Colourful cornucopia of seasonal produce in this week’s veg boxes from Cornwall

We’ve all got beautiful candy-pink-striped beetroot, purple French beans and yellow tomatoes in our weekly veg boxes.

In all the boxes:-
*beetroot ‘Chioggia’
*French beans ‘Amethyst’
*basil
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*cucumber
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*squash ‘Golden Nugget’
*kohlrabi

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

Try out these beetroot salads on Camel CSA’s recipe page. The candy pink stripes on the flesh of the ‘Chioggia’ variety will remain, as the beetroot is grated raw:-
Double beetroot and apple salad
Prickley Green beetroot salad

Wonderful summer veg boxes from Camel CSA

In all the vegetable boxes this week:-
*cavolo nero
*cucumber
*beetroot
*potatoes
*onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
tenderstem broccoli (*Camel CSA / Restharrow)
*Golden Nugget squash (Camel CSA) or courgettes

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*tomatoes
*French beans
cabbage (*Camel CSA / Restharrow)

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

Try out these simple cucumber salads on Camel CSA’s recipe page – more than 350 recipes to browse:-
Spicy cucumber salad
A salad of potatoes, mustard and cucumber

Basil and tomatoes in Camel CSA’s Cornish veg boxes

Basil and the first of the tomatoes – the perfect combination. Picked and packed by volunteers Charlotte, Chris, Jan, Pat, Susan and Trish under the guidance of expert growers Bridget and Mark.

In all the vegetable boxes this week:-
*basil
*cucumber
*spring onions
*cabbage
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
new potatoes (*Camel CSA / Growfair)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*tomatoes or French beans
*cavolo nero or rainbow chard
calabrese (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

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

Try out these delicious courgette cakes on Camel CSA’s recipe page – more than 350 recipes to browse:-
Flora’s famous courgette cake with lime icing
Zucchini (courgette) olive oil bread 

Super selection in our veg boxes from north Cornwall

Our team of vegetable box pickers and packers deserve a medal! In spite of driving rain we managed to get 49 veg boxes out this Friday. Volunteers Charlotte, Gillian, Lila, Ness and Toby got soaked to the skin but kept on smiling, as did our growers Bridget and Mark N.

In all the vegetable boxes this week:-
*beetroot
*cucumber
*’wet’ garlic
*parsley
*red Russian or black Tuscan kale
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
new potatoes (Growfair)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*calabrese or fennel or new turnips
*French beans or tomatoes
*Swiss chard

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

Try out these easy oven-cooked ways of serving new potatoes on Camel CSA’s recipe page – more than 350 recipes for you to browse:-
New potatoes baked in parchment
Hugh’s roasted new potatoes with harissa 

Volunteers are the backbone of Camel CSA’s community veg-growing enterprise in Cornwall

Our picking and packing team did a grand job on Friday picking veg and lifting more than 50kg of potatoes for our weekly vegetable boxes. Many thanks to Bridget, Charlotte, Mark M, Mark N, Ness, Toby and Trish.

Like to join us and get a weekly share of the harvest? Click here to arrange a month’s veg box trial. We’re a non-profit-making community enterprise.

In all the vegetable boxes this week:- *cucumbers, *basil, *new carrots, *spring greens, *beetroot, *new potatoes, *blackcurrants (Mark Norman, Bodmin), raspberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
Standard boxes also have:- extra potatoes, *French beans, salad leaves, *courgettes (Mark Norman)

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

Try out lots of ways of preparing vegetables on Camel CSA’s recipe page – more than 380 recipes for you to browse.

Summer delights in our organically-grown boxes of veg

We’ve got the first of our own new potatoes in the veg boxes this week, hand-harvested by Mark, Ness and Toby. This is quite an arduous job in warm weather in Cornwall, so their hard work is much appreciated.

In all the vegetable boxes this week:-
*French beans – purple
*cucumbers
*wet’ garlic
*parsley
*salad leaves – ‘Freckles’, oak leaf lettuce, baby chard
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*new potatoes
*bay leaves

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*calabrese or spring greens
*turnips or kohlrabi
*red Russian kale

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

Try out lots of ways of preparing vegetables on Camel CSA’s recipe page – more than 380 recipes for you to browse.

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