Shopping and ingredients

Question: What did we do in the days before supermarkets, ready meals and takeaways and life after divorce? Answer: We ate proper food bought from local shops, cooked at home and we sat around a table to eat.

Without getting too Superwoman, or indeed, too Superman about this, planning meals ahead of time can be a great help for busy working mothers and fathers and for those for whom finance after divorce is tight.

Food labelling can a powerful, persuasive and, on occasion, a misleading tool in the hands of those who control the marketing and sale of our food.

Only twenty five per cent of people in the UK buy their food outside of a supermarket which may be a sign of the times but is a sad indictment of our attitude to food and shopping. 

Buying food produced as near to where you live as possible can cut the distance our food travels dramatically, thus saving valuable fossil fuel and helping keep local farmers and producers in business.

In the zest that you have found in your new life after divorce you are on a healthy eating programme of locally sourced, organically produced food. Aren't you?

My chosen ingredient this month is asparagus.  English aparagus is one of the finest foods on the planet but it has a short season so make the most of it when it is available. Cook with My Life After Divorce.