What I did do was write a shopping list for most of the week and managed to shop for everything today instead of making daily trips. So, that should free me up some time. I got meat in the butcher and he was fine about putting the meat straight into my boxes, saved some plastic there. I bought all of my fruit and veggies in the green grocer everything loose with no packaging at all. I did buy some crab in the fishmonger and that came in a polystyrene pot in a plastic bag, it's not on my regular list but I found a nice recipe....I bought some fennel seeds in the scoop shop by bringing in an empty jar and they only cost 47p. Finally, I went to the supermarket and bought a few bits in glass bottles, loo roll and cat food. The loo roll comes in recyclable plastic sadly, not all of the cat food is.
I spent £55 which included loads of cat food and a huge loo roll. When I subtracted these and calculated the cost per head for 4 days at £2.44 not bad. Sometimes it feels more expensive shopping in the local shops but I don't impulse buy nearly as much as I do in a supermarket...
Here is a link to the meal we had tonight:
http://www.recipetineats.com/one-pot-italian-chicken-orzo-risoni-pasta/
Ingredients that produce waste of some kind- Plastic in red
Marinade
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar glass/ metal
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard glass/metal
Risoni
- 1½ cups risoni / orzo pasta in a plastic bag
- 400g/14oz can crushed tomato
- 3 cups chicken stock / broth in a card box with a plastic lid (but it lasts ages.)
- ¼ cup (3 tbsp) grated parmesan cheese wrapped in plastic.
Over all not waste free but not too bad.
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