{"id":1526,"date":"2009-03-12T11:10:23","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T10:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2009-03-13T17:24:39","modified_gmt":"2009-03-13T16:24:39","slug":"a-change-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/food-drink\/a-change-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A Change for Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So we are now in week 3 of Lent and still the Ethical Superstore diet is going pretty well (in summary, for six weeks I\u2019m only going to eat what we sell in the Ethical Superstore range).<\/p>\n

At first my biggest problem was giving up milk in tea and coffee. I really didn\u2019t like the taste without milk and the various substitutes work well for most things apart from in tea and coffee. However, I think I\u2019ve become acclimatised to no milk in my hot drinks now \u2013 in fact I accidentally put it in my tea on Tuesday morning and couldn\u2019t understand why my tea tasted so horrible. Maybe black tea and coffee will be a change for life….<\/p>\n

Bread making continues to be the high point using the Doves Farm bread kit. Experimented with adding a little sugar and vegetable fat (around a teaspoon of each) and ended up with a bigger loaf and a more even \u201crise\u201d.\u00a0 There is a chocolate cake in the range too \u2013 so I think I\u2019ll make that my treat this weekend.<\/p>\n

I guess that the biggest challenge of eating only from the Ethical Superstore range for anyone with a\u00a0 busy life, is the lack of ready meals. The Just Wholefoods<\/a> range comes close and has allowed me to make meals with cous cous <\/a>and biriyani<\/a> without too much effort. The veggie bangers<\/a> are lovely too. Also at \u00a31.35 for\u00a0 a pack that serves two people \u2013 they are good value too.<\/p>\n

However, the only reason why the challenge can work at all is the fantastic fresh fruit and vegetable box that comes every week. It has made me eat more fruit and vegetables \u2013 this has to be good thing. We\u2019ve cooked homemade soups, stir frys, casseroles and lots of root vegetable mash. Organic fruit and veg are more expensive. I know people who are giving it up because of the credit crunch.\u00a0 Someone I follow on Twitter recently said \u201cNot buying vegbox coz I can afford it but coz support now = choice tomorrow \ud83d\ude42 Vote with yer money folks!<\/em>\u201d. And he\u2019s right. If we all give up our organic products today to save a few pounds, demand will fall, farmers will be forced back to growing crops with inputs and where will the organic vegetables come from in 3 years time? So order your veg box from us<\/a> or your local scheme today and make a solid commitment to organic farming today so we all have a choice tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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