Plastic Free July | Day 15

Plastic Free July

Day 15

Today for plastic free July we made our own custard. The custard we made was egg custard and we made it because it's waste free unlike a yogurt container or other things that produce trash. We began by putting one litre of milk into a sauce pan (we doubled the recipe). We then put a little under a cup of sugar in because we didn't want it to be too sweet (the amount we were supposed to put in was one cup). After that we put in two teaspoons of vanilla. We put the sauce pan on medium heat and just kept stirring until the sugar was completely dissolved.

In a separate bowl we cracked six eggs separating the yolk from the egg whites. We then beat the yolks slightly. Once we had done that we put in three tablespoons of cornflour and beat it until it was a thick paste. We continued by pouring half of the first mixture into the paste and mixing it with a whisk. We then poured that mixture into the first mixture. We kept on mixing until it began to thicken and turn to custard (this may take a little while so have some patience).

I really hope you try this recipe because it's simple, it saves buying any plastic and it tastes amazing.

Did you know that a plastic bag is used for an average of 12 minutes! In fact less than 3% of all plastic bags are actually recycled and the rest are usually discarded, and then the plastic stays around for quite a while (about 10-1000 years!)