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More Free food from the Prawn lady - 8 strawberry yogurts, 6 pints of milk, 5 avocados, 2 packs of pork mince, 3 eggs (the other 3 in the box were cracked = the dogs don't mind!),  egg mayonnaise, couscous salad, creme caramel, crumpets, a steak pie & lots of bags of cut herbs - coriander (grown in Spain), parsley (Norfolk) basil (Lincolnshire) and mint (Kenya). Surely they could source the coriander & mint in the UK!

OUT went two large cardboard boxes and packing paper for someone moving. Once again, I got the best side of the swap.

I need to get me a Prawn lady!

The Prawn Lady gave me more food today!!
Four litres of milk, Alpro yogurt x 3, 2 punnets of baby plum tomatoes, 2 tubs of Moroccan spicy salad, Veggie mince" and 2 packs of Scotch pancakes.
I also picked up a bag of paperbacks from the free book & clothes church which just happens to be around the corner from the Prawn Lady.
One of the books is " Why Men don't listen & Women can't read maps". Should be interesting!!

I wonder if your Prawn Lady gets enough from her grocery box that she and her family like to make it worthwhile. You certainly get some lovely loot.

She must do or I'm sure she wouldn't keep buying it. She & family don't seem to like vegetables much, especially avocados, definitely don't like prawns, probably not yogurt or unusual cheeses. They don't have pork in the house because the oldest boy has a Muslim girlfriend, but I know that they have other meat in their parcels. They don't eat the vegan meats.
The bags of herbs aren't much good for anything as they're a bit tired and battered so I feed them to the worms. Five bags of spinach the other day went to the worms too - I did eat some but not enough to make a difference.
There's often a bag of ginger roots too - which she has said she doesn't know how to use. I have lots of it here, waiting for it to sprout!
She also has a Food Bank parcel delivered - the most common items seem to be tinned tomatoes, beans, soup, peaches, custard, mashed potato. I take some to the £5 Pantry for others to have.

Another visit to the Prawn Lady!!. Three boxes of king prawns, jacket potatoes, bread rolls, plum tomatoes, watermelon slices and fresh figs.
I also collected a box of wild bird fat balls.

IN today, 3 fleece blankets for the dogs' beds.
Also a "Pinch of Nom Food Planner". I "may" use this to record my FREE meals for 6 months (as that's how many pages it has).
Amusingly, only the first page has entries on it. The weight has been crossed out, "This week she would like to achieve "Stick to plan and begin exercise" and she had Butternut Squash soup for lunch. Even I manage to keep a diary going for more than one day.

Yesterday IN came some Vanilla chai tea and a 3 pound bag of Almond flour. (Not sure what I'll do with this but it sounds nice and nutty!
Today, I've been to the Prawn lady - 3 packs of prawns!, some veggie mince, coconut yogurt, Yakult drink things (never tried this), lemon cheesecake, tropical fruit salad, echalion shallots, mixed bag of carrot, broccoli & cauliflower and a large box of rocket (the one thing I have lots of in the GH). Wonder what cooked rocket is like???

IN today, 3 fleece blankets for the dogs' beds.
Also a "Pinch of Nom Food Planner". I "may" use this to record my FREE meals for 6 months (as that's how many pages it has).
Amusingly, only the first page has entries on it. The weight has been crossed out, "This week she would like to achieve "Stick to plan and begin exercise" and she had Butternut Squash soup for lunch.  Even I manage to keep a diary going for more than one day.

I sometimes get to two days on a diary and that's about it!

Yesterday IN came some Vanilla chai tea and a 3 pound bag of Almond flour. (Not sure what I'll do with this but it sounds nice and nutty!
Today, I've been to the Prawn lady - 3 packs of prawns!, some veggie mince, coconut yogurt, Yakult drink things (never tried this), lemon cheesecake, tropical fruit salad, echalion shallots, mixed bag of carrot, broccoli & cauliflower and a large box of rocket (the one thing I have lots of in the GH). Wonder what cooked rocket is like???

I have a cup of Chi tea first thing every morning. It's made with Chi tea bags though (with a drop of cream) as the powdered stuff is full of sweetener.

What would you do without the 'Prawn Lady'

Went to the £5 Pantry today - haven't been there for a while!
IN came Pork chops, scotch eggs, sausage roll, Cod empanadas, Mock "chicken", Jalapeno Hummous (too hot for me!), Greek yogurt, 4 litres milk, tinned meatballs, potatoes, white and orange carrots, broccoli, sweetcorn, green beans, onions, lots of mushrooms, green peppers, lettuce, spring onions, parsley, basil, cucumbers, bananas, peaches, apples. Bread, naan bread, custard doughnuts, chocolate cookies, biscuit bars, chocolate & caramel loaf cake and 2 boxes of "coca cola" Jaffa cakes!!..........bags of crisps and soft drinks and Sensodyne toothpaste. Will need that after all the sweet stuff.