Everyone is getting extra shares of chard and spinach at the moment as we experience a glut of this delicious and versatile green vegetable. The increased warmth and light is bringing on other over-wintered crops like mixed salad leaves and parsley as well as the early sowings of radishes and spring onions.

In all the boxes this week:
* radishes
* Swiss chard
* turnips
white or purple sprouting broccoli
(Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
leeks (Restharrow)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja'(Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:

extra potatoes
* parsley
* mixed salad bag
red cabbage (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles. All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise stated

Please ensure you wash all vegetables carefully

This week’s recommended recipes from our website archive:

Maharashtrian radish salad
Warm halloumi with radish, apple and pecan salad

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