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

cooking-mama

I get a large bag for £14.50,last week i got,potatoes/carrots/onions(theses are staple and in every bag)I also got,tomatoes/white cabbage/spring onion/beanshoots/garlic and a fennel bulb.
PS,I also got a courgette

ceridwen

I've bought a potluck vegbox and have got the following queries from this:

1. The turnips have their leaves still attached. I am guessing that I could eat these. Am I right? Would my default option for greens work of steaming them for a few minutes and then serving drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice?

2. Theres a couple of vegetables I've never clapped eyes on before in there. They look sorta like leeks - only the papery outer skin is red and the "inside" is divided and the "divides" look like spring onions. Is this a type of leek I havent come across before - or is it something else and, if so, what is it and what could I do with it?

3. I've never had endive/chicory before and have an (unblanched) one. I believe they are pretty strong-tasting and even more so if unblanched. What can I do with that?

All suggestions welcome - thanks.

suzybloo

Sorry cant help. But it would be interesting to know what the second item is.

kinkyjinks

ceridwen wrote: »

I've bought a potluck vegbox and have got the following queries from this:

1. The turnips have their leaves still attached. I am guessing that I could eat these. Am I right? Would my default option for greens work of steaming them for a few minutes and then serving drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice?

2. Theres a couple of vegetables I've never clapped eyes on before in there. They look sorta like leeks - only the papery outer skin is red and the "inside" is divided and the "divides" look like spring onions. Is this a type of leek I havent come across before - or is it something else and, if so, what is it and what could I do with it?

3. I've never had endive/chicory before and have an (unblanched) one. I believe they are pretty strong-tasting and even more so if unblanched. What can I do with that?

All suggestions welcome - thanks.

What does the mystery veg smell like?

Endive/chicory is very nice braised. Drizzle with olive oil, season and cover with foil for about 3/4 of an hour. Remove foil, sprinkle with lemon juice and put back in oven for maybe 20 mins. It might work in a slow cooker too, if you're anything like me and hate the oven on for so long.

Sambucus_Nigra

I was going to say exactly the same as kinkyj.

smell one, and report back

braise the other.

turnips being brassicas should be all edible; if you do your trick with the leaves you will be fine.

welshbookworm

The second one is probably fresh garlic
piccy here https://www.art.co.uk/gallery/id--b9416/pg--2/posters.htm

ceridwen

kinkyjinks wrote: »

What does the mystery veg smell like?

Endive/chicory is very nice braised. Drizzle with olive oil, season and cover with foil for about 3/4 of an hour. Remove foil, sprinkle with lemon juice and put back in oven for maybe 20 mins. It might work in a slow cooker too, if you're anything like me and hate the oven on for so long.

Just gone and taken a sniff at mystery veg. and the leeks in my box. Cant detect any smell at all from either of them...

Thanks for the endive idea - that sounds possible. As I've not got any plans for having the oven on anyway today I might try doing that in my slowcooker on the "low" setting - perhaps 3/4 hours would do the trick..

ceridwen

welshbookworm wrote: »

The second one is probably fresh garlic
piccy here www.art.co.uk/gallery/id--b9416/pg--2/posters.htm

Thanks...but errr..nope the purple/red colouring goes some inches up the stem (6 inches or so?) and its straight shaped (ie same sorta shape as a leek - till one gets to the "internal" bits that are divided into spring onion type bits).

Penelope_Penguin

ceridwen wrote: »

Thanks...but errr..nope the purple/red colouring goes some inches up the stem (6 inches or so?) and its straight shaped (ie same sorta shape as a leek - till one gets to the "internal" bits that are divided into spring onion type bits).

Dig your finger nail into one of the bulbs - does it smell of onion/garlic? If not, we're looking at the wrong family

Ithought it mught be red garlic

Penelope_Penguin

ceridwen wrote: »

Thanks...but errr..nope the purple/red colouring goes some inches up the stem (6 inches or so?) and its straight shaped (ie same sorta shape as a leek - till one gets to the "internal" bits that are divided into spring onion type bits).

Are they top or root end?