Making friends with your freezer over Christmas

Avoid wasting money and food by using your freezer to store ingredients, home-prepped meals and leftovers. No-waste caterer Orla McAndrew gives her top tips for making the most of this underused kitchen appliance

Orla McAndrew: The freezer helps to keep Christmas cooking grounded in common sense

With Christmas almost here, kitchens everywhere are braced for the annual feast. Amidst all the planning, gathering, and cooking, one humble household hero is often overlooked: The freezer.

It may be sometimes seen as the place where good intentions go to die, but zero-waste caterer Orla McAndrew disagrees.