No soggy bottoms here! My sister-in-law gifted me a whole book on pies, and this beauty was from it, pastry and all. This is easily the best pie crust I’ve ever made, and I followed her advice in the book and chilled ALL my ingredients and my bowl. Here is the link for the pastry:…
Author: adswithmyvegbox
garden quiche
This is the prettiest quiche I’ve made in a long while. It is an asparagus and herb quiche, but really any quiche works in this cheater hashbrown crust. I basically crumbled and mashed tater tots into a crust. It is cheap, yummy, and easy. Ingredients 4 cups frozen tater tots or frozen hashbrowns 1/2c optional…
sandwiches for tea
This week I had loads of beautiful colours in my veg box, so I decided to try out a new spice blend and make a pretty sandwich. This is berbered spiced sautéed chard, a mix of fried peppers, onions, and zucchini/courgette, and some hummus on sourdough. I need to work on my knife skills though….
herby mushrooms on toast
Continuing my affection for herbs from Lesley’s garden (chives, chive flowers, lemon thyme, oregano) and sourdough bread I didn’t bake, here are herby mushrooms on toast. with the handful of beautiful mushrooms from my veg box that makes perfect mushrooms on toast for one. Slice mushrooms and sauté in pan with salt making sure the…
savoury french toast
This is so easy and a good use of stale bread and a few lonely veg. Here is what you do: mix 2 eggs, about 1/2c of milk, lemon pepper, sumac, and salt in a small pie plate. Let the stale bread soak in a pie plate (flip it over to make sure both sides…
antipasto baked rice
This baked rice is a variation on an Ottolenghi recipe. I put 1 cup (200g) rice, 2 tablespoons (25g) butter (or oil), salt, fresh mint, fresh oregano, lemon pepper, dried garlic in an ovenproof pot with a lid (or a deep casserole pot with tin foil). I added 400ml of boiling water to the rice,…
really good brownies
My go to brownie recipe is Mark Bittman’s which you can get here: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018653-brownies. It isn’t for everyone, but if you include dairy, eggs, and gluten in your diet, it is a solid recipe. It works best with good quality dark chocolate and can be made well in advance. It tastes good warm, room temperature,…
root veg in honey
The parsnips and carrots in my veg box were gorgeous and giant! I decided to roast a couple in my wee pan with a bit of oil, truffle honey (although regular honey would be just fine). In this photo I quartered one large, fat carrot and one medium, fat parsnip, tossed it with a tablespoon…
shredded sprouts
This week I have a bag of Brussels sprouts. I won’t lie, they aren’t my favourite, no matter how cute they look. Today I decided to slice finely a dozen or so sprouts, and pan fry them in olive oil, a teaspoon of garlic powder, and about 1/2 teaspoon each of smoked paprika and ancho…
pantry pasta
Easy pantry dinner when you don’t have much around except cherry tomatoes. Baked tomatoes with a hefty glug of olive oil, garlic, salt, lemon pepper, Aleppo pepper, dried basil, dried oregano, nutritional yeast, bread crumbs. Stick in a hot oven (200C/400F) for about 20-25 mins. Stir and mash up the mess of tomatoes, add lemon…
adventures with my veg box 