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!

Sunday, 2 October 2011

Celebration Meal

Well its the end of the challenge, it has been a great experience and the great thing is we will carry on, just less strictly!

To celebrate the Lemon Tree Bistro in Framlingham is holding a celebration meal on Friday 14th October, most people will be there at around 7pm. To book you can contact me or contact them directly, see the website at http://www.thelemontreebistro.com/

The menu for the night is below:


Greener Fram’s 30 mile challenge finale dinner
2 courses £17.95, 3 courses £22.50

To Start
Locally grown Autumn vegetable broth, homemade bread
Badingham wood pigeon and black pudding salad, Blythburgh Pancetta
Free range chicken liver parfait, our own red onion jam, toast and salad leaves
Pinney’s Orford smoked trout pate, toasted foccaccia, a cucumber salad

Main Course
Grilled Blythburgh pork chop, salsa verde, sautéed potatoes, savoy cabbage
Locally caught skate wing on stir fried Autumn vegetables, fresh chilli dressing
Slow cooked Gressingham duck leg, potato gratin, vegetables, redcurrant jus
Wild mushroom and spinach lasagne, locally grown rocket salad

To Finish
Sticky toffee pudding, toffee sauce, locally made vanilla pod ice cream
Mixed berry pavlova made with free range Suffolk eggs
Bramley apple crumble and homemade custard
A board of Suffolk made cheeses, crackers and homemade chutney