Standard seasonal produce in this week’s veg boxes

The recent cold, damp, dark weather conditions have slowed the growth of our own home-grown veg, so there are more bought-in items this week. Roll on spring and some more warm sunny days!

In all our veg boxes this week:-
*Jerusalem artichokes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
red onions (Restharrow)
swede (Restharrow)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
parsnips (Total Produce)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*purple sprouting broccoli (*Camel CSA/Total Produce)
leeks (Restharrow)
beetroot (Restharrow)

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

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

Seasonal local food recipe No.379 – Gujerati cabbage and carrot

This quick and easy dish is based on a recipe from Madhur Jaffrey and goes with any curry.  Savoy cabbage is best.

Serves 4

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 7 minutes

Ingredients
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp black mustard seeds
1 dried chilli
1/2 cabbage, thinly sliced
2 carrots, coarsely grated
1 tbsp caster sugar
juice of 1/2 lemon
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method
Heat the oil in a wok and add the mustard seeds and chilli.  When the mustard seeds start to pop, add the cabbage and carrots and stir-fry for 5 minutes.  Add all the rest of the ingredients and cook for a minute longer.  Serve immediately.

Bunched new carrots in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

We’ve all got a bunch of new carrots grown over winter in the polytunnel plus a jar of our own chilli and crab apple jelly.

In all our veg boxes this week:-
*new carrots (Camel CSA)
*chilli and crab apple jelly (Camel CSA)
*sprouted mung beans (Camel CSA)
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*coriander / chillies (Camel CSA)
beetroot (Restharrow)
red onions (Restharrow)

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

Try these ways of preparing new carrots on the recipes page on our website:-
Honey-glazed carrots
Baby carrots with lemon and thyme

Winter salad leaves in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

We’re growing rocket, namenia, mizuna, mixed lettuce, baby chard, red and golden mustard leaves in the polytunnels this winter.

In all our veg boxes this week:-
*mixed salad leaves (Camel CSA)
squash ‘Crown Prince’ (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
kale (Restharrow)
beetroot (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
*swede (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*mooli (daikon) radish  or baby turnips (Camel CSA)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)

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

Try these ways of preparing Crown Prince squash on the recipes page on our website:-
Roast squash and blood orange salad
Bridget’s squash curry

Seasonal local food recipe No.378 – Ottolenghi’s swede, bacon and walnut gratin

The humble “neep” of traditional Burns Night fame takes on a posh new identity in this Yotam Ottolenghi dish. The secret is the sage and the walnuts. Served with a green salad, it’s awesome! I used fromage frais instead of double cream and left out the salt. Yotam says: “It also works without the bacon, if you want to make it vegetarian.”

Serves 6 as main course, 8 as a side

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: one hour 15 minutes (mostly oven)

Ingredients
25g unsalted butter
1 large onion, thinly sliced (200g net weight)
200g smoked bacon lardons
10g sage leaves, finely shredded
300ml double cream
400ml vegetable stock
1½ tbsp dijon mustard
2 large swedes, peeled, cut in half and then into 3-4mm-thick slices (1.4kg)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
40g mature cheddar, coarsely grated
40g walnut halves, roughly chopped

Method
Heat the oven to 200C/390F/gas mark 6. Put the butter in a large, 28cm-diameter pot on a medium-high heat. Once it starts to foam, add the onion and bacon, and fry, stirring frequently, for seven to eight minutes, until the onions are soft and the bacon is cooked. Stir in half the sage, the cream, stock, mustard, swede, half a teaspoon of salt and plenty of pepper, bring to a boil, then turn down the heat to medium and leave to simmer for five minutes, stirring every now and then.

Spoon the swedes into a high-sided, 20cm x 30cm ovenproof dish, and pour all the pan juices and bacon bits over the top. Press the swedes down into the dish, and if need be move the slices around, so they’re evenly layered, then roast for 40 minutes, basting and pressing down once more halfway through.

While the gratin is cooking, mix the cheddar with the walnuts and remaining sage. When the 40 minutes are up, sprinkle the cheddar mix all over the gratin and bake for a further 15-20 minutes, until the gratin is dark golden brown and bubbling, and leave to rest for 10 minutes before serving.

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

We’re avoiding single-use plastic in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Why wait 25 years for supermarkets to get their plastic-free act together when you could be getting your weekly veg from a CSA Network UK – Community Supported Agriculture scheme like ours? We use fairtrade jute hampers for our veg boxes supplied by nearby Go Jute in St Austell.

In all our veg boxes this week:-
*baby carrots (Camel CSA)
leeks (Restharrow Farm,Trebetherick)
cauliflower  (Restharrow)
beetroot (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*stir fry oriental leaves (Camel CSA)
*cavolo nero (Camel CSA)
squash ‘Crown Prince’ (Restharrow)

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

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

Keep your healthy eating resolutions and get veg from Camel CSA

Want to make sure you maintain your New Year resolutions? Consume more fresh, local, seasonal veg and sign up for a veg box. That way you keep fit and healthy while supporting a non-profit community enterprise like ours.

In our first weekly veg boxes of 2018:-
*sprouted mung beans (Camel CSA)
red cabbage (Restharrow Farm,Trebetherick)
cauliflower  (Restharrow)
curly kale (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*bunched radishes (Camel CSA)
*swede (Camel CSA)
beetroot (Restharrow)

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

It’s time to… get healthy in the New Year with a weekly veg box from Camel CSA

Happy New Year! Hope you veg lovers enjoyed a good break.

Is it your resolution to eat a more healthy diet now you’re back at work? Why not arrange a weekly veg box trial from us? You collect or we deliver on Fridays.

Are you aiming to get more fit in 2018? We offer outdoor volunteering opportunities for all ages.

Everything you need for Christmas in our festive vegetable boxes

Christmas 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