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Baby carrots in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

A grand mix of local produce in our veg boxes this week. Thanks to growers Mark and Bridget and volunteer picking & packing team members Charlotte, Danny, Jane, Janet and Max.

We’ve all got a jar of crab apple and chilli jelly as a special treat. An extra big thanks to Camel CSA volunteer Jane Indge who made it for us. We produce preserves like this in the autumn to store and put in the boxes during the ‘hungry gap’.

In all the boxes:-
*baby carrots (Camel CSA)
*crab apple and chilli jelly (Camel CSA)
kale (*Camel CSA / Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick) Mark Norman, Bodmin)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
purple sprouting broccoli (Total Produce)
potatoes – ‘Wilja‘ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*spinach (Camel CSA)
*heritage beetroot (Camel CSA)
*Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)

*= grown to organic principles. Please wash all produce thoroughly.

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Coriander and parsley in our weekly veg boxes

In all the boxes:-
*coriander or *parsley (Camel CSA)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
swede (Restharrow)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
carrots (Total Produce)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*oriental salad leaves (Camel CSA)
beetroot (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all produce.

Try more than 350 ways of preparing vegetables on the recipes page on our website.

Neeps in Camel CSA’s veg boxes for Burns Night

It’s Burns Night this Thursday 25 January so the packing team has made sure we’ve all got “neeps” in our weekly veg boxes. If you’re celebrating Robert Burns’ birthday we hope you enjoy your Burns Supper of haggis and bashed neeps and chappit (mashed) tatties. And don’t forget to have a wee dram of whisky!

In all our veg boxes this week:-
*sprouted mung beans (Camel CSA)
neep (swede) (Restharrow Farm,Trebetherick)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
cauliflower  (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*parsley (Camel CSA)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)
beetroot (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all vegetables carefully.

Try these upmarket ways of preparing neeps on the recipes page on our website:-
Spiced creamy swede
A cake of swede and potato

Frisee/curly green endive in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Do you call it frisee or curly green endive? Like tomayto or tomahto, you takes your choice!

Frisee/curly green endive leaves are excellent scattered in a mixed green salad. This week we’ve all got a whole one. We’ve grown an awful lot of them, that’s why. Something to do with the Cornish weather.

Bridget, one of our growers, has come up with this delicious dish – frisee and panchetta with spaghetti.

Aubergines and sweet peppers in this week’s Cornish veg boxes

In all the boxes this week:-
*aubergine OR sweet pepper
*basil
*French beans ‘Amethyst’
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*cucumber
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*squash ‘Golden Nugget’
*spinach OR chard
*dessert apples ‘Katy’ (Mark Norman)

* = grown to organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.  Please wash all vegetables and fruit.

Try out these ways of using basil on Camel CSA’s recipe page:-
Grilled courgette, tomato and bean salad with basil sauce
Pesto gnocchi
Jekka’s basil oil

Wonderful seasonal selection in our bumper festive vegetable boxes

Season’s greetings from Camel CSA! We have in all our Christmas/New Year veg boxes:-

*squash ‘Crown Prince’
chilli and crab apple jelly
*carrots
*leeks
*parsley
*onions
*parsnips (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*bay leaves (Janet Hulme, Wadebridge)
sprout stalk (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Restharrow)
Cornish honey (Eric James, Bodmin)

Pak choi in Camel CSA’s wonderful veg boxes

We have a fantastic selection of vegetables despite this week’s unusually heavy frost in Cornwall.

In all the boxes this week: –
*pak choi
*squash ‘Autumn Crown’
*winter salad bag (mizuna, red/green mustard, green/red lettuce, baby chard/leaf beet)
*turnips
*onions
*parsnips (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes – red ‘Desiree’ (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

Standard boxes also have: –
extra potatoes
*baby leeks
*curly parsley
curly kale (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated. Please wash all vegetables and fruit

Try these delicious dishes on the recipes page on our website:-
Frank’s Shanghai rice (pak choi)
Hugh’s squash stuffed with leeks

Winter salad leaves in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

We all have a big bag of freshly-picked oriental and other winter salad leaves grown in our polytunnels. All our veg are harvested the same day the boxes go out. You can’t get any fresher than that!

In all the boxes this week: –
*winter salad bag (mizuna, red/green mustard, green/red lettuce, baby chard/leaf beet)
*squash – lucky dip!
*bunch of carrots
*turnips
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
potatoes – white Wilja or red Desiree (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have: –
extra potatoes
*kohlrabi
*garlic
*kale – Red Russian

* = grown to organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated. Please wash all vegetables and fruit

Try these delicious leek dishes on the recipes page on our website:-
A risotto of leeks and pancetta
Leek and smoked cheddar tart

Red and yellow tomatoes in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

In our boxes this week: –