Mindful moments in the fruit and veg aisle

Here’s a thought for you… How much of your grocery shop goes to waste each week? Are there soggy veggies lurking around in your veggie drawer? Is there a used lemon rolling around on the top shelf along with a couple half empty tins of lentils which you swear you were going to use when you invited your friends over for Mexican night, but instead you got distracted, drunk too much vino and ordered in instead. We’ve all been there.

Keeping a fridge full of fresh produce à la Yolanda Hadid (RHBH’s style) is almost impossible. It requires constant vigilance and even more frequent trips to the grocery store which to be quite frank is a bore.

But what if your trips to Coles were no longer in vain... More frequent, yes, but ten times more efficient.

They call it grocery shopping ‘the French way’ which apparently involves popping to the grocery store every day, on the way to or on your way home. Yes, you visit the fruit and veg aisle more often but you’re also more conscious of what you’re buying, what you already have at home and what you really need (I was never really going to stockpile all those Cadbury Dairy Milk bars for the winter, I ate them in the space of a week). 

I’ve been trialling it for the past month and I have to say I am a huge fan! Food shops bamboozle me at the best of times. I spend 5 minutes finding everything at the top of my list and then another 20 minutes trying to find that last retched tin of tomatoes which I’ve surely walked past one thousand times before (honestly, no exaggeration). Shopping daily has made me a more mindful shopper. My list is shorter, I’m in and out faster and I come home excited to cook! Another bonus: I spend far less. Which means I can save those dollars for far more exciting purchases…

On the menu tonight: Eggplant Spaghetti

• Eggplant
• Cherry tomatoes
• Herbs
• Tinned tomatoes
• Gluten free pasta (more on that later)

Yum!

x Abbie