I do love my allotment. Everyone is so kind. There is a lovely elderly chap who works his 2 allotments everyday, and they are pristine!!! He is always friendly. This morning he stopped me to have a chat and to ask me if I wanted a couple of lettuces that he had that were about to go over. Yes please, says I. So we left the allotment with 2 lettuces (and he gave each of the children a strawberry!!!), a couple of bolted onions from our plot and a little box of strawberries that have escaped the slugs. Happy happy.
So lunch is on the table for the children. And what a frugal lunch it is. Lettuce (free from my nice chap), cucumber, beetroot, tomato (aldi!!!), a couple of hardboiled eggs (free from my parents chickens), and some potato salad with left over jersey royals from yesterday tea, a spoon of mayo, and some chopped mint from the garden. The entire thing came to probably about 40p, and what a healthy lunch it is too. And if we are still hungry, I got some cheesey bread reduced from tesco to 53p for a loaf (from £1,50) and then there are strawberries from the allotment with a spoon of homemade yoghurt!!!. I am feeling productive today!!!
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