Broad beans and Cornish asparagus in our veg boxes

In all the vegetable boxes this week:-
*broad beans
*salad bag (Mr Green’s Market Garden, Newquay)
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, Truro)
spring greens (Growfair)
cauliflower (Growfair)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (St Lawrence Farm, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*turnips
*radishes (Mr Green’s Market Garden)
onions (Growfair)

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

Try more than 350 vegetable recipes on Camel CSA’s recipe page

Seasonal local food recipe No.358 – Rhubarb and date loaf cake

This is one of those popular recipes passed on by a relative or family friend. Can’t remember! It has the virtue of using much less sugar, as the dates provide added sweetness. It’s really easy to make with the rhubarb in this week’s veg boxes.

Serves 8

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30-45 minutes

Ingredients
225g rhubarb
85g butter
170g self-raising flour
110g sugar + 1tsp extra
110g (about 12) stoned dates, chopped
1 large egg
4 tbsp milk

Method
Heat the oven to 190C/gas mark 5. Grease and line a 450g loaf tin.

Chop the rhubarb into 1cm dice. Rub the butter into the flour and stir in the sugar, the rhubarb and dates. Mix in the beaten egg and milk. Scrape the thick mixture into the tin, hollowing out a shallow trough along the middle. Sprinkle with the extra 1tsp sugar.

Bake for 1.5 hours. Allow to stand for five minutes before turning out of the tin to cool.

Radishes, rainbow chard and rhubarb in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

The vibrant reds and greens of spring are in our vegetable boxes from Cornwall this week.

In all the boxes this week:-
*radishes
*sprouted mung beans
rhubarb (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*rainbow chard
*mixed salad leaves
*parsley

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

Try these ways with radishes on Camel CSA’s recipe page (more than 350 recipes for you to try):-
Warm halloumi with radish, apple and pecan salad
Radish and mint tzatziki

All set for a happy new year of healthy green eating in Cornwall

Happy New Year! We’re brimming with vigour and all set for 2o17. Our veg boxes are overflowing with tasty, vitamin-packed, organically-grown vegetables.

In all the boxes: –
*kohlrabi
*squash ‘Uchiki Kuri’ or ‘Golden Nugget’
*calabrese
*swede
*onions
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have: –
extra potatoes
*cavolo nero kale
*mixed salad bag
*turnips

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

Beautiful winter vegetables in our boxes this week

In all our veg boxes:-
*turnips
*onions
*green coriander

It’s time to… pick veg and pack the weekly boxes

Our veg box picking and packing team work incredibly hard every Friday morning to get the harvest in.

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

Radicchio and acorn squash Camel CSA’s veg boxes

In all the boxes this week: –
*radicchio
*acorn squash ‘Honey Bear’
*beetroot bunch
*onions
*kale ‘Black Tuscan’
*Swiss chard
potatoes (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have: –
extra potatoes
*coriander
*cabbage
*sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA / Restharrow)

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

Try these ways with radicchio on the recipes page on our website:
Radicchio and lemon pasta
Radicchio, pear, blue cheese + walnut salad 

Winter salad leaves in our weekly boxes

We’ve got a brilliant selection of winter and oriental salad leaves to look forward to over the next few months. They take a lot of picking though!

In all the boxes this week: –
*winter salad leaves – mizuna, red mustard, rocket, green/red salad bowl lettuce, baby chard/leaf beet
*turnips
*chillies
*parsley
*parsnips (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have: –
extra potatoes
*carrots
*swede
*Swiss/rainbow chard

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

Celery in our Cornish weekly vegetable boxes

In all the boxes: –
*celery
*squash – Uchiki Kuri
*onions
*garlic
cavelo nero – black Tuscan kale (Camel CSA / Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have: –
extra potatoes
*swede
leeks (Restharrow)
Swiss chard (Restharrow)

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

Try these celery dishes on the recipes page on our website:
Delia’s celery soup with blue cheese
Millet and vegetable gratinée