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1. Carrot peeling and spruce beer

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Carrot peeling and spruce beer
There's no beer like a free beer, so why not fight food waste and save yourself a few bob by turning carrot scraps into amber nectar? Make like the clever folk at River Cottage and brew your own tasty ale from a pile of old peelings.

With its slightly left-field ingredients, it's no surprise this carrot peeling and spruce beer has an unusual taste, with lovely caramel flavours coming from rich, sugary molasses.

Watch the video of the River Cottage team making this carrot beer