So I’m sitting on the couch about to write this post, armed with a mug of green tea and square of Lindt 70% dark chocolate (my antioxidant hit for the day is well and truly sorted!) Presumably I’m all set to go. I start typing out the ingredients, nibbling away on that square of chocolate. All is well. And then my mind starts wandering. “Hmmm what shall I bake this afternoon? A loaf? Yes a loaf sounds good. What type of loaf? Perhaps a pumpkin one? Or maybe a fruity one?” The next thing I know, the chocolate is gone, my cup of tea is almost finished and I haven’t typed a single word in at least fifteen minutes. Now, I don’t struggle with short attention spans and I pride myself in only daydreaming on the train/bus/when exercising (and perhaps in some super boring lectures – trial balance sheets anyone?). So what’s my problem? As soon as I have finished preparing one meal I can’t help but start speculating about the next. Food is on my mind an awful lot of the time. Probably too much. I’m starting to wonder if one of the lobes in my brain isn’t hardwired to all things food. Continue reading
I was at the local fruit and veg supermarket a few weeks ago and happened to walk past a trolley laden with items ‘reduced to clear’. At a first glance they appeared to be a miserable, motley lot, packaged haphazardly with prices scrawled carelessly over the plastic wrap. Clearly the store believed that such produce wouldn’t sell and it therefore couldn’t be bothered to accentuate the appearance of the items. Unperturbed, I paused at the stand to study its contents further. What was so wrong with these items that proved cause for ‘quick-sale’? Not much to tell the truth. A packet of raspberries with a few that had been squished, figs that were ever so slightly discoloured, battered potatoes and a bag of tomatoes that I could not for the life of me work out why they were classed as ‘seconds’. There were many more items, however I would bore you to death if I listed them all here. I was tempted to fill up my basket with numerous bits and bobs, however settled for two packets of strawberries, replacing those on sale that I had collected earlier on. The ‘seconds’ were ridiculously cheap so I figured that I wouldn’t be losing out on much even if half the packet proved to be beyond saving. 
Taste Without Waste 