I used to turn my nose up at Aldi and Lidl, but now we are poor people :), I’m a huge fan. There’s an Aldi about 10 minutes walk from home, and after a stroll round the park to see the new ducklings, we popped in for a couple of bits.

£17.38 bought:

• 1 pack of green beans
• 1 cauliflower
• 1 big pack of mushrooms
• 1 block of pate
• 2 packs of smoked mackerel
• 2 packs of oatcakes
• 1 pack of pastrami
• 1 pack of kabanos sausages
• 1 pack of another cold meat that I can’t quite remember
• 2 mozzarella
• 1 pack of Danish Blue cheese
• 1 litre of semi skimmed milk
• 2 tubs hummous
• 2 tins of pilchards (inexplicably, Pete likes these for lunch)

There might even have been more, but I don’t have the energy to go down and check; Aldi do a cracking range of continental meats and other deli type stuff – go take a look!