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Everything you need for Christmas in our festive vegetable boxes
Posted on December 24th, 2017 No commentsChristmas greetings from the volunteer picking and packing team at Camel CSA! Our double-value boxes have everything you need over the festive season, including a jar each of our own green tomato chutney and Cornish honey. Regular weekly veg boxes resume on Friday 5 January, 2018.
In all the bumper boxes:-
*winter salad leaves (Camel CSA)
*squash ‘Crown Prince’ (Camel CSA)
*baby carrots (Camel CSA)
*parsley (Camel CSA)
green tomato chutney (Camel CSA)
jar of honey (James family, Bodmin)
onions (Restharrow Farm,Trebetherick)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
Brussels sprouts stalk (Restharrow)
parsnips (Total Produce)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)
Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*chard (Camel CSA)
swede (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all vegetables carefully
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Crown Prince squash in our wonderful weekly veg boxes
Posted on November 25th, 2017 No commentsNO imports! Our boxes contain a selection of seasonal winter vegetables locally grown in north Cornwall.
In all the boxes this week:-
*salad leaves – mixed winter lettuce, red mustard, mizuma, rocket, coriander
*Parisian carrots
*chillies
*flat-leaved parsley
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
squash ‘Crown Prince’ (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Maris Peer’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*rainbow chard or spinach
*swede
red cabbage (Restharrow)* = grown to organic principles
Produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated. Please ensure you wash all fruit and vegTry out more than 350 ways of serving vegetables on Camel CSA’s recipe pages
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Last of this season’s tomatoes in our Cornish veg boxes
Posted on October 28th, 2017 No commentsSadly we’ve harvested the very last of the ripe tomatoes in the polytunnel. Luckily we have enough unripe ones to make the famous green tomato chutney we share out at Christmas.
In all the boxes this week:-
*frisee/curly green endive
*rainbow chard or kale
*turnips or beetroot
*onions
russet apples (Haywood Farm Cider, St Mabyn)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes ‘Maris Peer’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*green pepper
*cucumbers
*tomatoes – red and yellow* = grown to organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated. Please wash all vegetables and fruit.Try out these ways of roasting cauliflower on Camel CSA’s recipe pages:-
Felicity’s perfect roasted whole cauliflower
Roasted curried cauliflower -
Crisp and crunchy pak choi in our weekly veg boxes
Posted on December 4th, 2015 No commentsIn all our boxes this week: –
*pak choi
*carrots
*kale ‘red Russian’
*onions
*parsley
beetroot (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
red cabbage (Restharrow)
parsnips (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all vegetables and fruit.
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.Try these winter warmers on Camel CSA’s recipe pages: –
Homity bake
Stilton, onion and potato pie -
Celeriac and spring onions in our vegetable boxes
Posted on February 12th, 2015 No commentsThe first snowdrops are a sign that the outdoor veg growing season is approaching rapidly. There’s so much more to look forward to! Our seed order has come through and we’ve already planted radishes and a bed of broad beans in the polytunnel.In all the boxes this week: –
*spring onions
*spring greens
celeriac (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
purple sprouting broccoli (Restharrow)
red cabbage (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)Standard boxes also have: –
extra potatoes
*golden ball turnips
cauliflower (Restharrow)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)
* = grown organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated. Please wash all vegetables carefullyThis week we recommend these recipes from our website recipe collection:-
Nigel’s celeriac and potato cake
Celeriac and Lancashire cheese bread (no yeast, no kneading, also includes spring onions) -
Purple-sprouting broccoli in Camel CSA’s veg boxes
Posted on January 16th, 2015 No commentsThis week all boxes have:-
*purple sprouting broccoli (CSA / Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
*rainbow chard
*swede
*brussels sprouts
*sprouted mung beans
leeks (Restharrow)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)Standard boxes also have:-
Extra potatoes
red cabbage (Restharrow)
kale (Restharrow)
beetroot (Restharrow)All veg grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated
* = grown organic principlesPlease ensure you wash all vegetables carefully.
This week’s recommended recipes from our online archive:-
Char-grilled broccoli with chilli and garlic Pasta with sprouting broccoli -
Lovely leeks and carrots in our veg boxes
Posted on January 8th, 2015 No commentsThis week all boxes have:-
*kale
*beetroot
*mixed salad leaves
*chillies
carrots (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
leeks (Restharrow)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)Standard boxes also have:
Extra potatoes
*cabbage or purple sprouting broccoli
*coriander
cauliflower (Restharrow)All veg grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated
* = grown organic principles
Please ensure you wash all salad vegetables carefully.This week’s recommended recipes from our online archive:-
Stir-fried curly kale with chilli and garlic
Hugh’s pasta with greens, garlic and chilli