2 Goodgymers helped out at Foodcycle this week. I worked with the kitchen team to create a delicious 3 course meal that Dee served up with the hosting team. Today we served 39 people who enjoyed, Leek and Potato soup, roasted veg paster bake and a plum cake and custard for dessert. Great effort tonight by all that attended 👏

We had a mix of runners and walkers this week for a visit to Shri Guru Ravidass Sangat Gurdwara. The walkers headed straight there while the runners took a small diversion to run a couple of laps of Brantwood Park to add a bit of distance to the otherwise very short journey.

At the temple we were helping prepare for the weekend's festivities celebrating the Anniversary of the birth of the Guru, so we were giving the place a good deep clean upstairs and downstairs.

Vacuuming, wiping down surfaces, mopping floors, moving furniture, scrubbing the kitchen, we did it all working alongside some other helpers from the Gurdwara and the place was left spotless!

4 Goodgymers turned out to support FoodCycle this afternoon and their help was invaluable. Gill was on food collection and brought a haul which included a large amount of carrots, parsnips and grapes to provide inspiration for tonight’s meal. After opening up the church and weighing the produce she was joined by Martin and the rest of the cooking team and they were soon busy preparing for tonight’s meal. Martin and Gill peeling a mountain of carrots and parsnips which Martin transformed into a delicious soup with leeks, potatoes and some tasty flavourings. Some of the carrots were used in the vegetable tagine, and Gill had also prepped a mixed salad and dressing before heading off for the evening. Soon after Dee and Omar arrived to help the hosting team set up the tables and get ready to serve the meal to the guests. Another delicious meal which was well received. Great work team!

Tuesday night is FoodCycle night and our fabulous team were out to support in all roles. Gill helped with the food collection before joiningvthe cookingvteam alongside Martin and two other FoodCycle regulars. While she started on a chocolately dessert Martin started cooking up a deliciously fragrant vegetable curry. Omar, full of smiles, joined the kitchen team and his skill as pot washer was greatly appreciated while Dee and Luqman helped out the hosting team with setting up the hall and serving the guests. It was a delicious meal with lots of empty plates and lots of empty crates to be returned to Sainsbury's afterwards. Well done team - we had some great feedback from the guests. You are really appreciated.

There was a good turn out from the Luton GoodGym team this afternoon and evening to help prepare and give out the meal tonight to our guests. Gill was yo first as she was responsible for the induction of a new FoodCycle volunteer to the hob of surplus food collection. There was a lot if food so they were glad to work together. Gill had also been asked to open up the church and help on the cooking team for an hour or so. She was soon joined by Marti and the rest of the cooking team. There were limited hosts expected tonight, so they got stuck into preparing a three course takeaway menu. Gill made home made mayonnaise and helped prepare all the constituents for a mixed salad with boiled eggs, while Martin got busy preparing a vegetable cottage pie. As the evening wore on the team was joined by Omar - resplendent in his new black GoodGym shirt, Dee and Moamal, who helped with bagging up food for guests to take away and serving up the takeaways. We were joined by 36 guests who were all pleased to take away a nutritious and delicious take away as well as plenty of fresh fruit and bread to tide them over the coming week. Another great meal , thanks team.

Foodcycle had support from 4 Luton Goodgymers tonight. Gill took care of the food collection, grabbing food that would have otherwise gone to waste from the local supermarket. Then I got stuck in with other Foodcycle volunteers in the kitchen and we prepared a 3 course meal for 43 visitors. The 3 courses were, a fantastic Leek and potato soup for starters, vegetable stir fried noodles for main and apiece of cake from quite a selection that was on offer today. Omar and Dinner Dee helped the hosting team by serving the meals and refreshments and preparing and handing out surplus food bags. Great effort tonight team, well done 👏

There were two GoodGymers in the kitchen at FoodCycle this evening, both in need of some mental maths as Martin and Gill tried to work out how many packets of mince pies made 100. When they get hot and bothered in the kitchen the old grey cells don't work as quickly as normal. Martin was also using his maths brain to treble up quantities for a vat of his special custard, while Gill was working out how many litres of cream were required for 60 portions of potato dauphinoise. The Goodgymers, OMar, Moamal amnd Dee on the hosting team had less maths to do out front, as there was plenty of food to go round, so it was an easy job to ensure all the guests got a portion of the three course tonight - a vegetable frittata for starters, potato dauphinoise and veg for main, and delightful mince pies and custard for pudding. They were also able to enusre all guests got a generous goody bag as Gill had done a great job with her hubby in collecting a large quantity of surplus form the supermarket yesterday.