Size Does Matter – These Veg Boxes Are Definitely Shrinking

The veg of the week are: • Cabbage • Beetroot • Carrots • Sweetcorn • Parsnip • Courgette • Potatoes Lonely Veg It’s always good to have something different in the veg box and this week’s ‘something different’ is a lonesome parsnip and a lonesome courgette. Neither are particularly sizable and they were in too [...]

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Remembering the Classic Runner Bean Slicer

A post in which I remember the runner bean slicer of my yesteryear!

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Organic Kale – and a Very Good Reason to Wash Your Veg

It’s veg box morning and today among the usual potatoes, carrots, onions and swede are three nice surprises: a bunch of runner beans and for the first time, kale and a box of Living Salad. This box throws up a couple of issues about the veg you get in veg boxes: 1) sometimes it’s not [...]

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Plastic Packaging in a Veg Box . . . Why?

This week I open my veg box to reveal: • Potatoes • Cabbage • Onions • Carrots • Sweeeeeeede • Sweetcorn and • Mushrooms. Any swede that enters my home gets escorted next door as quickly as possible, so as much as I hate them, I love them for their role in neighbour relations! And [...]

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Stuff Them! (Or . . . The Best Thing to Do With Giant Mushrooms)

My veg boxes are starting to look a bit more interesting again, so it’s with renewed enthusiasm that I pull back the tape sealing the box each week. This week there were the obligatory cabbage, carrots, onions and potatoes, plus a beautiful cauliflower and three newcomers: two cobs of sweetcorn, three massive mushrooms and something [...]

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How to Freeze Runner Beans

In this post I discover the best way to freeze runner beans – according to mum (which let’s face it is always the best way!).

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The Joy of Swede . . . Or Not

• Potatoes • Carrots • Onions • Cabbage • Swede • Parsnips • Red peppers • Celery As you know, I’m not keen on ye olde swedee. My veg box scheme is quite basic – I don’t choose what comes, I get what’s available and that’s that, so they are going to keep on coming. [...]

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The Squash and the Swede

This morning’s colourful veg box included: • Potatoes • Carrots • Onions • Cabbage • Cauliflower • Swede (quelle horreur!), and the newcomers: • Red pepper • Squash. Squash . . . But Which Squash?! The newcomers are very welcome. I’ve enjoyed all the squash I’ve tried before but I’m not entirely sure whether this [...]

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Win a veg box for a year

As you know, I was lucky enough to win my weekly supply of organic veggies and the prize lasts a whole year. I was just browsing the site where I won the prize and I thought you’d like to know that the competition is still on! Go to the Country Life website by clicking this [...]

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Veg Box 7

• Cauliflower • Onions • Potatoes • Bean sprouts • Swede • Broccoli • Carrots • Cabbage Eeek! It’s veg box day and I haven’t made it very far through the last box yet. I seem to have a glut of bean sprouts and onions, and decide that stir fries are made for days like [...]

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