Soup is a good way to use up random bits and bobs that you don’t know what to do with. This soup is a result of all my orange bits and bobs from my veg box: some carrots, half a sweet potato, one lonely potato (who isn’t orange, I know), and a small pile of…
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cream of broccoli soup
I’m on a bit of a soup kick at the moment. What I wanted was fast cream of broccoli soup. I figured maybe it would cook up faster if I blitzed my broccoli, onion, garlic, and parsley in a food processor first. And I think it did. If you don’t get lovely veg box broccoli,…
mushroom soup
My veg box had some gorgeous mushrooms, potatoes, and onions which made me think mushroom soup might be nice! You’ll need a lot of sliced mushrooms (maybe 200g), an diced onion, a chopped potato, some olive oil, a couple of stock cubes, the dairy you like (I used oat milk, some nutritional yeast, lemon juice,…
bad photo soup
Easy soup, bad photography. I’m not sure why my green/olive soup ended up looking so orange in this photo, but oh well.Here is the thing. You can make a complicated, delicious, non-dairy cream soup that is fantastic with a million ingredients. And they are super great. You can also make a reasonably good and simple…
flower sprout mash
This week I had the mystery veg in my box: gorgeous purple flower sprouts! This is how my veg box people describe flower sprouts “Flower sprouts are a cross between curly kale and Brussels sprouts. The flower sprouts themselves are individual little ‘flowers’, effectively Brussels sprouts which have opened out and got a curly kale…
curried cabbage and potatoes
My veg box had a wonderful small cabbage and a couple of tomatoes, so I decided to try out Meera Sodha’s cabbage and potato curry. This recipe is easy and seriously satisfying. It isn’t terribly quick (it takes a while for all the parts to cook), uses spices that maybe not everyone has in their…
odds and ends shepherd’s pie
I was trying to decide what to do with the handful of random veg I had kicking around in my veg box (a medium parsnip, a couple of carrots, some brussel sprout leaves, leftover shredded lemony sprouts). Turns out, shepherd’s pie is a good place for random, lonely veg. Ingredients 300-400g of the protein you…
chips and salad
Today seemed like a good day for salads and chips, since my veg box had loads of great greens and some friendly root veg. So, here is kale chips, quinoa kale salad with carrot miso ginger dressing, and potato and green bean salad. It is my usual kale chips recipe (which I’ve posted), because I’m…
bespoke spuds
My veg box had loads of greens: chard and some unusual salad greens. I was also gifted a bespoke edible bouquet courtesy of my dear friend Lesley who never fails to bring beauty and joy to all around her. I decided to make a very green potato salad with the greens, some of the herbs, and a…
potato leek comfort
This got me through a trying week and my veg box was thankfully full of familiar favourites. Boil equal amounts of chopped leeks and potato in a pot with water and a stock cube (I used oxo veg stock). Let boil until everything is soft, about 10-15 mins. Put 1/2 or so into a bowl…
adventures with my veg box 