green and white bean stew

Meera Sodha had recipe for a light summer stew with a rich vegan aioli, that I thought I would try, since the stew was mainly green beans and celery, both of which I had in my veg box this week. I also added some spinach for extra green. It was exactly how she described it,…

smokey red pepper and tomato sauce

This morning my friend told me about this super yummy red pepper pasta salad recipe she made, and insisted I make. Since my vegbox provided most of the stuff I needed, and I was just missing the pasta, I figured I would give it a go. Or at least something like it, and stick it…

carrot and couscous salad

The carrots in my veg box are magical and deserve a starring role in a dish. Often I make shredded carrot salad. This is an easy roasted carrot salad with couscous that is nice and easy from Clare Thomson: I made a few alterations, but it is basically the same. Here is what I did….

cool salads

On hot days like this, I’m especially glad for the treasures in my vegbox and the nice cool salads I can make. Today I made a favourite, the simple shredded carrot salad, which is such a winner of a salad. It couldn’t be more easy or more delicious. Here is what you do. Either shred…

dimply plum cake

In anticipation of it getting extremely hot, I did some midnight baking when it was cool. Also I knew my friend and I would want cake to graze on when we were hot and bored and sick of salad. Also I had gorgeous veg box plums I needed to use and so I figured I…

courgette spread

I love getting courgettes/zucchini in my vegbox. I’m also happy to be gifted them. I grew up in Southwestern Ontario where people would guerrilla zucchini people and so I am a girl who knows how to manage a herd of orphaned zucchini. I found this recipe from 5 o’clock apron and it is perhaps the…

kale and potato salad

I had loads of fluffy kale and tiny delicious new potatoes in my veg box, and since it is so hot, I decided to make a simple salad. This salad works if you really love kale already. If you don’t, this might not convert you. You can add non-dairy/dairy feta, faux/real tuna with Mayo, olives,…

plum and apricot squares

So, I had a lovely collection of plums and apricots in my veg box. Some I just snacked on and some went into this favourite recipe by Smitten Kitchen. I did two versions of it, dividing the base/crust into my very small loaf pans. In the first pan is her pistachio apricot (which I love)…

soup hack

So, I had a beautiful head of broccoli and some potatoes in my veg box and so I decided to try a soup hack I had read on Cooks Illustrated about how to make your creamy veg soup more velvety. They suggest adding 1/2 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate to your veg while you are boiling…

broccoli pesto

In my vegbox was a lovely head of broccoli. One of the great ways to use some of the head and all of the stalk is to make a pesto. It is super easy and you can basically add the flavours you like. Here is what you do. Put your pasta to boil in a…