Like everyone in England with a veg box, I had Christmas sprouts. Until my veg box, this was not something I would have bought, but my veg box has convinced me this is not the worst. I have used some of my sprouts, with a lovely lemon from my box to make a quick sprouty…
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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,…
potatoes and beans
I love potatoes and the potatoes in my veg box are always fantastic. This week I also had some gorgeous garlic, so I decided to make one of my favourite potato dishes: Anna Jones’s Greek potatoes. She adds whipped feta, but any crumbled non-dairy/dairy cheese is nice here. I decided I wanted a protein boost,…
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…
sesame slaw
I’m working my way through my big purple kohlrabi, and today I made a sesame slaw salad. I used the same veg box veg (kohlrabi sliced with a mandolin and then chopped into match sticks, fat carrot sliced into ribbons with my peeler) and made a dressing by whisking a tsp of soy sauce, tsp…
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…
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…
veg bolognese sauce
I had a variety of lovely veg in my veg box I thought would be nice in a bolognese sauce: carrots, red and green peppers, onion. This recipe uses a lot of veg including mushrooms, garlic, tinned tomatoes, and cauliflower. It gets added texture from nuts, and I used a combo of almonds and cashews…
carrot ginger soup
I had great carrots in my veg box that needed using. I also bought some fresh smoked garlic and ginger, so decided to make carrot ginger soup. There are a million recipes for carrot soup out there, but I wanted a soup that let me taste the amazing handful of excellent ingredients I had. This…
adventures with my veg box 