Wild garlic and radishes in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Spring has finally sprung! Our volunteer picking and packing team have been foraging wild garlic leaves to go in this week’s veg boxes.

In all the boxes:-
*wild garlic (foraged locally)
*radish bunch
*spring onions
*bean sprouts
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
purple sprouting broccoli (Restharrow)
potatoes (St Lawrence Farm, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
*parsley
*rainbow chard
leeks (Restharrow)

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

Winter vegetables in this week’s boxes

Chilly weather! Fortunately Friday was sunny and dry for our volunteer picking and packing team, who wrapped up warm against the cold wind to harvest the kale.

In all our weekly boxes:-
kale (*Camel CSA / Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
Brussels sprout stalk (Restharrow)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
swede (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
‘Maris Peer’ potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
*green pepper (the last ones, sadly)
beetroot (Restharrow)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)

Crown Prince squash in our wonderful weekly veg boxes

NO 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 veg

Try out more than 350 ways of serving vegetables on Camel CSA’s recipe pages

Last of this season’s tomatoes in our Cornish veg boxes

Sadly 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

Seasonal local food recipe No.349 – Jerusalem artichokes a la provencale

This quick and easy recipe was given to me by Joan, an ex-colleague who was very fond of Jerusalem artichokes.  We’ve got plenty in our veg boxes this week thanks to the Hoare family at Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick in north Cornwall. I have no idea where she got the idea from, possibly Elizabeth David.

Serves 2-3

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20-30 minutes

Ingredients
500 g Jerusalem artichokes
olive oil
2-3 tomatoes, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
parsley
chives

Method
Boil the artichokes in salted water, straining them before they are quite cooked.  Cut them in halves and sauté them gently in a little olive oil with the tomatoes, garlic, and chives and parsley.

Tenderstem in Camel CSA’s vegetable boxes

We have tenderstem in our boxes this week, cultivated by our external grower Richard Hoare at Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick. Tenderstem is exactly that – a cross between calabrese and Chinese kale that doesn’t need trimming and can be cooked and eaten in its entirety. So no waste!

In all the boxes this week:-
*carrots
*Swiss chard
*green onions
*Cornish new potatoes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
tenderstem (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
spring greens (Restharrow)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra new potatoes
*French beans OR cucumbers
*mixed lettuce bag – oak leaf,  ‘Freckles’
*courgettes (Mark Norman)

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

Try these yummy dishes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Misticanza (sauteed mixed greens)
Spring greens with lemon dressing

Crisp and crunchy pak choi in our weekly veg boxes

In 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

Purple-sprouting broccoli in Camel CSA’s veg boxes