This tried to be minestrone, but you work with what you’ve got and I didn’t exactly have all the minestrone stuff. I have to say, I’m lucky because my veg box provides a lot of great things for yummy soup! If you’re interested in a pasta veggie soup, this soup has 5 basic parts: 1….
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plague pitas
Well, the UK is on lockdown and I’m so grateful to my extraordinary veg box people who have stepped up and delivered amazing food to the doorsteps of so so so many in my community without missing a beat. Cambridge Organic Food Company, you guys are the best! I made pita yesterday and filled them…
my favourite vegan bolognese sauce
My veg box this week had a cauliflower which made me think about making a batch of my favourite bolognese sauce. Look, if you’re hoping this is gonna taste like the meaty deliciousness made by some Italian grandmother, it will disappoint. However, it is full of veg, has the right mouthfeel for bolognese sauce, and…
purslane bulgar wheat salad
I had purslane in my veg box which is a leafy green I’d never had before, until I had a veg box! And it is lovely. It is a soft unassuming leaf, a little like spinach. I figured it would be nice in a salad with the tomatoes and avocado also in my veg box,…
lettuce and tomatoes are more than just sandwich fillers
Lettuce and tomatoes are more than just good sandwiches fillers. My veg box has awesome lettuce and tomatoes that really shine on their own, and make for a quick packed lunch that comes together in about 5 mins. I chopped them up and added them to a ready-made grains package (wheat berries, red rice, freekeh,…
creamy tomato soup
I had half a small fennel bulb left and some last legs carrots and celery, so I chopped them up sautéed them in a pan with a bit of onion olive oil. After about 7 mins or so, I added a can of tomatoes and a can of water and let it simmer for a…
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,…
pantry pasta
Easy pantry dinner when you don’t have much around except cherry tomatoes. Baked tomatoes with a hefty glug of olive oil, garlic, salt, lemon pepper, Aleppo pepper, dried basil, dried oregano, nutritional yeast, bread crumbs. Stick in a hot oven (200C/400F) for about 20-25 mins. Stir and mash up the mess of tomatoes, add lemon…
a very red soup
This is a chunky version of my go to roasted tomato and peppers soup. My tomatoes, onions, and peppers from last week’s veg box were on their last legs, so they made their way into soup. It ended up being a much darker colour than I expected, but nice roasted flavours on a rainy day….
adventures with my veg box 