The Frugal Foodie's locavore experiment

Back in late September I did an experiment for a week eating only local food produced within a 160km radius (100 miles) of my current home. My week of local noshing was inspired by a campaign on ABC Local Radio (which you can read about here) and I must say, it was a fascinating experience.

I've been wanting to blog about my local eating experience for weeks but being the busy little bee that I am I haven't had half a chance to post anything here. But you can read about my experiences here. If I do say so myself, it's a good read. A woman at work told me her teenage sons liked the sound of my locavore experiment so much they asked their mum if they could do it at home themselves. That was a proud moment :)

I hope it inspires you to go out and try something locally grown on your doorstep, or at least to visit a farmers market :) Until then here's some of the dishes I ate as a locavore to inspire you.

Breakfast of scrambled local eggs, with chives and spring onions from my garden and some incredible bacon reared locally and smoked by a local butcher. A breakfast of champions!

More local eggs, this time turned into an omlette with local cheese, and rocket and spring onions from my veggie garden.

Local broccoli, carrots, pumpkin and potatoes partnered with some beautiful leatherjacket from a nearby fishing port. Lemon from a friend's garden was the finishing touch squeezed over the fish.

Same veggies, but different fish - on this night we had panfried flathead tails