March 18, 2018
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.
March 12, 2018
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.
February 25, 2018
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.
February 18, 2018
We’ve all got a share of bean sprouts and mixed oriental leaves in this week’s veg boxes to mark the start of Chinese New Year.
In all our veg boxes this week:-
*sprouted mung beans (Camel CSA)
*oriental salad leaves (Camel CSA)
*bunched turnips (Camel CSA)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
Celtic cabbage (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)
Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*spring onions (Camel CSA)
*carrots (Camel CSA)
*rainbow chard (Camel CSA)
* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all vegetables carefully.
Stuck for ideas? Try more than 350 wonderful ways of preparing seasonal vegetables on the recipes page on our website.
February 11, 2018
The recent cold, damp, dark weather conditions have slowed the growth of our own home-grown veg, so there are more bought-in items this week. Roll on spring and some more warm sunny days!
In all our veg boxes this week:-
*Jerusalem artichokes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
red onions (Restharrow)
swede (Restharrow)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
parsnips (Total Produce)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)
Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*purple sprouting broccoli (*Camel CSA/Total Produce)
leeks (Restharrow)
beetroot (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.
February 3, 2018
We’ve all got a bunch of new carrots grown over winter in the polytunnel plus a jar of our own chilli and crab apple jelly.
In all our veg boxes this week:-
*new carrots (Camel CSA)
*chilli and crab apple jelly (Camel CSA)
*sprouted mung beans (Camel CSA)
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)
Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*coriander / chillies (Camel CSA)
beetroot (Restharrow)
red onions (Restharrow)
* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all vegetables carefully.
Try these ways of preparing new carrots on the recipes page on our website:-
Honey-glazed carrots
Baby carrots with lemon and thyme
January 27, 2018
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
January 21, 2018
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
January 14, 2018
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.
January 7, 2018
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.
