At the moment we get a veg box delivered which is sourced from local farms, and I really like the idea of supporting local producers. But, it makes meal planning really hard. We get potatoes, carrots and onions every week, plus about 5 mushrooms (!) and then assorted other stuff. They have a listing of what you'll get a selection from, eg about 8 seasonal items of which you get 5. You can express a preference but unless I do this every week, and then plan, and then they still have enough of what we've asked for, it's very hard to plan anything. Eg the list says butternut squash and cabbage, I plan for those and buy other ingredients, we then get kohlrabi and a green pepper.
Are there any brilliant ways to get round this, apart from doing your meal plan the day the box arrives and then going shopping the next day? (ours comes on wednesday so not vastly convenient!) we're more pasta and sauce people than potatoes and meat, so really I'm thinking of cancelling it altogether and getting veg every few days from the market, but would like to be persuaded not to if it's possible to plan better!
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JumpJockey · 28/12/2012 17:37
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