Lauren Gemmell

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Tag: veggie box

Pumpkin Risotto

Getting a pumpkin in the UK isn’t as easy as you might imagine. The only variety I saw in Tesco was of the carving variety, and I am guessing that not quite the same as baby bear, crown prince or delicata.

More like pumpkin-grown-for-size-and-not-taste. The last thing I wanted to do was waste my one organic pumpkin.

pumpkin risotto

Over the past few weeks I have heard a lot about different pumpkin recipes like pumpkin brownies and pumpkin cupcakes.

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Vegetable Box: Cauliflower, Broccoli and Broad Beans

No crazy new vegetables in here. Nope, just plain everyday vegetables in my box this week, so the challenge is how to make them exciting!

This weeks veggies

This weeks veggies

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Vegetable Box: Kohlrabi, Cabbage and Broccoli

A new week, a new box of vegetables, and a brand new veg to try! This week I received another wonderful batch of organic vegetables including the kohlrabi, which is a turnip-y cabbage-y wonderful raw or cooked vegetable.

Kohlrabi is the turnip looking thing in the middle

Kohlrabi is the turnip looking thing in the middle

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Vegetable Box: Broad Beans, Cabbage and Cucumber

For the past month or so I have been getting a box of organic vegetables delivered from Grow Wild. Last week I received the following:

Organic Vegetable Box June 16th

Organic Vegetable Box June 16th

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What to do with Broad Beans

This week in my Organic Vegetable box I got 14 Broad Bean pods. The suggestion in the box was Crushed Broad Beans and Mint Bruschetta but I opted for Broad Bean and Bacon Risotto instead.

Broad Bean and Bacon Risotto

Broad Bean and Bacon Risotto

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