Good Eggs.

So recently we've decided to try and live a bit better, does anyone ever do the opposite?

One of the big things we are focusing on is what we eat, you are what you eat, right? So with this in mind we're trying harder to buy locally, organically and therefore ethically, because if we spend a bit more on some meat we are automatically better people. We think...

In seriousness though, the first time we did this it was pretty surprising. We decided to do breakfast, a proper fry up, bought from local shops. We are really lucky to live in a city where we are spoilt for choice for shops, so I got Lia up, left Katy to have a lie in and me and the bambino went for a walk to the little shopping street 10 minutes away from our house...

We went to the following and bought;

The Butchers
4 x Pork Sausages
2 x Venison & Red Wine Sausage
1 x Black Pudding
8 x Unsmoked Back Bacon.

The Bakers
1 x Large White Loaf

The Health Food Shop
1 x 6 Medium Eggs
1 x 2L Organic Milk

It cost a grand total of £10.50

So I cooked breakfast and we sat and ate and discussed the day ahead, afterwards I was thinking about it, and how we had no wasted left overs, no extra sausages most likely going to go bad in the fridge whilst we try and think of something to use them in. I also wondered how much this would have cost from a supermarket. We live next door to co-op, one of the better, more ethical brands and so we use them for a fair amount of our shopping, they are more expensive though, so how much would this have cost from Tesco? Well I went online today and found out, to get it all from Tesco's own range (no organic, or posh choices) it'd cost £13.10.

Not only did we save £3, (also more if you add on fuel costs or delivery costs for getting to and from a supermarket) but we had an enjoyable hearty organic english breakfast which supported our local shop keepers, and has inspired us to do it more.

We are going to try and use them exclusively this month for all of our fresh foods, I'll try and keep you posted on how it goes!