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Sausage & Root Veg Stovie recommended by Hayley
A tasty, quick, cheap and healthy meal solution Prep: 5 mins Cook: 25 mins ready in 30 minutes Serves 1 Ingredients: Stock cube, any type 1 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil 1 small onion, halved and thickly sliced 3 thick pork sausages, cut … Continue reading
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Vegetable Stew with Herby Dumplings recommended by Hayley
The pearl barley makes this stew really hearty – perfect for a cold winter evening Prep: 40 mins Cook: 1 hr, 30 mins Easily serves 6 Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil 350g shallot, peeled 2 leeks, thickly sliced ½ swede, chopped into chunks 2 parsnips, quartered 350g Chantenay carrot … Continue reading
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Winter Root Mash with Buttery Crumbs recommended by Hayley
A little bit of this winter root mash goes a long way – make it a day ahead and cut the stress on Christmas Day Prep: 50 mins – 1 hr Cook: 40 mins Easily serves 10 650g parsnips, cut into even chunks 650g swede, cut … Continue reading
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Ultimate winter couscous, recommended by Ruth
“This recipe, from Yotam Ottolenghi’s book “Plenty” ticks so many boxes – it includes much of what is in the veg boxes; it is real comfort food; and, despite appearances, is easy to make. The quantities can be halved, doubled … Continue reading
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Winter salad à la Nelson
I’ve been learning a lot about how to make best use of winter veg from fellow grower Eric (Nelson). Yesterday I posted Oak Tree Pork and Winter Veg à la Nelson and today is it winter salad à la Nelson. … Continue reading
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Winter Vegetable Stir Fry, recommended by Juliet
This recipe, from the book “River Cottage Veg Everyday” (By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall) was kindly provided by Juliet. Thank You! “I think this recipe makes good use of the veg box this week using carrots, parsnips and sprouts. I don’t think … Continue reading
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Oak Tree Pork and Winter Veg à la Nelson
Do you ever have those evenings when you can’t think what to cook, and you can’t really be bothered to work hard? Eric shared his technique of putting Oak Tree pork chops (or sausages, they work well too) on a … Continue reading
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