Sweet potatoes are always the last to get used in my veg box because I think I don’t like them even though I do, so I tend to scramble for a recipe. Today I tried Nigella’s sweet potato Mac n cheese. It is delicious. Is this my favourite Mac n cheese? Probably not. But it…
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smoky sweet potato chowder
I had some sweet potatoes from my veg box to use up and decided to make a smoky potato chowder. This is primarily smoky creamy sweet potato soup, but I added a bit of carrot for a bit of added flavour and sweetness (since I had lovely fat carrots in my veg box) and some…
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…
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…
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…
sweet potato, aubergine, spinach curry
I had a lovely small aubergine/eggplant in my veg box and some sweet potato and spinach to finish, so I decided to make a quick curry. This was easy and a nice way to use up some leftovers, including 1/3 can of tomatoes. Here is what I did. I chopped a small onion and set…
braised roots with orange, chilli, chickpeas, and turmeric
I admit when I saw this recipe by Anna Jones, I was deeply sceptical. It didn’t call for onions, garlic, or tomatoes which made me worry that it wasn’t going to hang together at all. Also the original calls for swede, which I don’t like. I didn’t have any celeriac, but I figured I had…
sweet potato, spinach and bean salad
I had some lovely sweet potatoes and onions in my veg box and so I decided to make a smoky grain salad using a small can of cannelloni beans, some frozen spinach, and bulgur wheat. This would work with fresh spinach and any other grains, like couscous. It is just as nice eaten warm as…
very orange soup
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…
sweet potato kale salad
In my veg box I had some great sweet potatoes and some flower sprouts, which is a cross between kale and Brussels sprouts. I decided to make a warm salad by roasting the sweet potatoes, steaming the flower sprouts, brown rice, and making a peanut dressing. This isn’t exactly quick and uses a lot of…
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