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Shopping List

Print off the list then check your cupboards , freezer etc before you head out to Asda and cross off what you don't need to buy.  

Fresh stuff
bag mixed peppers,   head celery,    1 x cucumber,    4 x onions,      4 x lemons,     cherry tomatoes, 2 x large tomatoes (not beef toms),   iceberg lettuce,  spring onions,  radish,   new potatoes,  2 x baking potatoes,  1 x sweet potato,   1 x courgette,  2 x bananas,  3 x large cooking apples,  1 kg carrots,   eating apples,  green beans,  shallots,  fresh chillis,  1 x cooked beetroot (not essential!)
pork chop (if it's a pack of several you can freeze the others individually for later in the month), smoked mackerel  (ditto) 
Dairy
6 x eggs,  butter,  cheese........at least 1 large block of cheddar and 2 or 3 others that you like, pate,  cream or custard or both,  milk, packet of ham, ready rolled pastry or ready to roll pastry
Bread
1x French stick, and your favourite loaf.
Store cupboard
olive oil (at least 1litre), sunflower oil, white vinegar, cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar, cocoa (not hot chocolate) powder, carton passata, tomato puree, tin tuna, self raising flour, demerara sugar, granulated sugar, mayonnaise,  lime cordial, mustard powder, mustard seeds, Dijon mustard, easy garlic, easy ginger, tin mixed beans, Tabasco, Worcester sauce
Alcohol
rum, gin
Spices
bay leaves,  fresh thyme, black pepper (in a grinder), salt, celery saly (not essential but it adds zip to things), dried/ fresh chillis, peppecorns, any colour, herbes de Provence
Equipment
you will also need 1 x small jar with a lid,
3 x medium sized jars with lids but no metal parts inside the lid 
a bottle with at least 1 inch neck opening
small dishes you can cook individual portions in
plastic boxes and labels (for the freezer) 

         

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  1. Hi Irene. I'm now back in the parish and am starting from absolute scratch. So I've printed off the shopping list and will be going to the supermarket later. I'll let you know how I get on. Love Chad x

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