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Big Riverford fans here, been using them for years. Meal boxes are great too and have helped motivate us to eating a much more plant based diet.
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I looked at the meal boxes but figured we'd really need to commit to eating only the meal boxes to match current value being spent elsewhere. 3 people, so we'd need to get 2 of the '2 person' ones (eating less probably wouldn't do me any harm but kiddo eats more than both of us when he's hungry) or 1 of the '4 person' but that's only a single meal so we'd also need breakfast/lunch/snacks etc. I think a couple of boxes is probably a better bet for us - cheaper and will encourage us to eat more of what we know we should.
Getting eggs, butter, bread and milk delivered at the moment twice a week from Milk & More. I don't love Milk & More (know nothing about them and the site is a pain to navigate) but St Ewe eggs are nothing to be sniffed at. Excellent milk and butter, too. Bread is perfect for toasting but naff for much else.
CYOA
I asked a while back about veg boxes. We've just had a Riverford fruit and veg delivery for the first time - think we spent about 30 quid - the box was around 20 with some add-ons (corn/apple/cucumber):
2 good sized corn cobs - 2.95
1 kilo of apples (cripps pink) - 3.35
1 medium sized cucumber - will probably order 2 next time as we get through a lot - 2.05
kilo of potatoes (usually we'd get 2kg at a time)
1 kilo of bananas (about 4 or 5 good sized ones by the looks of it)
about 5 large white onions (barbosa)
about 750g carrots covered in good devon soil
5 good, large courgettes
5 large chestnut mushrooms (beautiful condition -honestly never seen such good looking ones)
a large bag of mixed salad leaves (no idea what's in 'em yet but looks in good nick and a tasty selection)
2 good sized sweet potatoes
1 large bag (maybe 500g?) of padron peppers
1 small punnet of blueberries - beautiful zingy flavour
1 medium punnet of cherries - not sure what type but they're exquisite
1 small spanish watermelon - the hyper-sweet / 'gritty' variety (delicious but you wouldn't want a bigger one).
Value seems pretty good compared to a supermarket shop. Mainly I like Guy and Geetie and what they're doing so had been keen to try for a while but no slots until now.
I'd say that's enough veg for 3-4 days in our household. I'd definitely order a second slot but they only do Tuesdays here, so will supplement somehow. There's a local independent veg box (Crocadon Farm) that's available for collection on Friday for £15 so between the two of them we should be sorted for (blueberri)e's and whizz.
The fish market in town is doing a box scheme as well for £10 / £15 / £25 / £35 - we tried a £10 one recently and it was wild. About a kilo of sole with a tiny john dory. All of it quickly dredged in seasoned flour, fried and served with a wedge of lemon.
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