I had a lovely head of cabbage in my veg box and decided to make Smitten Kitchen’s fuss free spanakopita, but swap cabbage for spinach and use rich smokey spices. For the spices, I used 1tsp smoked paprika, 2tsps of Dijon mustard, 1 tsp allspice, as much garlic as you like, and 1 tsp Aleppo…
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cabbage rolls and cabbage roll lasagna
I had the most beautiful small Savoy cabbage in my veg box this week and I was inspired by a delicious photo on Instagram to make some cabbage rolls because Savoy cabbage, with their lacy leaves, make particularly pretty ones. I haven’t made cabbage rolls before, so a warning to the novice cabbage roll makers,…
slaw salad
Adventures with my veg box: Kohlrabi is something I had never bought or really heard of until I had a veg box. A number of my British and German friends just love it, and I can see why—it is a lovely crisp, mild, almost sweet brassica and makes for a nice coleslaw salad since my…
meatballs
Sometimes I’m looking for a little protein boost for the things I make with the veg in my veg box. Here is a vegan meatball recipe my dear friend shared with me that I really love and I make a lot. They are nice as spaghetti and meatballs, meatball sandwiches, Swedish meatballs, or meatballs in…
sad dogs made happier
I haven’t found a great tofu dog yet, so if I’m having sausage on a bun, I really am looking for a good topping to compensate for the overwhelming meh. Turns out, a smoked paprika cabbage topping makes a world of difference to a sad tofu dog. In my veg box I had a small…
sprout top soup
My veg box had more sprouts, but this time the whole plant, so I set myself the task of figuring out what to do with leaves AND sprouts. This soup is the first experiment with cooking with the leaves: sprout leaves, the half dozen mushrooms from my box, tomato, rice soup. I sautéed an onion,…
shredded sprouts
This week I have a bag of Brussels sprouts. I won’t lie, they aren’t my favourite, no matter how cute they look. Today I decided to slice finely a dozen or so sprouts, and pan fry them in olive oil, a teaspoon of garlic powder, and about 1/2 teaspoon each of smoked paprika and ancho…
adventures with my veg box 