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…
Tag: tomato
gazpacho
Yah, this is one of those marmite things. Cold puréed tomato soup. You love it or hate it. I love it. I used 6-8 small/medium veg box tomatoes, a small cucumber and roasted red peppers (about the equivalent of one red pepper) gifted to me by a neighbour, 1-2 stalks of celery from the garden,…
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…
cool summer salads
It was hot today and so cool easy salads were what I needed. These three are low effort and using not too many ingredients: spicy brown lentils with tomatoes and lemon; potato, green bean, and rocket/arugula salad with honey mustard dressing; and herby mushrooms with sourdough croutons. You can add feta or mozzarella to any…
pasta e ceci
This isn’t so much an adventure with my veg box as it is an adventure with my pantry. In part because I had a can of tomatoes open for something else, in part because a friend of mine was talking about this and I realised I had most of this kicking around and it sounded…
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…
purple cabbage with yummy sauce
I’m still working my way through this purple cabbage. It is the gift that keeps on giving. Today I decided to try out Vegan Richa’s Mac n cheese sauce that she says is just as nice on vegetables as it is on noodles. Also, it calls for potatoes and carrots, which I also had in…
courgette cake
Ottolenghi has some fabulous recipes for savoury cakes/loaves and I decided to use some of the beautiful courgettes/zucchini in my veg box to try out one. Normally, I stick to a recipe pretty faithfully, but this time I made a number of changes and they worked reasonably well. I decided to see if this could…
creamed corn with fresh tomatoes
My veg box arrived with some great corn and I decided to use part of it in a black bean soup and the rest I would make a bit of a cheat creamed corn. The incredibly talented Jocelyn Delk Adams has a blog called “Grandbaby cakes” with some outstanding Southern cooking and I decided to…
adventures with my veg box 