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

cooking-mama

Looking forward to my delivery tomorrow,found the list of contents from my last box,i should expect,potatoes maris piper and baby,carrots,onion,parsnips,brussel sprouts,cauliflower,broccoli,leeks,red cabbage butternut squash and hopefully a substitute for the celeriac and fennel that i dont like.
just noticed im also getting swede..not sure if thats the kinda purple skin,yellow flesh"turnip",or if its the smaller whiter fleshed one that im not so keen on?

Rummer

Hello

I know there have been threads regarding fruit and veg boxes in the past however I thought it would be useful to start one along the lines of the meal planning thread yet specifically linked to the contents of our fruit and veg boxes

My box arrives every Wednesday and I will post it's contents, the meals I am thinking of and any recipes that come to mind and I would love if others would do the same.

Sharing ideas will help us out when we have a glut of items of if something arrives that we have never tried before, celeriac being my new veg.

Hope those that enjoy their boxes will join me and I will get things started properly tomorrow

cooking-mama

Good idea Rummer
my box arrived today,to be honest most of it is on reserve for christmas day/boxing day dinners as follows,.
potatoes,=roasted,boiled,mashed.
carrots and turnip= steamed then mashed together,
cauliflower and broccolli=,steamed as florettes.
parsnips=some will be roasted.
Brussel sprouts=steamed and roasted with bacon
Leeks=going into a chicken n leek pie,
Butternut squash,with some onions,carrots and parsnips=soup,
Didnt get red cabbage as expected,got spinach,not sure what to do yet,last lot was used raw in salads and shared with guinea pigs,
Fruit=bananas,pears,apples,oranges,tangerines,kiwis,and plums,will all be eaten just as they are...the pineapple will be cubed and added to cocktail sticks with cheese n pickle...very 1970's lol.
sorry nothing very adventurous there,I must take time to read my River Cottage Veg book.

squeaky

Hm... an easy answer is to search Old Style

So for your celeriac... What to do with celeriac?

That's the main thread - but there are others:- celeriac threads here on Old Style MoneySaving

Rummer

My box has yet to arrive

cooking-mama

Rummer wrote: »

My box has yet to arrive

Did your box get delivered Rummer?

Rummer

Sorry for the late post I was very sick last night and forgot to update

Well I got a doubler this week to see me over the festive period and I am delighted again with the contents

Veg

Brussel sprout tree
mushrooms
carrots
pepper
parsnips
red cabbage
green cabbage
broccoli
cauliflower
onions
cherry toms
lettuce
leeks

Fruit

apples
oranges
clementines
kiwis
pineapple
pommegranites
pears
lemon

Really not had a chance to think about meals as I have been so ill, I will update hopefully tomorrow. Although I really want to have a watery veggie soup and bubble n squeak

cooking-mama

Aw rummer,poor you...hope you feel better today.
today im planning on cooking my;
Carrot and turnip mash,
Mashed potato,
Blanching cauliflower/broccoli florettes.
Steaming some plain sprouts.
Not sure what else i can do in advance.?
Then im gonna freeze the lot for christmas day....hopefully that will clear up some room in the fridge too,(ive more space in my freezer than fridge right now)

Rummer

I am lucky that I do not have to rustle up xmas dinner this year as I am going to family . However I have been cooking up a storm in the kitchen today and I have had some ideas as to what I could make with some of the boxes ingredients.

Today I have made:

• Cheese and onion muffins
• Watery veggie soup
• Leek and goats cheese quiche
• Fried potatoes - a taste of heaven!

Tomorrow I am going to make bubble and squeak which I adore and we are going to have sprouts fried up with bacon and a lot of butter . After that I will be having heaps of veggies with my boxing day steak pie!

Other things I am thinking of include:

• Veggie pasta bake
• Veggie curry with nan
• Cheese and veg pie
• Squash rissotto

Not too sure what to do with the fruit as I have been having apple struedal muffins with the excess of apples but I fancy trying something different with them and then of course there is the pineapple

zippychick

as this has dropped down the OS board, ive merged it with our existing veg box thread

these threads may also help

meal planning, how do you do yours?

meal planning how do i do it?

meal planning where do i start?

and we also have this weeks Meal plan thread - there's a new one every week you can join

If you're stuck on a particular veg;/fruit - most will have their own thread so use the search facility for plenty of ideas

Zip