It has been hot and like most people I haven’t felt much like making a fuss about dinner, so here are two easy things that don’t take much effort. I had a giant courgette/zucchini gifted to me from my kind neighbour, so I decided to make a dinner I enjoyed as a student—stuffed courgette/zucchini. Here…
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kohlrabi part two
Kohlrabi is amazing raw, but it also amazing baked. A super easy thing to do is make kohlrabi/potato dauphinoise. Traditionally, this is just potatoes, cream, and garlic, but I had some onions kicking around so I threw them in as well. I used 2/3 kohlrabi, 1/3 potatoes, and use whatever cream you have kicking around…
kohlrabi part one
Kohlrabi is not something I ever had until I had a veg box. It is such a pretty root veg and this week my kohlrabi was a gorgeous purple on the outside. I decided I would use half in a salad because it is hot outside. The salad I had in mind was a cucumber…
fried bean pods
My veg box often provides me with the whole veg providing an opportunity to make use of as much of the veg as possible. Recently I’ve had broad beans which is not something I would normally buy fresh, and not something I normally encounter in its entirety. A friend of mine pointed out that you…
carrot tops and bottoms
My veg box came with easily the most gorgeous bouquet of carrots I’ve ever seen. It was almost a shame to eat them, they were so pretty! Then I remembered a friend of mine brought amazing carrot top pesto for a Canada Day potluck and so I figured why not try my hand at it…
dippy beans
My second adventure with broad beans was a marvellous success! I’ve been a big fan of smashed avocado ever since my veg box provided me with lovely avocados and lemons. This week I decided to combine my avocado and lemons with some broad beans, as well as some mint and chives from my pandemic garden,…
busy with beans
One of the things that is really terrific about my veg box is they give me things I don’t normally buy, like broad beans. They also often provide me with a lot more of the plant than just the usual parts of the veg that you get in the store or the package, which means…
lovely noodles
My veg box arrived with beautiful courgette/zucchini, lemons, and tomatoes, so I figured I’d make a quick salad and sandwich for lunch. There is nothing like a tomato sandwich with salt, pepper, and fresh lemon thyme. The salad is lovely and fresh with a good crunch and a good way to use extra courgette/zucchini without…
creamy herbed potatoes
I know, it seems way too hot to turn on your oven today. However, I had some nice onions and potatoes in my veg box, a bunch of herbs in my pandemic garden, and this little carton of Oatley single cream I’ve been wanting to try, so I thought I’d do some scalloped potatoes/potatoes au…
pink pasta
I decided to tackle the giant beet in my veg box today. I do like beets, but I recognised that describing them as “earthy” isn’t always a compliment to beets. For some people, you’re really just eating splendid pink dirt. This pasta dish is a play on a recipe by Anna Jones and its virtue…
adventures with my veg box 