ginger – adventures with my veg box

broccoli, broad beans, and rice

I had some broccoli and broad beans in my veg box this week so I thought I would try a brown rice salad bowl I saw on Smitten Kitchen. It has an absolutely delicious tahini, miso, ginger dressing that I jazzed up with a teaspoon gouchujang and splash of fresh orange juice (from the oranges…

carrot parsnip soup with orange

My friend and I had the same great idea to make use of our juice pulp! I use my vegbox oranges to make juice, then used the pulp in some carrot parsnip soup. It was a nice bright addition to a warming winter soup. Here is what I did. I sautéed in oil an onion…

potato and kale with coriander chutney and pudla

I had some lovely kale and potatoes in my veg box so I decided to make Mera Sodha’s Pakistani style spinach and potatoes, but using kale rather than spinach. It worked out really well, I just chopped my kale finely and sautéed it with the onions. This is hugely moreish and hard not to have…

rainbow curry

I had all the beautiful colours in my vegbox this week, so I decided to make Meera Sodha’s new potato, chard, and coconut curry recipe. Since I had carrots and green beans in my box, I threw those in with my potatoes and rainbow chard. This tastes as lovely as it looks. I’m so pleased….

chinese 5 spice soup

So I had a few odds and sods to use up from my veg box and I don’t like to let any of my nice veg go to waste, so I decided to make some clear soup with lots of ginger from my box and Chinese 5 spice, which I really enjoy and don’t use…

chinese 5 spice soup

breakfast pears

I often struggle with what to do with all my lovely vegbox pears. Last night I decided to poach them so I could have them for breakfast this morning. Usually you get the great colour with wine, but since they are breakfast pears, I used tea, an orange and it’s peel (from my vegbox), a…

peanut stew

I had a lot of little bits and bobs leftover from my veg box to use up: ends of red and green peppers, some small potatoes, a few small sweet potatoes, a courgette/zucchini, onion, tomato, and a couple of carrots. Rather than a minestrone, I decided to give a peanut stew a try, because I…

carrot ginger soup

I had great carrots in my veg box that needed using. I also bought some fresh smoked garlic and ginger, so decided to make carrot ginger soup. There are a million recipes for carrot soup out there, but I wanted a soup that let me taste the amazing handful of excellent ingredients I had. This…

sweet potato salad with white bean miso hummus

This week I had sweet potatoes in my veg box, so I decided to try Meera Sodha’s recipe for a sweet potato salad with a white bean miso hummus. I also had some kale in my box, which I thought would be a lovely addition and it was. You’ll want to steam it first and…