I have just helped prepare lunch, and eat it, with a group of people that I don't really know! And it was a good experience.

Arranged by the local environmental group that I belong to - Transition Southampton - a group of us got together at a members house, paid £5 each towards ingredients, cooked together, and then had a big meal. It was such an interesting idea and it worked.

All the ingredients and the recipes were provided by a local farmer, and we cooked/prepared:
- sweetcorn and kidney bean fritters
- green bean salad
- salsa
- chutney (made from carrot tops!)
- green salad
- millet
- broccoli and haricot bean bowls
followed by:
- carrot cake
- apple crumble

And then sat in the garden and ate it all, whilst chatting and getting to know each other a bit better.

What a fab experience :)