Well, some of it anyway.
Having read today that up to half of the food produced in the world is wasted (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/10/half-world-food-waste - sorry, haven't worked out how to do hyperlinks yet) largely due to 'super'markets rejecting anything that isn't cosmetically 'perfect', it's lovely to see some proper green leeks and a lovely big beetroot in there.
I mean, really. Can it be right that for every George Clooney of the parsnip world (for example) that ends up in the supermarket, a Timothy Spall gets thrown away? Someone should start a campaign to persuade the supermarkets that we need more Timothy Spalls! I've got nothing against Clooney by the way, I'm sure he's a top lad. But those funny-shaped parsnips taste just as good, and wasting perfectly good food is not much short of criminal. I could go on, but you're probably busy and I should get dinner going.
With the importance of avoiding food waste in mind it's important to rank the vegetables in probable order of perishment, as this will need to inform our menu choices over the course of the week. I'm thinking the salad probably ought to be used first so I'll be doing that tonight with a lovely fresh mackerel. It would be a shame to miss out on a classic combination so I'll probably chop a bit off that beetroot and incorporate that too somehow.
So, simple things, hopefully done well! I'll let you know how it goes later.
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