Continuing on the fast and easy pastas with yummy crouton topping, I made this one from the lovely cherry tomatoes and courgette/zucchini in my veg box and tossed it with a bit of feta and a splash of orange juice from the oranges in my box. So good. Here is what I did. Chop the…
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pumpkin, peppers and barley with harissa
This is delicious. I’m glad I have a lot of it because it is really delicious. I was trying to figure out what to do with the adorable little pumpkin from my vegbox and I decided to roast it with some vegbox peppers and onions to make a barley salad with a harissa dressing. 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…
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…
luscious laban
I had some beautiful courgette/zucchini in my veg box this week and I’ve been on a “try new things” kick, so I decided to try a recipe by a chef named Noor, who is part of Ottolenghi’s test kitchen. She has been spending her lockdown in Bahrain and has been sharing excellent and easy lockdown…
lockdown tabbouleh
I had stunning lemons and some gorgeous tomatoes in my veg box, as well as a whole lotta curly parsley to use up, since I just got some beautiful flat parsley in my veg box this week, so I decided to try my hand at tabbouleh using what I had in the kitchen: 2 bunches…
adventures with my veg box 