Basil, beans and early carrots in Camel CSA’s veg boxes from Cornwall

There’s a cracking combination of home-grown local produce in this week’s Cornish veg boxes! Mark Norman is our lead grower at Camel CSA. He also grows some vegetables for us on his smallholding on the outskirts of Bodmin.

In all boxes:-
*basil
*cucumbers
*French beans – ‘Amethyst’
*salad leaves
*spring onions
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*new potatoes – ‘Estima’ (Mark Norman)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)

Standard boxes also have:-
*young carrots – ‘Early Nantes’
*Swiss chard
*calabrese (Mark Norman)

*= grown to organic principles.  Please wash all produce thoroughly.
All veg grown by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise.

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Broad beans and Cornish asparagus in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

So much tasty young spring produce to share this week in our vegetable boxes from north Cornwall.

In all the boxes:-
*broad beans
*mixed salad leaves
*spring greens
*turnips
Cornish asparagus (St Enodoc Asparagus)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
*peas in pod
*rhubarb
*Swiss chard

Radishes in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

We have such zingy homegrown spring produce in this week’s vegetable boxes.

In all the boxes:-
*radishes
*mixed salad leaves
*rainbow chard
*parsley
purple sprouting broccoli (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
potatoes (St Lawrence Farm, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
*rhubarb
*spring greens
onions (Restharrow)

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)

Red Russian kale in Camel CSA’s Cornish veg boxes

Seasonal local food recipe No.380 – Nigel Slater’s bubble and swede

Some of our veg box members are getting restless. At the end of a long, hard winter they’re finding it hard to think of new ways to serve up the humble swede in our veg boxes.

Food writer Nigel Slater says this vegetarian dish is perfect for a warming midweek supper. He adds: “I am also tempted to introduce some crumbled sausage meat, fried until almost crisp in a shallow pan or, better still, a bit of black pudding.”

Serves: 2

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: one hour

Ingredients
750g swede
2 medium leeks
60g butter
salt and black pepper

Method
Peel the swede, then cut it into large chunks. Place the swede in a steamer basket over a pan of boiling water, then cook it for about 30 minutes until soft.

Set the oven at 200C/gas mark 6. Meanwhile, trim 2 medium-sized leeks, slice them and rinse thoroughly in cold running water. Melt the butter in a pan, add the leeks and let them cook for 20 minutes or so until they are totally tender.

When the swede is soft, crush it with a fork, vegetable masher or wooden spoon, and season generously with salt and black pepper. Fold the cooked leeks and the melted butter into the mashed swede, then spoon into an ovenproof dish. Bake the mixture for about 35-40 minutes, until the top is lightly crisp.

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.

Polytunnels protect Camel CSA’s salad leaves in the cold

It’s a good thing some of our veg is grown in the shelter of the polytunnels!

In all the boxes:-
*sprouted mung beans (Camel CSA)
*oriental salad leaves (Camel CSA)
*turnips (Camel CSA)
*bay leaves (Camel CSA)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*rainbow chard (Camel CSA)
*baby leeks (Camel CSA)
crab apple and chilli jelly (Camel CSA)

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

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

Winter salad leaves in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

They survived the cold snap! We all have oriental salad leaves from our polytunnels in this week’s veg boxes from north Cornwall.

In all the boxes:-
*oriental salad leaves (Camel CSA)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
Celtic cabbage (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
beetroot (Restharrow)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)
swede (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*kale (Camel CSA)
*swede (Camel CSA)
onions (Restharrow)

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

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

There’s a winter flavour to our weekly veg boxes

The Big Freeze continues to slow growth in the polytunnels so the veg selection in this week’s boxes has a decidedly winter flavour.

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

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*parsley (Camel CSA)
Celtic cabbage (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)

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

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