Veggie war declared!

p00hsticks

I'll hopefully be heading to Sainsbury's for carrots, parsnips and swede to make up some stew packs for the freezer...

Murphybear

olgadapolga said:

Cornucopia said:

Veggie war?   I'd like my sprouts uncombative, please.  

My children fight about the sprouts, they absolutely will not eat them 

I think sprouts have a bad press but I don't know anyone who really likes them.  

Emmia

Murphybear said:

olgadapolga said:

Cornucopia said:

Veggie war?   I'd like my sprouts uncombative, please.  

My children fight about the sprouts, they absolutely will not eat them 

I think sprouts have a bad press but I don't know anyone who really likes them.  

Earlier this week we had them in a nice way with butter and dried cranberries, I'm not a big sprout fan but I'd have this again.

Trim off any dry bits.
Slice the sprouts (you'll probably get 4 slices to a sprout) top to bottom
Pan fry for 5 mins with some oil
Take them off the heat and in a bowl stir in some butter and dried cranberries.
Serve

Cornucopia

Murphybear said:

olgadapolga said:

Cornucopia said:

Veggie war?   I'd like my sprouts uncombative, please.  

My children fight about the sprouts, they absolutely will not eat them 

I think sprouts have a bad press but I don't know anyone who really likes them.  

I like sprouts.   The issue with them is that they are often badly cooked (over-cooked).  

jon81uk

Saver73 said:

fatbelly said:

Saver73 said:

Aldi is usually good for me having smaller packs of veggies like carrots. 500g of carrots is fine, 1kg is too much, they take up more space, they don't keep that well, then I end up trying to make something out of what I don't need or want, before giving up and putting in the food waste!

Cut them up as as you normally serve them, parboil them and freeze in meal sized portions. 

Thanks for the suggestions! Still a space issue ... I think it irritates me because I don't buy Christmas food, I buy and eat the same food as the rest of the year, every year I hope the supermarkets will sell veggies as normal.

The pack sizes are the same as normal, just cheaper. You also have the option to buy loose items and weigh them at most supermarkets, but of course the packed ones may work out cheaper.

Eldi_Dos

Murphybear said:

olgadapolga said:

Cornucopia said:

Veggie war?   I'd like my sprouts uncombative, please.  

My children fight about the sprouts, they absolutely will not eat them 

I think sprouts have a bad press but I don't know anyone who really likes them.  

Sprouts are a good source of Vitamin C, on par with oranges weight for weight and where a important part of the nations winter diet in the past, myself I try and have two or three with a meal once a week in the winter.

Saver73

jon81uk said:

Saver73 said:

fatbelly said:

Saver73 said:

Aldi is usually good for me having smaller packs of veggies like carrots. 500g of carrots is fine, 1kg is too much, they take up more space, they don't keep that well, then I end up trying to make something out of what I don't need or want, before giving up and putting in the food waste!

Cut them up as as you normally serve them, parboil them and freeze in meal sized portions. 

Thanks for the suggestions! Still a space issue ... I think it irritates me because I don't buy Christmas food, I buy and eat the same food as the rest of the year, every year I hope the supermarkets will sell veggies as normal.

The pack sizes are the same as normal, just cheaper. You also have the option to buy loose items and weigh them at most supermarkets, but of course the packed ones may work out cheaper.

The pack sizes are not the same at my local supermarkets! Normally I can buy 500g bags of carrots but when the offers start in December they are in 1kg packs. 

I shop in Aldi to save money and my local store doesn't sell loose items probably as it is more expensive.

cheerfulness4

Was hoping Lidl would do the shallots again in their veg offers but doesn't seem so this year. I'm already planning how I'm going to use all this wonderful veg!

LindsayT

cheerfulness4 said:

Was hoping Lidl would do the shallots again in their veg offers but doesn't seem so this year. I'm already planning how I'm going to use all this wonderful veg!

They are doing shallots, it's on their website.

YoungBlueEyes

Emmia said:

Whilst I appreciate that the savings are appreciated by many, these prices come at a cost to the farmers who actually grow the vegetables. 

.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/06/it-comes-at-a-cost-british-growers-criticise-christmas-vegetable-price-war

In context, how would you feel if you had to work for a month on 50% of your usual (terrible) pay.

This ^^^  If you can afford to, go to your local veg shop or a market stall, or buy frozen bags of veg. Please