…

👚 Firstly, buy clothes made with natural fibres so that microplastics don’t end up in our oceans.

👖 Wash clothes less often (not your socks and jocks though!) I love anything that tells me to do less laundry 😆

🌿 Use eco-friendly cleaning products (like the ones we stock at Wasteless Pantry). If you refill your containers you get bonus eco points!

☀️ Opt for a clothesline for solar and wind-powered drying.

These tips will help you save money, get more wear out of your clothes, reduce your carbon footprint, and reduce microplastics in our oceans. Therefore, you’re winning!

Okay, so let’s circle back to those eco-friendly cleaning products.

Not everything that has organic, eco, environmental, or natural on the label is actually friendly to the planet. Do a little research and reading to find the best options you have available to you. It doesn’t have to be perfect, just the best you can access.

The zero-waste laundry options we have at WP include:

Refillable laundry liquids (top loader, front loader and wool wash/delicates options) – add 30ml to your wash for regular loads

Fabric softener – put 13 to 25 ml in your wash

Laundry powder and presoaker – 25g is used as laundry powder and a bit more (100g) as a stain remover/presoaker

Stain remover bars – the great all-rounder for rubbing on stains or for handwashing, especially when traveling, always apply to wet cloth

Organic Castile liquid soap – add 30-60 ml to your wash

These have all been locally made in WA, and are palm oil free, vegan, and greywater safe.

Soap nuts – add 4-6 half shells in a little bag or old sock to your wash (replace every 3-6 washes depending on how hard your water is and how heavily soiled your washing was to start with)

Once everything is clean, pop it out to dry on a clothesline or airer using wire pegs or bamboo pegs that will last for years!

Feel like you have the eco friendly laundry and cleaning sorted? How about checking out how to create a waste free bathroom next…

Meet the Team: Belinda from Mundaring & Bassendean

Hi, I’m Belinda and I mostly work at the Mundaring store, but you’ll occasionally find me at the Bassendean store. I’ve been here a bit over 3 years now and still loving it – it’s so nice to work for a place with such a good vibe.

I love to cook, and will often take home new or interesting products in the store just to try them out and see what I think. I’m also big on cooking from scratch, stock, bread, tomato paste, I’ll give anything a shot once. I’m also a birdwatcher and come Summer you’ll find me snorkelling at any given opportunity.

I’m a fan of the detergent bar for washing dishes. It lathers so well and smells great, I reckon it does a better cleaning job than the liquid too. My favourite nibble is the apricot logs – they always seem to hit the spot.

I think the biggest key to heading towards zero waste is the mindset – just stopping and thinking where things come from and where they will go to, and knowing that any little thing you do is better than nothing.

Travel Waste Free

These are all my favourite things to pack when I’m travelling 🌴🏖️👙

Insulated water bottle: great for keeping water super cool and hot beverages, well, hot! I find that having this is means I don’t need a separate reusable coffee cup, so I can travel light. If you have more room in your bag then you could easily take both.
Cutlery set: I’ve been caught out without it and regretted not having it. Either I end up feeling bad for using plastic single-use cutlery or I don’t get to enjoy my meal fully by eating with my hands. This way I always feel good chowing down.
Reusable container: I love having a 2 tier variety since I can separate out meals or tailor to the quantity of leftovers I have better. Plus, I can also use it to store small items in my bag between destinations so they are easy to find on arrival.
Handkerchief: Multipurpose goodness! Use it as a tissue, napkin, wet wipe, flannel, sweatband on your wrist, wrap for your sandwich, tie for a water bottle to your belt for hands-free hydration, and more. As they are so lightweight easily handwash in a sink at the end of the day and it will be dry by morning to go again.
Shampoo bar, conditioner bar and stain remover bar in a travel tin: Shampoo bars double as body wash, conditioner bars double as body lotion and stain remover bars triple as laundry, dishwashing and handwashing products. The travel tin isn’t airtight which means that my bars can dry out a little even in transit.
Toothbrush and toothpaste: Taking my own bamboo toothbrush and refilled toothpaste means that I can give the hotel samples a miss.
Refillable deodorant: I love my natural deodorant and my own little sprayer is just the right size. So handy to be able to access liquid or paste varieties at WP now.
Lip balm refillable tin: My handy little tin fits plenty of lip saving wonder, this one is tinted to give me a little colour and I know that the ingredients are just right for me.
Moisturiser: I want to look after my skin for the happy snaps so refilling my container before I travel is a must.
Bamboo comb: It’s lightweight, it does the job and it is a great shape to pack easily into my bag.
Plastic-free hair tie: I’d be lost without a hair tie and if I do lose one then I want to be sure that it will biodegrade back into the earth rather than sticking around forever harassing wildlife.
Reusable bags: Having a stash of cloth and mesh produce bags plus at least one shopping bag that folds down to practically nothing means that I can avoid ever taking a plastic single-use bag. Cloth produce bags are great for buying bread, rolls and sandwiches. Mesh produce bags are great for fresh fruits and vegetables, bulk foods, as well as keeping your small laundry items together at the end of your trip. Shopping bags also double as a handbag for takeaway meals or laundry bags or any time you want your hands free.

What about you? What is your must-haves for zero waste travelling?