a veg glut

We have finally got round to ordering a new veg box, from Box Bush Farm. The first delivery should arrive on Friday, so we took an inventory of the veg in the house.

• 1 head broccoli
• 1 hispi cabbage
• 2 peppers (1 red, 1 yellow)
• 1 bulb fennel
• 1 large aubergine
• 1 big bag of spinach
• 1 huge sweet potato
• assorted carrots and celery, onions and shallots
• potatoes - Cornish new and standard
• oddments of radish, spring onions

This was clearly Far Too Much, so we shall be eating lots of veg in the coming days!

We did a fab Keralan veg massala last night, recipe to follow.

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this week’s veg box

Lovely stuff - rhubarb, asparagus, melon, broccoli, bananas, orange, tomatoes, pointy cabbage, courgettes. From Riverford.

So:

• asparagus and lemon risotto
• rhubarb rumble
• indian cabbage with rice
• stir-fried broccoli
• courgette and pasta bake

We can have the melon, bananas and oranges for breakfast.

Yum!

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the peppers are taking over …

Astute readers will notice I’ve been posting a lot of vegetable recipes lately. This is because we have resumed our organic veggie box from Riverford, and are currently overrun with veg!

We have a *lot* of peppers; some from our own garden, some from a friend, and some in the veg box … and some left over from a jar of roasted peppers.

With the latter, I whizzed them up with the water that I soaked some shallots in (did you know that soaking shallots in boiling water for five minutes makes them easier to peel? - and that I’m too mean to throw it away? :). That liquid, with some finely chopped carrot, leek, courgette and a small green pepper, made a nice soup, with some chickpeas added for bulk.

And last night, I made a bitsa risotto, with peppers and a leek sauteéd in olive oil, and some cubed pancetta, vermouth, and a handful of chopped parsley thrown in at the end. Sometimes bitsa meals really work, and this one did!

Now then - what to do with two cauliflowers? …

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