It was Regather’s prize-winning flower grower/wrangler/designer, Rachel, who recommended this dish the other day. Mushrooms, onions and winter roots in a lovely mustardy gravy and a crispy topping. That’s a Goldilocks dish: not too heavy, not too light. Rachel tells me the recipe doesn’t suffer for having less than the full whack of mushrooms – use what you have. And we …
Having grown up knowing beetroot only as vinegary slices in jars from the shop, it’s been a right pleasure making friends properly with beetroot as an adult, on the allotment and in the kitchen (and at Regather, of course). Mid-summer organic beetroots fresh from the field are just lovely – and so, so versatile. This simple savoury tart recipe from …
This vegan recipe by the BOSH! guys (Henry Firth and Ian Theasby) is both summery and sustaining and it’s a great match for Regather veg box contents right now. The ‘Red’ is a nod to red wine in lieu of the traditional white for a risotto. No worries if you don’t have quite enough fresh tomato weight – perhaps bump …
Recipe recommended by our lovely customer Hannah – it’s one of her favourites. It’s from The Green Roasting Tin by Rukmini Iyer (an excellent gift book for the busy foodies in your life). Sweet potatoes are always available as an extra for your veg box from the Regather online shop and are in peak season now (December).
Organic cherry tomatoes are plentiful right now and we’re very happy to have bumper bags of them in this week’s boxes. It’s perfect weather for easy homemade tomato salsa. Use as a condiment for things cooked on the barbecue – burgers, fish, halloumi or veggie fritters – or just get stuck in with a bag of tortilla chips.
We’re loving the bunches of pretty radishes in your boxes this week, like Spring baubles. Radishes are delicious just eaten raw and unadorned – so crisp and peppery – or dipped into hummus. Or combine sliced radish with ultra-thinly sliced fennel and a lemony dressing. Use the well-washed leaves in salads too. The recipe we’ve chosen, adapted from Miriam Nice …
Love a good carrot soup! The kind of soup that’s still appealing in Spring. There’s something so comforting yet also luxurious about the rich and velvety finished product, if the carrots’ sweetness is offset well by spices or chilli heat and/or herby and earthy tones. This great recipe by Kiwi chef Peter Gordon (from the book ‘Sugar Club’) achieves that …
We welcome brussels sprouts back this week. The only intro necessary for this vegan recipe is a quote from Meera Sodha, its creator: “This Malaysian fried rice dish is so deliciously filthy, you may well scrap takeaways altogether.” You can buy kecap manis, the sweet thick soy sauce, in larger supermarkets or online.And it goes without saying that sprouts should …
This week we welcome the arrival of lovely red onions. Along with garlic from the Regather farm and Ishikura spring onions, it’s something of an allium festival. Some boxes will have the full allium trio! If you have red onions, why not use a couple of them to cook some delicious, moreish bhajis and use some garlic in a raita. …