What's in my organic fruit & veg box today!

If you type your postcode into www.bigbarn.co.uk you are very likely to find box schemes and farm shops etc near you.

If you don't have any luck with that come back and let us know and we'll see what else we can find for you.

The first one is (I think!??) Jerusalem Artichokes - yummy, but make you fart! Makes a nice soup too.
http://www.answers.com/topic/jerusalem-artichoke?method=6

Soup:
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/carrot-and-artichoke-soup,1082,RC.html
Recipes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/food/recipes/queryengine?templatestyle=refine_by_1&orig_kw=jerusalem&config=db&scope=recipes&page=1&pagesize=15&SuppressCaching=0&attrib_26=keywords&oper_26=eq&val_26_1=%2Bjerusalem&attrib_2=programme_name&oper_2=eq&val_2_1=&attrib_3=chef_name&oper_3=eq&val_3_1=&attrib_12=healthy&oper_12=eq&attrib_13=quick&oper_13=eq&attrib_10=vegetarian&oper_10=eq&submit.x=19&submit.y=18&submit=Search


The second one is Swiss Chard or Chard (aka Perpetual Spinach) - tastes a bit like Spinach (I like it) - cook as you would Spinach (briefly) and it will shrink a lot. Nice steamed then served with a little butter, lemon juice and lots of freshly grnd black pepper. Yum!

http://www.answers.com/chard

First one: definitely Jerusalem Artichoke - very good in soup (sautee chopped onion chopped carrot and chopped JA and when soft add stock, then when cooked blend the lot - serve with dash of cream and black pepper to taste) or roasted, scrub and put in oven, roast as you would do for small baked potatoes - this way makes you fart less.

Second one: Beet greens, silver beet, red chard, all names to indicate a green leaf that will be delicious like this: sautee a couple of chopped cloves of garlic and some chilli (if you like spicy) in a large pan. Wash greens well, chop finely and sautee (NOT BOIL!!!) in the oil and garlic mix until soft - you might need to add a bit of water if it gets too dry, but be careful as it cooks quickly.

Meanwhile cook some short pasta (macaroni, twists etc). When pasta is cooked and drained, mix with the cooked greens. Put in a baking dish, add chopped feta cheese and mix the whole lot. Grate some cheese on top, put in oven until cheese on top bubbles. YUMMY effect guaranteed!

Caterina

I had my first box from Abel and Cole just now. Doesn't seem a lot for the money though.

Run of the mill selection too.

What do I do with these beansprouts? They are in a punnet but are not fully sprouted?

If you use the search and choose advanced and then write celeriac* in the search box, and then down at the bottom click on the little button to "show posts" (instead of show threads) you'll get about 40 results, some of which are recipes that you can pick from.

HTH