Sainsbury’s ‘Feed your family for 50 pounds’ – Meal number 2… Sausage, tomato and cannellini bean pot with mash

Tonight’s dinner came courtesy of the Sainsbury’s ‘Feed the family for 50 pounds’ again. For those who don’t know what this is I have pasted the link for this recipe and the rest of the weekly plan can be accessed from here as well: http://www.sainsburys-feed-your-family.co.uk/MealPlan/Recipe/30
You can also cook along by following @sainsburys on Twitter or putting in #cookwithus and they will explain in real time how to cook the dish for the evening. New plan out on 15th June – can’t wait! This will definitely be a ‘go to’ booklet for the summer holidays.

This was a real winner all round – have to admit I added a bit of maple syrup for sweetness and a tsp of grain mustard at the end for a slight kick! I also added some leftover broccoli to the potato pan in the last 5 mins and then mashed this up as well. I also used sausages from our local butcher (pork, garlic and apple) and potatoes from our garden – but did everything else the same. These recipes create a great foundation for those who like to tinker with meals!

The finished dish!

Two thumbs up from the gril with the new haircut!

One for the punnet… one for me! A pick your own adventure!

On a gorgeous day such as today, we thought we’d make the most of the sunshine and ‘Pick our own’ at Groveland PYO and Farm Shop, Roughton, Norfolk. We were the only ones there which was fantastic as there were thousands of beautifully ripe, super red strawberries. Abbie loved looking for perfect berries and shouting ‘red alert’ when she found one!

Great to have them at child height - makes for easy pickin's

One that had the potential to make it into the punnet

There is much to pick at Groveland and we will be back for the raspberries and tayberries later in the season. Abbie was keen on tomatoes, but these were of course still in the flower stage.

Hunting for tomatoes - may have to wait a while!

We then went into the Farm Shop, which boasts a butcher, fresh fruit and veg, local beers and ciders, local cheese and other dairy products as well as a large organic sections and eco-friendly cleaning product section. You can even fill up your Ecover containers here! They also have a cafe if you are in need of some refreshments after your PYO exertions. Abbie ran around like a child in a sweet shop, but was mostly interested in gooseberries and also insisted that we bought some more broad beans – she loved the ones we had on Sunday. I was interested to see how fat our pods need to be before we can pick our peas – at least another week is needed I think!

In Groveland Farm Shop, Roughton

I love Bottle Green Elderflower cordial and was about to get some more, when I noticed this new product – a vibrant pink cordial; the taste is so summery and I can see it also being used a syrup over ice creams and sorbets. Groveland is a real Norfolk gem; we will definitely be back very soon.

Norfolk cordial - red gooseberry and wild elderflower - makes a great pink fizz with sparkling water!