About us

Hi!

My name is Tia and I'm the mad woman behind the makings of Easy Tz Meals!

This originally began as a project with my Mum during the initial lockdown of 2020 in March, as usual she had a cunning plan to feed 13 people (as I had originally been told!) using surplus food from FareShare. By the end of almost half a years work, our meals and food parcels went to a variety of people, including front line workers, those shielding or isolating, struggling families and people in halfway houses. 

By the end of this project we had gone from 13 people, to making over 400 meals in one day going to over 45 households, each with their own stories to tell. 

Seeing the signs of relief as we turned up with fresh meals and care packages every week I knew this wasn't going to be easy going back to the day job!

This journey wasn't to be over once I got back to work, I would still volunteer my time on my days off to make sure food wasn't wasted and people were fed, working about 6-7 days a week at one point. By August it was time to officially turn our project over to me and begin Easy Tz Meals, and by October I had quit my job to run full speed ahead into this exciting, yet terrifying venture.

One of the main things I wanted to keep as a central part of this was to use surplus food (food destined for landfill) to ensure we save food waste. This is why we use Fareshare, along with working alongside other businesses who collect surplus food, to bring  me the ingredients to make our homecooked meals. 

We also like to reach a variety of people so we cater to three categories of meals as standard, these are more 'normal' diets, vegan diets, and low carb/keto diets, whilst also catering to other allergies and dietaries when they pop up!

Alongside making our meals, we have also donated food provisions to Wessex Heartbeat, local schools, feeding kids through the winter half terms, YMCA centers, frontline workers and families, working with a Winter Shelter programme and supporting local churches and other communities and CIC's with events and christmas dinners! 

The only way is up and thank you so much to those who have supported, volunteered their time, eaten my meals and shared my posts!

Looking forward to feeding you!
Tia x