In May 2017 I set myself a 90 day challenge to buy all my food (eating in and out) from local independent retailers, at the end of the 90 days it had made such an impact on me that I committed to continuing supporting my local suppliers indefinitely. A year later I’m proud to confirm that the majority of my food is bought from local farms and shops, with the odd, rare visit to a supermarket. When eating out we chose independent bars and restaurants, and about 80% of my food budget is spent...
March 2018 shop local
It has been quite a challenging month trying to continue to shop local whilst not having a kitchen
February 2018 – shop local
February has been my first full month at home this year, after being lucky enough to have an amazing break over Christmas and New Year in Australia and New Zealand. The builders have pretty much gone, and the extensions almost finished, although work is due to start on the kitchen soon (not looking forward to all that dust again) I’m disappointed with how much I’ve spent in the chain supermarkets this month, and I think it is a combination of needing to buy ingredients for some recipe testing...
November 2017
I’ve been loving root veggies and my slow cooker in November. I have been to the supermarket but managed to spend a tiny £25.30 in total, everything else this month has been bought from local independent shops.
Sunday Brunch and Sunday Roast
I made the effort to visit the bakers and the butchers today and we enjoyed a tasty breakfast sandwich this morning, followed by tasty roast pork for dinner.
Week 23
Nearly six months of buying all my food from local independent retailers.
Week 20
20 weeks of shopping locally and supporting independent businesses
Week 17
I’m a bit late writing this as yesterday we travelled to Spain, we left home at 4am on Sunday morning, which left us feeling pretty disorientated for the rest of the day. I woke this morning to a beautiful sunny day, I feel very blessed to have this wonderful bolt-hole in the sun and pinch myself every time I’m here. Last week was another busy week, the builders are now on site so I’ve been contending with some additional mud, mainly from Woody, our Jack Russell, who, after running around...
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