We all have much sought-after elephant garlic in our veg boxes. The bulbs have been been harvested in their “green” state and should be used soon. Much milder than its smaller cousin (it’s more like a garlic-tasting leek), elephant garlic is best used raw in salads or baked.

In all the boxes:-
*elephant garlic
*bunched carrots
*radishes
*mixed herb bag – parsley, chives, oregano, mint
*new potatoes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
Hispi ‘sweetheart’ cabbage ((Growfair Cornwall)

Standard boxes also have:-
*extra potatoes
*mixed lettuce bag – oak leaf, ‘Freckles’
*turnips
*spring onions

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

Try this recipe for roasted elephant garlic from Colin Boswell at The Garlic Farm on the Isle of Wight.

In all the boxes this week:-
*new season baby carrots
*Swiss chard
*spring onions
*parsley
*Cornish new potatoes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
cauliflower (Growfair, Cornwall)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra new potatoes
*mangetout OR podded peas
*mixed lettuce bag – including ‘Freckles’
Hispi ‘sweetheart’ cabbage (Growfair, Cornwall)

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

Try these delicious baby carrot dishes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Baby carrots with lemon and thyme
Jamie’s best whole-baked baby carrots

Standard box members have new-season rainbow chard, carrots and turnips this week. All boxes have new potatoes from our head grower Mark Norman’s organic smallholding on the outskirts of Bodmin.

In all the boxes:-
*mangetout OR podded peas
*beansprouts
*new potatoes (Mark Norman, Bodmin
Cornish asparagus (Lower Croan, Sladesbridge)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
cauliflower (Growfair, Cornwall)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra new potatoes
*rainbow chard
*new carrots
*new turnips

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

Try these winning ways with new potatoes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
New potatoes baked in parchment
Roast Cornish new potatoes with garlic and  lemon

The beautiful weather in Cornwall is bringing on the summer crops fast. As well as peas, we all have more strawberries and asparagus in the boxes this week.

In all the boxes:-
*mangetout OR podded peas
*beetroot
*herb bag – rosemary, parsley and chives
Cornish asparagus (Lower Croan, Sladesbridge)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
new potatoes (Growfair, Cornwall)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra new potatoes
*Swiss chard
*mixed salad leaves – assorted lettuce, baby chard
cauliflower (Growfair)

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

Try these mangetout and pea dishes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Frank’s mangetout and shitake mushroom stir-fry    
Hugh’s risoni with baby peas (or broad beans), bacon and garlic

Our early summer crops are starting to come on nicely. We have the last of the polytunnel-grown broad beans in the boxes this week along with the first of the podded peas for a lucky few.

In all the boxes this week:-
*broad beans
*turnips
Cornish asparagus (Lower Croan, Sladesbridge)
rhubarb (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
cauliflower (Growfair, Cornwall)
potatoes (St Lawrence Farm, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
new potatoes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
*mangetout OR podded peas
*mixed salad leaves – assorted lettuce, rocket, baby chard
*radishes

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

Try these cauliflower dishes-with-a-difference on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Cauliflower with saffron, pinenuts and raisins
Roasted cauliflower gigli with pine nuts and currants

In all the boxes this week:-
*broad beans
*sprouted mung beans
*mixed salad leaves – assorted lettuce, rocket, baby chard
Cornish asparagus (Lower Croan, Sladesbridge)
Cornish strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
potatoes (St Lawrence Farm, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*chives/parsley bag
*Swiss/rainbow chard
*mangetout peas OR purple sprouting broccoli OR turnip bunch

* = grown to organic principles

Please wash all vegetables and fruit. All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated

Try these broad bean dishes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Simple ways with broad beans
Broad bean and feta frittata

At last! Freshly-picked Cornish asparagus from Roger and Gill Derryman and rhubarb from Jeremy and Claudia Best are back in our boxes this week.

In all the veg boxes:-
Cornish asparagus (Lower Croan, Sladesbridge)
rhubarb (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
*broad beans
*turnip bunch
*mixed salad leaves – assorted lettuce, rocket, baby chard
potatoes (St Lawrence Farm, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*purple sprouting broccoli
*Swiss/rainbow chard
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

* = grown to organic principles

Please wash all vegetables and fruit. All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated

Try these asparagus dishes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Simply delicious Cornish asparagus
Shaved asparagus and goat’s cheese salad

We’ve all got a packet of sea spaghetti from The Cornish Seaweed Company in Falmouth in this week’s veg boxes. It’s organic of course! We like to be adventurous during the “hungry gap”.

Happily last week’s shortage of fresh veg brought on by the sudden cold snap is now a distant memory. We’re enjoying the first of the early summer crops like Swiss and rainbow chard, broad beans and new-season turnips. We can also look forward over the next few weeks to rhubarb, beetroot, mangetout peas and carrots as well as Cornish asparagus.

In all this week’s boxes:-
*sea spaghetti (The Cornish Seaweed Company)
*Swiss and rainbow chard
*bean sprouts
*mixed salad leaves (rocket, baby chard, mizuma, golden mustard, red mustard, lettuce)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (St Lawrence Farm, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*purple sprouting broccoli OR broad beans
*turnip bunch
*parsley

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

Try these seaweed dishes on The Cornish Seaweed Company’s recipes page: –
Carrot and seaweed salad
Chicken soup with sea spaghetti, spinach and dill

Brrrrr! The sudden cold snap has knocked back our own spring crops. It’s been almost back to winter here in north Cornwall and our root-dominated veg box contents reflect this.

In all the veg boxes this week:-
*mixed salad leaves (rocket, baby chard, mizuma, golden mustard, red mustard, lettuce)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
savoy cabbage (Total Produce, Cornwall)
leeks (Total Produce)
parsnips (Total Produce)
*potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*radishes
carrots (Total Produce)
swede (Total Produce)

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

Try these baked parsnip dishes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Parsnips baked with Cornish Yarg cheese

In all the veg boxes this week:-
*rainbow chard
*mixed salad leaves (rocket, baby chard, mizuma, golden mustard, red mustard, lettuce)
*radishes
*parsley
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)
*potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*purple sprouting broccoli OR broad beans
*spring onions
beetroot (Restharrow)

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

Try these chard dishes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Trouchia (chard omelette)
Sag aloo  (Indian spiced chard with potato)

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