I went shopping again today for a bit more of the weekly shop, and we still haven’t got everything. Some veg from the market. I forgot the white cabbage, which was unwrapped in Waitrose, but did have a massive sticker on it which I suspect is non-recyclable (will have to investigate further). Topped up on cheese in Waitrose. They have obviously been drilled on being helpful to people wanting to use their own containers, or maybe just being helpful in general). The woman was extremely friendly, making sure she cut the block just right to fit in my pot in one piece. Unfortunately though, she needed to put a plastic film sheet on the scales to weight the cheese (I presume there is no tare feature on the scales?), and the cheese came from a block wrapped in plastic. I bought it, but as before, it is fairly pointless when we could just buy a whole block, in a similar fashion (except perhaps with less friendliness) for half the price in Tesco. They were also very friendly when I asked about the packaging the sausages on the deli came in (to reach the deli). It was much the same as in Tesco – similar to that found on the shelves (albeit a slight improvement of a clear tray over a non-recyclable black tray). So no sausages today. I am going to try a butchers in a nearby town next week, that apparently makes their own sausages on site, so hopefully no packaging!
Went for it and bought the toothpaste for Little MIH.
The exciting find of the day was block Vanilla ice cream in Tesco (not our most local one, but next to the veg market, so easily doable on a general Friday shopping trip).
I have been directed to this peanut butter recipe by Granny MIH (thank you!) to try and solve my peanut butter woes. I’m not convinced by the capability of my food processor, but my give it a try at some point. It looks tasty.
Make It Happy 