box 3 + tons of fruit

5 turkey sausages

beef mince

pork shoulder joint

small savoy cabbage
3 leeks
pack of rocket
2 globe artichokes (first time I've gotten these!)
box close-cup mushrooms
5 apples
6 blood oranges

And I got a complimentary fruit box this week as well:

5 bananas
5 oranges
5 apples
6 kiwis
box of seedless grapes

Leftovers: beef mince, chard, celery, 2 tomatoes, 3 blood oranges, some garlic, some ginger, 2 onions, 1/2 pomegranate (EEP!)

Initial thoughts are that I have 14 oranges and 10 apples to get through this fortnight!!! I think I will try and give some of those away as there's no way I can eat that much fruit by myself.

Also, I've eaten globe artichokes about twice in my life (excluding pickled hearts from a jar), and never cooked them, so I'm really looking forward to that!

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Fruit Salad

So, first attempt to use up some fruit!

1 blood orange

1 apple

2 kiwis

1/2 pomegranate

couple bunches grapes

a little lemon juice.

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Turkey Sausages

grilled turkey sausages, grilled tomato, grilled mushrooms.

Day Two (June 1st) - Spaghetti Bolognaise

Breakfast - cereal, semi-skim milk, coffee, banana

Lunch - tuna and mayonnaise sandwich with baby spinach on white bread

Dinner - Spaghetti Bolognaise (1 portion to eat, 1 to fridge, 1 to freeze):

Olive oil
Mince *
onion *
tin of tomatoes *
1 small courgette
3 large mushrooms
fennel
half red pepper 
wet garlic
frozen peas
bacon *
tomato puree
beef oxo cube
dry spaghetti
mixed herbs

fry onion and mince in oil, stir in stock. Add dry vegetables and bacon and cook for few minutes. Add other ingredients and simmer while pasta cooks.

Bowl of strawberries, strawberry yoghurt, tea.

Snacks - dried apricots, banana, penguin chocolate bar.
Drinks - coffee, tea, water

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Shopping tonight, so I've sketched out a few recipes ideas for the following week which will best use the veg. The problem I'm foreseeing this week is the sheer amount of green veg I have. I am not normally a big 'leaf' eater... but this weak I have spinach, chard, lettuce and spring greens (which look a little bit like pak choi... not sure what they are). So I plan to make a large amount of green leaf soup, which I can then freeze. Spinach and lettuce can go in sandwiches, but if I have soup and leftovers then I'm not likely to be eating many sandwiches this week. I also plan to get some puff pastry and do a veg tart with the courgette, pepper and whatever else I have left!

Day One (May 31st) - Vegetable Risotto

Breakfast - cereal, semi-skim milk, banana, coffee

Lunch -

Dinner -  Vegetable Risotto:

Olive Oil
Vegetable stock cube
Risotto rice
3 large Mushrooms
1 small courgette
few handfuls baby spinach 
Philadelphia cheese
grated Parmesan


fry veg very briefly in oil, stir in dry rice and add some stock. Keep adding stock gradually as the rice cooks. When cooked, reduce heat, stir in cheeses and warm through.


Strawberry Yoghurt, bowl of strawberries, cola