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,…
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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…
beet and veg soup
This week I had an absolutely giant beetroot in my veg box. I decided to use some of the beetroot to make a veg soup, since I also had adorable fat, tiny carrots and a veg I had not heard of before called “salsify” which I was told tastes like artichoke, green beans, and some…
gazpacho
Yah, this is one of those marmite things. Cold puréed tomato soup. You love it or hate it. I love it. I used 6-8 small/medium veg box tomatoes, a small cucumber and roasted red peppers (about the equivalent of one red pepper) gifted to me by a neighbour, 1-2 stalks of celery from the garden,…
tomato veg rice soup
This week Facebook and Instagram were full of delicious things by my friends and family, so I didn’t have to go far to find inspiration for things to do with my veg box. I landed on soup. I wanted something thick and creamy, and one of my friends had done a kinda soup thing with…
rice and beans
I had solid staples in my veg box this week: celery, carrots, onions, and tomatoes, so I thought with the addition of a lone pepper I could do some version of rice and beans. My first thought was chilli since I had a can of kidney beans, but then I thought I’d use some of…
veg box pasta soup
This tried to be minestrone, but you work with what you’ve got and I didn’t exactly have all the minestrone stuff. I have to say, I’m lucky because my veg box provides a lot of great things for yummy soup! If you’re interested in a pasta veggie soup, this soup has 5 basic parts: 1….
adventures with my veg box 