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WEEK TWO - DINNER FOR EIGHT
The idea of a rubbish-free dinner party wasn't that frightening. Rubbish-Free Year so far has been sending us down a path of simplicity, with many of the solutions to problems being quite simple, the obvious example being to reduce buying things that create waste in the first place.
Therefore, this was the approach we took to the dinner party. Cucumber mixed with mint and tomatoes mixed with basil made two salads from ingredients found within our garden. Wild rice with various nuts met the carb needs of the meal and for the central dish we went to the fishmonger, who wrapped a whole salmon in paper (without tape) which we stuffed with lemons and garlic and cooked in foil (our scrap metal dealer takes foil once cleaned) for 30 minutes. A very successful evening.
A friend has contacted us and in return for us supplying the milk and some loaves of bread, he is going to make us a block of cheese - gotta love bartering and we're looking forward to lasagne.
