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

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)

* = grown to organic principles

All produce cultivated by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise. Please wash all fruit and veg

Try more than 350 delicious ways of serving vegetables on the recipes page on our website

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)

* = grown to organic principles

All produce cultivated by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise. Please wash all fruit and veg

Try more than 350 delicious ways of serving vegetables on the recipes page on our website

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

We’ve reached that time of year when some weeks a higher proportion of the veg in our weekly boxes is coming from other local growers in north Cornwall.

We do have winter salad leaves and veg in our polytunnels as well as root veg and brassicas outside. But we can’t harvest them every Friday because growth slows down as temperatures drop and light levels fade.

So we’re seeing the welcome return of winter staples like Jerusalem artichokes and cauliflower. If you’re stuck for ideas how to prepare and cook these thoroughly British veg, look for inspiration on the recipes page on our website.

In all the boxes this week:-
cavolo nero (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
Brussels sprouts stalk (Restharrow)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
beetroot (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Maris Peer’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*turnips
*radishes
*green pepper

* = 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 

We have bunches of small round carrots in this week’s standard vegetable boxes that are a 19th century heirloom. These miniature Parisian types don’t need peeling, have the most amazing flavour and crunchy texture and are highly sought after by gourmet restaurants. We’re growing the Paris Market Atlas variety from Moles Seeds in Colchester.

In all the boxes this week:-
*pak choi or frisee/curly green endive
*chillies
*butternut or acorn squash or pumpkin
savoy cabbage (Restharrow Farm,Trebetherick)
Brussels sprouts stalk (Restharrow)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Maris Peer’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*Parisian carrots
*green pepper or cucumber
*chard or spinach

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

Try out more than 350 ways of serving vegetables on Camel CSA’s recipe pages

Brightening up a dull day… Multi-coloured radishes in our vegetable boxes from north Cornwall.

In all the boxes this week:-
*onions
*swede
*parsley
kale (*Camel CSA / Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Maris Peer’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*green pepper / cucumber
*salad leaves – mixed lettuce, rocket, red mustard, mizuna
*radishes

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

Try out more than 350 ways of serving vegetables on Camel CSA’s recipe pages 

Sadly we’ve harvested the very last of the ripe tomatoes in the polytunnel. Luckily we have enough unripe ones to make the famous green tomato chutney we share out at Christmas.

In all the boxes this week:-
*frisee/curly green endive
*rainbow chard or kale
*turnips or beetroot
*onions
russet apples (Haywood Farm Cider, St Mabyn)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes ‘Maris Peer’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*green pepper
*cucumbers
*tomatoes – red and yellow

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

Try out these ways of roasting cauliflower on Camel CSA’s recipe pages:-
Felicity’s perfect roasted whole cauliflower
Roasted curried cauliflower

In all the boxes this week:-
*Halloween pumpkin – Jack o’ Lantern
*pak choi
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*herb bag – sage, rosemary, bay
*onions
calabrese (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*green pepper or courgettes
*cucumbers
*salad bag – winter lettuce, rocket, red mustard, frisee/curly green endive

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

Try out these ways of serving pumpkin on Camel CSA’s recipe pages:-
Spiced squash or pumpkin soup
Pumpkin pie

Do you call it frisee or curly green endive? Like tomayto or tomahto, you takes your choice!

Frisee/curly green endive leaves are excellent scattered in a mixed green salad. This week we’ve all got a whole one. We’ve grown an awful lot of them, that’s why. Something to do with the Cornish weather.

Bridget, one of our growers, has come up with this delicious dish – frisee and panchetta with spaghetti.

In all the boxes this week:-
*frisee/curly green endive
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*aubergines or courgettes or green pepper
*chillies
*onions
kale – black Tuscan or red curly or red Russian (*Camel CSA /Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes – ‘Maris Peer’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*rainbow chard
*cucumbers
*beetroot

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

Are you short of ideas how to prepare the vegetables in your box? Try these delicious dishes on the recipes page on our website

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