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Fruit-in-the-Spotlight: Tomatoes
sauces, salads, tarts, soups, stews... Tomatoes are a delicious and welcome sign that summer is here! And they crop right through until the first frosts of autumn. Anyone who has tried home-grown / veg...
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Food-in-the-Spotlight: Free Range, Organic Eggs
is free range enough? This month, as well as focusing on the fruit and veg that’s in season, we wanted to get your input on eggs and what you prefer to buy. It seems like buying free range was one of...
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In Season in July…
in season in july THIRTEEN new ingredients are coming into season – it must be July! Click through to see the whole list and to let us know which you need help with. Make sure you get the list at the...
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Food-in-the-Spotlight: Ethically-sourced Chicken
would you eat them? Following on from the June feature on ethical egg shopping, this month we’ve collaborated with the good folks over at Farm-Direct to bring you some thoughts about the chickens...
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Veggie-in-the-Spotlight: Cucumber
nature's WD40?! Pretty much every weekday morning right now we’re mindlessly chunking up cucumber and throwing it into the box with salad leaves, peppers, spring onions, cashews, and mushrooms for...
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Veggie-in-the-Spotlight: Broccoli – Calabrese, Purple Sprouting and Tenderstem
PSB, Tenderstem and Calabrese Broccoli is a member of the brassica family, like cabbage. The plant produces green flower heads on thick stalks. They are picked and eaten before the flowers bloom....
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Veggie-in-the-Spotlight: Broad Beans
Chilli Broad Beans and more... This month sees the last of the broad beans. But before you dig out the hankies, here are some brand new broad bean recipes for making the most of them with. Remember...
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In Season in October: Jerusalem Artichokes
Jerusalem Artichoke (which is not an artichoke and is not from Jerusalem!) has a tasty nutty flavour and is one of the best non-meat sources of iron, so it’s well worth trying. Now that it’s in season,...
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In Season in October: Peppers
We’ve only really got one month left to enjoy British grown peppers and chillies, so best make the most of them. As well as trying our new and special feature recipe, don’t miss other VegBox...
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In Season in October: Tomatoes
Get Recipe They’re nearly all gone for the year now. If you’re growing them and you’ve got some still on the vine but they’re still very green, try cutting off the vine and hanging it up indoors...
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