Waste not want not.

It was heartening to read of the alliance formed recently between chef Tom Kerridge and footballer Marcus Rashford who are working together to encourage families to cook economical meals. Both grew up having free school meals and understand the implications of that “entitlement”. We waste and throw away so much food in this country that a down-to-earth approach to shopping and cooking couldn’t be more relevant. Which brings me to one of my bugbears – bagged salad. Once the bags are open some need to be used within 24 hours and that isn’t always possible. I tried adding left-over leaves to soup which was a mistake, it tasted awful. So now, as well as growing our own from seed to cut as we need it, we also buy pots or trays of young plants from the garden centre to grow on the window sill instead of planting them out. Having snipped off a few leaves as we need them the plants keep growing with just a little care. One of our better ideas?