Back on Foodie Track

1st Abel & Cole delivery – all this for one?

After a difficult year on several fronts and a stressful drawn out house move during which my diet and general well being took a turn for the worse I am now, hopefully, well back on track.  I’ve finally moved house and now have a bigger kitchen – although less work surfaces! And after a couple of week’s with a tiny fridge made even more unusable by the lack of any internal shelves (I shouldn’t really complain as it was left in the house for me by the previous occupant free of charge) I am now the proud owner of a new Liebherr fridge freezer.

It arrived at exactly the same time as my first delivery from Abel & Cole.  My local shops leave a lot to be desired in terms of healthy living – mainly small convenience stores which are ok for picking up a carton of milk but are a bit lacking in fresh fruit and veg and mostly stock uninspiring frozen ready meals.   I’ve long had the bulk of my shopping delivered by Ocado but have taken the decision to eat more organics and have decided to give Abel & Cole a go.  To be fair this isn’t the first time as used to order veg boxes from them several years ago when I was feeding a family but I can’t remember now why I stopped – although suspect it was cost and the variety in the veg boxes.

Now I’m mainly catering for myself with occasional visits from family and friends so feel I can afford to be a little more indulgent in terms of cost. I am hoping that the small boxes won’t be too much for one and intend to split some of the meat/fish packs and freeze portions.

So this week amongst the stack of boxes which arrived were an Extra Small Magnificent Mixed Box containing a mix of fruit and veg, a separate Super Salad Box, ba Fabulous meat & fish box and a monthly cheese box plus miscellaneous individual items.

I was impressed with the quality of all of the items and although there was a little overlap between the veg in the mixed box and the salad box (carrots and spinach) I can avoid that in future by paying a bit more attention to what is in them and swapping items out.  The ultimate test will be in the eating – watch this space…..