Succulent pak choi in Camel CSA’s Cornish veg boxes

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October 6, 2017

In all the boxes this week:-
*pak choi
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*aubergines or courgettes
*parsley
*turnips
*onions
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*sweetcorn
*cucumber
*squash ‘Golden Nugget’ (sadly, the last of them)

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

Try out these ways of eating pak choi on Camel CSA’s recipe page:-
Frank’s Shanghai rice
Frank’s fried rice

Still plenty of tomatoes in our veg boxes from Cornwall

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September 29, 2017

In all the boxes this week:-
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*courgettes OR green peppers
*squash ‘Golden Nugget’ or acorn ‘Honey Bear’
*onions
*carrots (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
kale (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*cucumber
*rainbow chard
*salad leaves – endive, mixed lettuce, red mustard

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

Try out these ways of using all the tomatoes in our veg boxes on Camel CSA’s recipe page:-
Roast tomato sauce
Felicity’s perfect tomato soup

Cornish autumn harvest in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

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September 14, 2017

In all the boxes this week:-
*aubergine OR sweet pepper
*parsley
*squash ‘Golden Nugget’
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*cucumber
kale (*Camel CSA / (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*salad bag – endive, mixed lettuce
*French beans ‘Amethyst’
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

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

Have a look at Camel CSA’s recipe page with more than 350 vegetable recipes to browse

Aubergines and sweet peppers in this week’s Cornish veg boxes

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September 1, 2017

In all the boxes this week:-
*aubergine OR sweet pepper
*basil
*French beans ‘Amethyst’
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*cucumber
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*squash ‘Golden Nugget’
*spinach OR chard
*dessert apples ‘Katy’ (Mark Norman)

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

Try out these ways of using basil on Camel CSA’s recipe page:-
Grilled courgette, tomato and bean salad with basil sauce
Pesto gnocchi
Jekka’s basil oil

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

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August 20, 2017

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

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August 13, 2017

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

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July 30, 2017

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.

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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

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July 22, 2017

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

July 15, 2017

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

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July 7, 2017

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.

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

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