A very happy 2023 to you all! We’re back from our break and getting busy at HQ taking delivery of lots of lovely winter produce ready for your boxes this week. Our recipe to kick off the new year is going back to basics using box stalwarts carrots, potatoes and onions, plus swede or turnips. A vegan Irish stew, essentially. …
If, like me, you’re a bit rubbish at making yeasted bread (I blame our superb local bakehouses – Forge, Perfectionery and Tower of Bagel – for setting the bar way too high), why not do a homemade soda bread? Well, this one is a marriage of Irish soda bread and Italian focaccia. With potatoes from the veg box. Yum. Recipe …
The end of Ramadan is fast approaching and Eid al-Fitr celebrations begin on 2nd May so our recipe this week is inspired by the feasting! We’ve chosen a dish from a feature by food blogger Izzah at Tea for Turmeric on traditional Pakistani Eid recipes. For this vegan Aloo Baingan, use organic potatoes, onions and an aubergine from the veg …
We are now stocking organic Hot ‘n’ Smoky Kimchi by Loving Foods. It is truly delicious: use it as a topping and flavour boost for plain rice and stir-fried veg. Or try these kimchi latkes – little shallow-fried potato and kimchi patties. Recipe idea from Kirsten & Christopher Shockey in their excellent book Fermented Vegetables – my favourite culinary book …