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What's in my organic fruit & veg box today!
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What I like about these boxes is that most of it (not all as some comes from abroad) is seasonal so it brings back the old fashioned approach of enjoying fruits in their true season e.g. cherries and apricots in June. There is always something to look forward to like strawberries (I hope) next month. I can highly recommend Fair organics.Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.
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This week's box, for me, is a real winner:-
No potatoes so they made up for it by...
3 small onions
6 small carrots
250g asparagus
500g broad beans (in pods)
1 LARGE bag assorted lettuce leaves
5 sticks rhubarb
2 pears
500g strawberries
£5.00 delivered.
So I'm off to peruse the Recipe Indexes
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Wow you got asparagus and strawberries!
Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.
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Yep. I'd forgotten how nice raw asparagus tastes
Been nibbling while I put together a chicken and aspargus soup for the slow cooker, and I've got a huge rhubarb and strawberry crumble ready for the oven...
..just need to makes some waste pastry for jam tarts now Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.DTFAC: Y.T.D = £5.20 Apr £0.50
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Sounds yummy! Got room for one more at the table?Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.
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Ooooooooo that's just reminded me I need to phone them up to put in an order for tomorrow!"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
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It is that what you do, good or bad,
will come back to you three times as strong!
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Catznine: Sure
C_Q: Get on with it then Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.DTFAC: Y.T.D = £5.20 Apr £0.50
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squeaky wrote:C_Q: Get on with it then
Just did
Sounds like I'll also be getting some yummy asparagus tomorrow :j
Oh and a bag of mixed shoots, so that should be interesting ... maybe make a salad or something with it!"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
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It is that what you do, good or bad,
will come back to you three times as strong!
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Question:-
Should I leave all the chopped asparagus and the broad beens etc as lumps in this soup, or blitz them all, or blitz half...?Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.DTFAC: Y.T.D = £5.20 Apr £0.50
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I really like my fruits and I go to a local farmers market for some veg, especially tomatoes! They do apples and strawberries and rhubarb but I love oranges and bananas, are the box schemes good for fruits?
I know this would mean them being imported, at the moment I buy fair trade oranges in Tescos, they are very tasty and juicy.
Have searched for box schemes in my area and have found that able and cole deliver, their selsction seems good and they have a preference scheme (good job because I don't like courgettes!). Are Able and Cole any good?
Found a good site for searching for farmers markets and box schemes, whyorganic.org you have to register though.oooh look only about 220 posts and I got round to doing my Avatar already!!0
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