Myself and my husband and daughter are taking part in a challenge based in Framlingham, Suffolk, to only eat local food during September 2011. The group promoting the challenge Greener Fram www.greenerfram.co.uk are a local Transition Town group and are looking at ways to reduce our dependence on oil. The rules of the challenge are simple. You must only eat food grown within a 30 mile radius of your home for the 30 days of September. The exceptions to this are 3 items chosen before the challenge starts, one of mine being tea, essential!

Wednesday, 7 September 2011

menu and shopping list

Well if anyone is interested here is my menu and shopping list for the rest of the week.

Thursday breakfast: toast and jam
Lunch: potatoe skins (left over from Tuesdays dinner) with cheese and cheery tomatoes, conveniently heated up in the microwave at work
Dinner: mushroom and bacon risotto (rice is one of our luxuries) with garlicky greens

Friday breakfast: pancakes, fruit and yogurt
Lunch: baked potatoes with cheese and tomatoey sauce (tomatoes, courgettes and onions)
Dinner: sausages, mash, green beans and cheesy cauliflower

Saturday breakfast: bacon and tomatoes on toast
Lunch: scotch eggs and fruit (packed lunch)
Dinner: Festival food at Harvest at Jimmys (better be local - thats what they say its all about!)

This involves shopping for sausages, fruit, yogurt, cheese, tomatoes, bacon, potatoes and milk - not sure how I will get all this stuff as the markets not on on a Friday......


It has made me think if you worked full time that it would be VERY hard to get everything you need as no market or butchers is open after work, only the supermarket. It would mean leaving every Saturday free to visit the market, and what if you wanted to be lazy and stay in your pajamas all day!
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