Courses For Cooks - Veg Boxes Made Easy

Here’s some information from Sarah from courses4cooks. It’s about a great course they ran for people using veg boxes. Sounds like it was lots of fun!

The Courses For Cooks Veg Box Made Easy Cookery
This course is about being creative with seasonal veg, without fuss or faff. It’s about making healthy eating quick and [...]

Sprout Tops - What Are You Doing With Them?

Has anyone else got sprout tops in their veg box this week?
I knew they were on their way because I’ve started to get emails about what to do with them.
So I wasn’t surprised to get one this week.
The good thing about “sprout tops” is that the Brussels Sprouts on them seem to keep fresh longer [...]

What’s Your Favourite Winter Vegetable - And Why?

The seasons are upside down this year. We’re still getting UK-grown courgettes and tomatoes in our veg box, yet it’s December this weekend!
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining - I love the summer veggies, but it feels weird contemplating recipes for courgettes and swedes at the same time!
I guess we’re in the last few [...]

Lessons Learned - Pickled Beetroot…

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 [...]

2007 UK Veg Box Awards

Hot off the press!
Voting is now open for the 2007 UK Veg Box Awards.
So if you get a veg box, have your say and get voting now.
You can rate your veg box provider on quality of produce, customer service and seasonality of produce, as well as telling us what they’re doing well and what they [...]

Would you buy a Veg Box Recipes book?

Hi everyone,
Quick favour to ask here!
I’m trying to work out whether people would be interested in buying a Veg Box Recipes book - you know, a good, old-fashioned paper copy of the best recipes for veg boxes, that you can keep in the kitchen!
I get daily emails from people telling me how useful the website [...]

My Favourite Butternut Squash Recipe

For those of you who are finding butternut squash in your veg boxes, here’s my all-time favourite butternut squash recipe:
Aoki Sweetcorn & Chilli Butternut Squash
In fact, I’m making it again tonight, for the first time this year, and I can’t wait!
We’ve gots loads of other butternut squash recipes on the website, including one for a [...]

Asparagus Recipes Are Here

It’s that time of year! The asparagus season has started.
And if you’re lucky enough to find it in your veg box or farm shop, then it’s time to enjoy.
It’s a real treat, heralding the start of summer. And the asparagus season doesn’t last long, so it’s worth making the most of it while you can.
We’ve [...]

Should Veg Box Schemes Charge Extra For “Fussy Eaters”?

Should veg box scheme providers charge you a weekly fee for the ability to opt out of fruit and vegetables you know you won’t eat?
Most schemes used to offer this service for free (for up to 3 items), but we’ve found out that there’s a growing trend to charge for this service.
What do you think?
Do [...]

Veg Box Scheme Of The Year 2006: Winners Announced

Thank you to everyone who voted in the Veg Box Scheme of 2006 awards.
I just wanted to let you know that the winners have been announced.
The awards are unique, because schemes are nominated by their customers, rather than being evaluated by a panel of expert “foodie” judges. This means that your views really counted.
Here are [...]

Alien Life Forms In Your Veg Box?

When it comes to the world of fruit and veg, are you a risk-taker or a play-it-safe kinda person?
Do you eagerly seize the mystery vegetable in your box and set about working out how to use it, or does it linger, guiltily, at the back of the fridge, until it sneaks its way to the [...]