Piling broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, tomatoes and spring onions into my trolley, I feel pretty happy. I even find pak choi – turns out some veg I assume to be 'foreign’ is grown in the UK. Maybe this won’t be so tricky after all!

Friends and family have handed over homegrown courgettes (more like marrows) and some other veg. There’s an apple tree and rhubarb in my garden and blackberry bushes everywhere. That’s fruit (and crumble) sorted. I miss my daily banana, and blueberry porridge (but grated apple or rhubarb compote are just as good).

Then comes the first big hurdle... pasta! It contains flour from Italy. In desperation I buy plain flour to make 'British’ fresh pasta (it turns out to be surprisingly good). I discover quinoa is grown in Britain and, delighted to find a rice substitute, pick up a bag to make a risotto-esque dish with veggies, cheese and mint from the garden.

Then I find out (and this is BAD news) the beans in baked beans are not grown in the UK! But it turns out there are lots of British beans and pulses. I go for a bag of roasted, salted fava beans instead of my usual salted dark chocolate, and realise I’m craving the salt more than the chocolate anyway.

I buy a loaf made from British flour (though you can make your own bread). My usual peanut butter is out of the question, so I plan to make cheese on toast and have it with butter and marmite or honey. I’m a sucker for cheese. I usually have Italian cheese for pasta, but Cheddar and Cornish goats’ cheese are on offer, so I pick them up to add to salads, soups and omelettes.

Most eggs sold in the UK are British (look for the Red Lion stamp), so I put a box in the trolley for eggs on toast and Spanish omelette. Almost all milk is produced in Britain too, so in the trolley it goes. If you drink dairy alternatives you might struggle, but you can make your own oat milk from Scottish oats.

When choosing meat, I read the label or look for the Union Jack. It’s as simple as that when you’re shopping for whole products, but it can be more complicated with processed food. Lots of fish is farmed or caught in the UK. I choose Scottish smoked mackerel, as it’s inexpensive and great with potatoes and broccoli for a quick dinner.