Leek Tart (torta di porri)

A fresh bunch of leeks arrived in the Riverford veg box and Wednesday was a day of comfort food (especially if you had witnessed the downpour). I find it difficult to experiment with leeks, they tend to work well with the traditional marriages such as with potato and in this case, a tart. This recipe…

Veg box 28th June 2012

Look at that lovely box! 2 x Globe artichokes 2 x Red peppers Tomatoes Courgettes Carrots Red lettuce Beautify bunch of basil Related articles Veg Box of the Week – 28 June (fromapriltotable.wordpress.com)

Veg box 31st May 2012

Broccoli tomatoes butternut squash white cabbage carrots onions cucumber and rhubarb as a gift from allotment owner and urban gardener, Farida Vis The rhubarb attracted a lot of attention and interest on the way home with our new neighbours. Seems to be a good way of meeting people – growing giant vegetables and walking them…

Home grown: the journey

For all those who are regular visitors to this blog, you’ll have noticed we’ve changed the look of the blog. We felt the blog works better if readers can see a number of recipes and posts on the front page and then can click in to that particular recipe. If anyone has any difficulties with…

Vegbox – March 2012

This week’s Riverford vegbox has: Butternut squash Parsnips Beetroot Carrots Spring Onions two unidentified green fings that i need to find out what they are! Recipe options Butternut squash Squash pye lentil and goats cheese salad (new recipe!) Beetroot Beetroot risotto Chocolate cake Carrots Carrot Cake (going to try a nigella recipe!)

Vegbox, February 2012

February’s Riverford Vegbox: lettuce red peppers butternut squash celeriac onions cucumber there was some over green leaved fing which I don’t know what it is Possible recipes: Butternut Squash: https://jjasonwhatsinseason.wordpress.com/tag/butternut-squash/ Need some new celeriac and red pepper recipes!  

The Squirrel’s Tagine

We had a butternut squash to use from the vegbox. It’s cold and snowy outside so we fancied something heartwarming. I made this from scratch and it was absolutely yummy – be generous with the apricots! Unfortunately we were too hungry to take a photograph, but I’ll make it again soon. Drank with a lovely pumpkin seed…