I have to say I never thought I’d enjoy this recipe, but needs must when your vegetable drawer has spare turnips lurking in its depths.
I wanted to make soup for dinner and decided to go for a real experiment, to use up some leftover veggies.
2 turnips (I’m not a mad fan), some cooked sweet potato, [...]
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Theo has finally reached the age where I can’t stop him stealing food from my plate and shoving it in his mouth, so it’s time to start weaning.
Louis was a winter baby, so weaning started with summer fruit and veg. With Theo being a summer baby, he’ll start weaning on winter delights. So it’s time [...]
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Or is it… after all, it’s only scientific research, so can you really expect the experts to agree…???
Anyway, here’s the story:
Researchers at the University Of Newcastle have concluded, after 4 years and £12 million of EU-wide research, that organic food contains more nutrients than intensively-farmed food.
Some of the headline-grabbing statistics are:
Organic milk contains 50 [...]
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11 months on and I’m still ploughing through last winter’s pickled beetroot.
I really love the pickled beetroot recipe we have on the main VegBox-Recipes.co.uk site. But why haven’t I eaten it all yet???
Because I made a quadruple batch. At least.
I was pregnant with Theo at the time and remembered that, in my pre-veg-box-not-quite-so-organic days, when [...]
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Bought some supermarket apples lately? Think they’re fresh? Think again…
Did you know that some of the fruit & veg in a supermarket is already weeks, if not months, old?
Recent research has confirmed that many seasonal items are stored for months, to extend their availability.
This might sound ok in theory, but what does this mean for [...]
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On Saturday, the National Trust is running its annual Coleshill Local Food Festival. (See the website for details of all the activities, including a mini beer festival and even bird box making with my hubby’s mate, Malcolm!).
Basically, they own the estate, which makes up most of the village (yes, you read right!) of Coleshill and [...]
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We’ve all heard the “5-a-day” message at some point.
But what’s it all about?
Do we really need 5 portions of fruit and veg each day? Is that actually enough?
Do vitamin tablets mean we can ignore this advice?
And what on earth is a “portion”? Does the cucumber in your sandwich count?
And what about potatoes?!?
We’ve just [...]
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Are your New Year’s resolutions to improve your diet flying out of the window?
Are you confused by all the healthy eating messages out there?
The problem is that we’re all different. There’s no such thing as a “one size fits all” diet.
Whether you’re trying to lose the Christmas pounds or just looking to improve your diet [...]
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Allegedly, Brussel Sprouts are the UK’s most hated vegetable. Our recent survey certainly confirmed they’re in the top 3 most boycotted veggies.
But at Christmas time, it can be hard to avoid them.
If you, like me, spent childhood Christmases dreading the arrival of noxious green balls on your Christmas Dinner plate, then chances are you need [...]
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Would you add a potentially carcinogenic biochemical warfare agent to your children’s food?
Probably not, I’m guessing.
Yet the majority of children’s fruit squashes contain aspartame and saccharin.
Why should you care?
My toddler went to a Christmas party on Monday, with his child minder. He came home and spent most of the night awake, screaming. The next day, [...]
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Our recent survey revealed shocking results on the nation’s fruit & veg habits. Find out how you score…
It can be tough to eat a “balanced diet” these days, when you’re always on the move and there’s little time available for cooking. So we thought we’d find out how much fruit and vegetables people are actually [...]
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