I had a lovely head of cabbage in my veg box and decided to make Smitten Kitchen’s fuss free spanakopita, but swap cabbage for spinach and use rich smokey spices. For the spices, I used 1tsp smoked paprika, 2tsps of Dijon mustard, 1 tsp allspice, as much garlic as you like, and 1 tsp Aleppo…
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root veg with couscous
Since the days are darker, I’m reposting this sunny, bright lunch staple that makes use of wonderful vegbox root veg like potatoes, parsnips, carrots, celeriac (if you have it), and I always use fennel, as well as vegbox oranges and lemons. This wonderful Anna Jones recipe is a flavourful, savoury, turmeric-spiked, citrusy salad that is…
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….
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…
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…
orange and turmeric noodles
With fresh turmeric, orange, fennel, potatoes, and carrots in my veg box, this bowl of sunshine is exactly what I wanted. It is a modification of Anna Jones’s brilliant root veg dish: a completely flexible wonder that can can accommodate all manner of root veg, beans/pulses, and small pasta. It is bright in colour and…
potatoes and beans
I love potatoes and the potatoes in my veg box are always fantastic. This week I also had some gorgeous garlic, so I decided to make one of my favourite potato dishes: Anna Jones’s Greek potatoes. She adds whipped feta, but any crumbled non-dairy/dairy cheese is nice here. I decided I wanted a protein boost,…
smoky sweet potato chowder
I had some sweet potatoes from my veg box to use up and decided to make a smoky potato chowder. This is primarily smoky creamy sweet potato soup, but I added a bit of carrot for a bit of added flavour and sweetness (since I had lovely fat carrots in my veg box) and some…
slaw salad
Adventures with my veg box: Kohlrabi is something I had never bought or really heard of until I had a veg box. A number of my British and German friends just love it, and I can see why—it is a lovely crisp, mild, almost sweet brassica and makes for a nice coleslaw salad since my…
meatballs
Sometimes I’m looking for a little protein boost for the things I make with the veg in my veg box. Here is a vegan meatball recipe my dear friend shared with me that I really love and I make a lot. They are nice as spaghetti and meatballs, meatball sandwiches, Swedish meatballs, or meatballs in…
adventures with my veg box 