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…
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salsify, potato, and cheese puffs
Continuing on with my experiments with salsify, I decided to mash some with my veg box potatoes, spring onion, parsley, and cheese for some super fun puff pastry snacks, sorta like a good ol’ cheese and onion pasty. I think the salsify gives a bit of an exciting twist on the traditional cheese and onion…
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…
potato puffs
Today I wanted comfort food. I decided to use my veg box potatoes (always a comfort), spinach (always gorgeous), and onions (always nice), to make something like a vegan sausage roll. Okay, it is nothing at all like a sausage roll. Basically this is yummy savoury zesty mash in puff pastry. Here is what I…
broccoli soup
I think everyone probably has a broccoli soup recipe, but here is a vegan one I did that is creamy, gentle, and satisfying. It makes use of lovely veg box favourites (carrots, onions, potatoes, in addition to broccoli). It gets its zip from cashews blended up with some nutritional yeast. I didn’t use stock, just…
beans on toast
I admit, I’m lukewarm when it comes to beans on toast, but it always sounds so lovely and comforting that I find myself kinda craving it. Meera Sodha has a recipe for masala beans on toast and they are pretty much perfect. In fact, they are the beans I want with a full English. Really,…
roasted mushroom ragout
I had a few big meaty mushrooms in my vegbox so I decided to do a small size version of Noor Murad’s delicious mushroom ragout. It is a simple and satisfying dish that involves roasting mushrooms and onions, then adding a purée of tomatoes and spices, and then roasting it all some more. Because I…
cauliflower korma
Sometimes a cauliflower can be a daunting veg for one person to manage, but as I discovered a small cauliflower is a delicious 2 meal curry commitment. I decided to try out Meera Sodha’s vegan cauliflower korma recipe because I felt like something luxurious and warm. It is wonderful and worth a try. I made…
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…
adventures with my veg box 