Last of the winter roots in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

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May 1, 2016

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

Rainbow chard in our spring vegetable boxes

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April 21, 2016

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)

More freshly-foraged wild garlic in our vegetable boxes

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April 16, 2016

In all the veg boxes this week:-
*wild garlic (foraged, St Kew)
*mixed salad leaves (rocket, baby chard, mizuma, golden mustard, red mustard, lettuce)
*radishes
*sprouted mung beans
*onions
*parsnips
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*Swiss chard
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
cauliflower (Restharrow)

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

Try these parsnip dishes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Parmesan-baked parsnips
Hugh’s curry-spiced parsnips and potatoes

More succulent spring greens in our weekly veg boxes

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April 1, 2016

We also have wild garlic leaves, picked this time by Charlotte and Helen at Egloshayle, Wadebridge.

In all the boxes this week:-
*spring greens
wild garlic (foraged, Egloshayle)
*parsley
*onions
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
cauliflower ((Total Produce, Bodmin)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*mixed salad leaves (rocket, baby chard, mizuma, golden mustard, red mustard, lettuce)
*Swiss chard
*spring onions

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

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Try these spring greens dishes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Leeks with greens
Spring greens with coconut and chilli

Radishes and bean sprouts in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

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March 28, 2016

There’s nothing quite like the taste of sweet and crunchy new radishes as we come into spring.

In all our boxes this week:-
*radish bunch
*sprouted mung beans
*mixed salad leaves (rocket, baby chard, mizuma, golden mustard, red mustard, lettuce)
*onions
*cabbage (Camel CSA/Mark Norman, Bodmin)
beetroot (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*green tomato chutney (our own homemade)
*purple sprouting broccoli OR red Russian kale
leeks (Restharrow)

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

Try these radish recipes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Warm halloumi with radish, apple and pecan salad
Maharashtrian radish salad

Cornish wild garlic in this week’s veg boxes

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March 19, 2016

We have wild garlic leaves this week, freshly foraged near our site at St Kew by Bridget and Charlotte.

In all the boxes:-
*wild garlic leaves (foraged, St Kew)
*spring onions
*spring greens
*onions
beetroot (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
cauliflower (Total Produce, Bodmin)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*mixed salad leaves (rocket, baby chard, mizuma, golden mustard, red mustard, lettuce)
*green coriander
*purple sprouting broccoli

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

Try these wild garlic recipes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Wild garlic leaf salad
Wild garlic pesto
Wild garlic risotto

Last of the winter squashes in our weekly veg boxes

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March 11, 2016

Our shed-stored squashes and onions have survived one of the warmest and wettest winters ever recorded in Cornwall.

For the first time ever we have enough onions to see us into the start of the ‘hungry gap’, when UK-grown vegetables become thin on the ground as we wait for spring-sown crops to mature.

In all our veg boxes this week: –
*onions
*bean sprouts
*kale or spring cabbage
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
red cabbage(Restharrow)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*winter squash – Crown Prince or Uchiki Kuri
*mixed salad bag – rocket, baby chard, mizuma, golden/red mustard, lettuce
swede (Restharrow)

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

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Try these red cabbage salads on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Henrietta’s winter salad
Warm red cabbage and apple salad

Green tomato chutney in our Cornish veg boxes

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March 4, 2016

We’ve all got another jar of our very own green tomato chutney in the boxes this week as there was plenty left over from Christmas.

In all our veg boxes : –
green tomato chutney
*onions
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow
savoy cabbage (Total Produce, Bodmin)
cauliflower (Total Produce)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*mixed salad bag – rocket, baby chard, mizuma, golden/red mustard, lettuce
*green coriander
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)

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

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Try these beetroot bakes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Beetroot seed cake
Chocolate beetroot cake

Succulent spring greens in our Cornish veg boxes

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February 26, 2016

In all our veg boxes : –
*spring greens
*bean sprouts
*onions
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
parsnips (Restharrow)
beetroot (Restharrow)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*winter squash ‘uchiki kuri’
*spring onions
*purple sprouting broccoli

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

Try these spring greens dishes on Camel CSA’s recipes page:-
Spring greens with lemon dressing
Leeks with greens

Plenty of parsley in our Cornish-grown veg boxes

February 20, 2016

Our polytunnel-grown vegetables are coming on surprisingly well despite the lack of warmth and light.

In all our veg boxes : –
*parsley
*onions
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
parsnips (Restharrow)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*mixed salad bag
*beetroot
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)

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

Try these savoy cabbage dishes on Camel CSA’s recipes page:-
Farfalle with savoy cabbage, pancetta, thyme and mozzarella
Fried cabbage with juniper

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