Just a simple little veg box breakfast. I was thinking of making a smoothie, but decided on just a minimalist fruit salad of gorgeous pears and freshly squeezed blood orange juice instead. This is topped with a bit of coconut whipped cream, which is made by just whipping some cold coconut cream (which I can…
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cabbage and leek pies
My veg box came with this season’s staples: cabbage and leeks. So I thought I would make a pie. I was looking for filo dough and little Tesco’s didn’t have any so I got some puff pastry. Inside is cabbage, leeks, feta, mustard, caraway seeds, dried spinach flakes, and Aleppo pepper. I think this would…
cabbage and carrots
I had some great carrots and red cabbage in my veg box, so I decided to make a quick cold noodle salad using soba noodles. Next time I’ll add some tofu, but feel free to add more yummy things to this base, perhaps nuts and seeds and more veg. Bittman’s carrot dressing is really amazing….
braised roots with orange, chilli, chickpeas, and turmeric
I admit when I saw this recipe by Anna Jones, I was deeply sceptical. It didn’t call for onions, garlic, or tomatoes which made me worry that it wasn’t going to hang together at all. Also the original calls for swede, which I don’t like. I didn’t have any celeriac, but I figured I had…
pasta e ceci
This isn’t so much an adventure with my veg box as it is an adventure with my pantry. In part because I had a can of tomatoes open for something else, in part because a friend of mine was talking about this and I realised I had most of this kicking around and it sounded…
mustard brussels sprouts
This week’s veg box brought all the sprouts, so I thought I would try a recipe recommended to me by a friend. I was lovely, even though I didn’t have all the ingredients. And it made a great lunch. Her recipe calls for cashews, but I used almonds and mustard powder and I used regular…
butternut squash gnocchi
This week I decided to try my hand at gnocchi since I had a 1lb butternut squash and some potatoes in my veg box. I’ve not made this before and this recipe isn’t too bad. I think any gnocchi recipe is going to take some time and effort. Nothing was hard, it just takes a…
butternut squash, lentil, ginger soup with rice
I had a butternut squash in my veg box so I decided to use half for a spicy peanut stew and half for this gentle comforting soup, since my veg box also came with fresh ginger and onions. This soup is really easy, but like most soups, it is much better the next day, so…
peanut stew
I had a small butternut squash, giant white turnips, a small head of broccoli from my veg box and some frozen spinach, so I thought I might use some of that veg to make a warming rich stew to take the edge off the chill and damp. This peanut stew did the trick and there…
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