I get a small veg box from Riverford every two weeks. This forms the basis of what we eat and I love the challenge it brings deciding what to cook / how to cook the mix of veg. I also have enjoyed learning about new veg I wasn't very familiar with (some of which have become my favourites, like celeriac and garlic leaves) and discovering new ways of cooking common veg. Surprisingly we don't eat lots of soup, but I believe I have come quite adept at making soup and have a few more unusual soup recipes in my repertoire using up certain veg.
Riverford also do a great cook book and a pretty handy app which is where tonight's dinner came from: cabbage, chorizo & potato hash served with a poached egg on top.
Another reason for singing the praises of Riverford is that whilst the recipe called for 'cabbage', they really mean you to use kale as it would work best, but it's flexible and any cabbage or greens will do. I used Savoy cabbage. This is a great lesson in learning to look beyond the ingredient and understand how they come in families and can be interchangeable.
Oh, and I cooked this because chorizo always gets lots of appreciation from Ken!
Btw, yesterday I threw together some penne, fried chorizo, what was left of a jar of pesto together with a few glugs of olive oil, topped with crumbled feta. Gotta say that the chorizo / feta combo was a treat, both smoothing out the other's potential for bring too strong. Might be onto something....
For our tired bodies last night we had comfort food in the shape of Riverford's very tasty pork and apple sausages, cauliflower cheese and baked potatoes. Riverford also do great meat.
14.01.2013
didn't occur to me that Riverford had an app!! have just downloaded it on my phone. roll on tomorrow when my veggie box arrives :-)
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