Here’s an idea for the carrots and sweet potato in the veg boxes. No sweet potato? You could substitute swede, turnip or regular potato. Serve with couscous and any kind of green veg on the side – sauteed spring greens, purple sprouting broccoli or even some sliced cucumber.
Get your hands on some luscious wild garlic before the season is over. Rachel B made this lasagna last week and was entranced by the lurid green of the ‘white’ sauce. Recipe from bbcgoodfood.com. If you don’t have 450g mushrooms, supplement with grated courgette, carrot and/or some finely sliced leek. Don’t have time to mess about with lasagna? Here’s a …
My usual rule for soup-making at home is to batch-cook and have some to freeze. I make an exception for a small portion of precious organic Jerusalem artichokes when they appear in the box in winter and spring. I will never forget the first time I ate them. I’d been invited to a friend’s mum’s place for Christmas on the …
New favourite potato dish! Devoured twice in one week, three times if you count leftovers for lunch. Recipe by the wonderful Meera Sodha from her book Fresh India. The quantity of spices is a little conservative – it’s safe to dial them up a notch. You can treat this curry as a simple meal, with a plain green vegetable on …
The spotlight this week turns to the organic Spring Greens cabbages getting packed in most of our veg boxes. Here’s a really simple but lovely way to cook and eat them – recipe from Nigel Slater. Make sure everything is prepped and ready before you heat the wok. When I make this dish, I’ll chuck in some finely cut shards …
It’s avocado season – a real highlight of February. If you’ve been cruising around the Fruit & Veg box extra options on this site, you’ll know you can order a 500g portion of gorgeous organic avocados sustainably grown in Europe. I cannot resist them most weeks. At home, most of the avocados are destined for toast with egg. But this …
Our Jess was talking about a yummy meal-in-a-bowl salad she concocted – a good prompt to get a roots-based winter salad on the recipe page. Always good to put carrots back in the spotlight, but roasted parsnips or beetroot would work too. Use feta if blue cheese is not your thing. This dish would be pretty easy to veganize. …
Vegetable lasagna has been on Clem’s mind lately, and Clem’s wish is my command! Cue some beautiful organic butternut squashes in most boxes this week – et voilà – a garlicky butternut lasagna. And it’s vegan, too. So, if you’re craving the comfort of pasta plus a bit of meditative assembly time in the kitchen, look no further. Recipe from …
On Sunday 22 January, it’s Lunar New Year aka Chinese New Year. It’s Year of the Rabbit! If you’ve ever wanted to make your own dumplings, now is the time. There’s a lot of recipes online, but we’ve gone for one by vegan food blogger Bianca Zapatka. Her veg combo is bang-on seasonally perfect for our boxes: cabbage, leek, mushrooms, …
Continuing our January theme: more delicious Frugal + Vegan action this week! West African peanut stew – aka ‘maafe’ or ‘domoda’, depending on region – is super flavourful and rich. It was first served to me by my friend Kat who trained in West African dance (and is a total natural at it). This version is fully plant based. Recipe …