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Quick Vegetable Box Recipes

March 29, 2015 By All That I'm Eating 6 Comments

I regularly get a vegetable box delivered for a few reasons: I like that I have to use what I receive which means I get more variety than I probably would otherwise and there’s only so many times you can make mushroom risotto so I find myself trying out new recipes to use the vegetables. Grown With Love got in touch to see if I would like to try out some of their veg so I was looking forward to getting stuck in.

The vegetables that came from Grown With Love were very nice, they were all prepared which is something that I never buy normally. Considering they were prepared I was impressed with the shelf life of the veg and that the texture remained good. I received: butternut squash and sweet potato mix (chopped 50:50), butternut squash (peeled and deseeded), tenderstem broccoli (in bags and some that came with asparagus too), sweetcorn (some with garlic butter, some without) and sweet potato wedges.

Grown With Love - All That I'm Eating (1 of 2)Instead of reviewing each of the vegetables (not very fun reading) I thought it would be more useful to provide you with quick and simple ideas for how to use the vegetables above should you find yourself with any of them or fancy throwing something different into your basket next time you’re shopping.

I used the butternut squash and sweet potato mixture to make a soup. I simply fried it gently in a little oil with some garlic, seasoning and garam masala before adding enough stock to cover. I simmered until the veg were cooked and added a little coconut cream at the end. Sorry, I didn’t get a photo of this one!

Blue Cheese Broccoli Pasta - All That I'm Eating (2 of 3)The next recipe was from cooking to eating in less than 20 minutes. Boil some pasta in a pan then steam the broccoli over the pasta for the last few minutes of cooking. I made a simple blue cheese sauce to go with it (recipe for this coming in the next post).

Sweetcorn salsa is one of my favourite ways of eating sweetcorn (other than griddled) and it’s so easy to make. Boil the sweetcorn and cut off the kernels when cooked. Add to a bowl with one or two chopped tomatoes, a small chopped red onion, roughly chopped coriander and salt and pepper. I had this at the same time as some of the sweet potato wedges (which I find cook so much quicker than standard potato wedges) and are lovely dipped in some hot chilli sauce.

Sweetcorn Chowder - All That I'm Eating (2 of 2)I wouldn’t normally buy sweet potatoes but having had some delivered, I couldn’t not use them so it made me try something I would normally never have cooked. Just having a few quick and simple ideas ready in the recipe bank makes it easier to know what to cook up. If you’ve got any recipe ideas to use your veggies I’d love to hear them!

Thank you to Grown With Love for the vegetables. All opinions expressed are my own.

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Comments

  1. Alida says

    March 29, 2015 at 17:23

    Dear Caroline,

    This veggie box looks interesting. The fact that they are already prepared makes all the difference. We all spend some time cleaning and preparing vegetables and to be honest I could do myself with a box like that from time to time!
    I like the recipes you made: simple and tasty midweek meals and we all want that!

    Reply
  2. Beth says

    March 30, 2015 at 14:57

    What a great service! I think the soup sounds awesome, and I’d love to try it.

    Reply
  3. Melanie Zelnick says

    March 30, 2015 at 20:41

    These are great recipes! Thanks for sharing!
    Melanie @ meandmr.com

    Reply
  4. Katerina says

    March 31, 2015 at 16:00

    This box is such a smart idea!

    Reply
  5. angiesrecipes says

    April 1, 2015 at 12:49

    Love the idea of veggie box and that sweet corn salsa looks terrific!

    Reply
  6. Lucy says

    April 11, 2015 at 16:56

    Having a veggie box delivered means you try recipes and veg that you otherwise would not try. Some great recipe ideas Lucy x

    Reply

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