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

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

Baby carrots in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

Another cold week in north Cornwall (but no snow). Lead grower Mark N got into the shelter of the polytunnel to harvest Parisian carrots.

In all our vegetable boxes:-
*baby carrots
squash ‘Crown Prince’ (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
Savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
beetroot (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
‘Maris Peer’ potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
*chillies
**frisee/curly green endive
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)

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)

Seasonal local food recipe No. 374 – Roasted baby Parisian carrots

Ingredients
about 30 Parisian carrots (depends on their size!)
2 tablespoons of honey
1 tablespoon of olive oil
a few sprigs of thyme (or parsley)
pepper and salt

Method
Pre-heat the oven to 180C. Scrub the carrots to get off all the dirt and remove both ends with a sharp knife. Place the cleaned carrots in a shallow oven dish, then season them and drizzle with the olive oil and honey. Rinse the thyme sprigs (or parsley) under running cold water and spread over the carrots.

Roast them in the oven for about 20 minutes, depending on their size. They’re done when they’re slightly caramelized. They don’t have to be cooked a lot, it’s better if they have a little bite to them.

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