Veg Box

[thereyougothen]

We got the 2nd veg box today. and I'll see if I can document what we got in the 8 minutes before I have to become the ogre who makes boys put their PJ's on...

I would cross post this to organic_boxers but I don't seem to be a member, I was sure I had applied before......

For my $16.500, which in today's money is £19.87, I got:

6 Avocados (small ones, enough for 2 to eat in one sitting)
225gm Wild Rocket (my fave salad leaf)
3 Lollo Rosso lettuces
1 ENORMOUS red lettuce
2 kilos of courgettes (6, count 'em)
1 kilo lemons
350gm of spring onions (big ones, and it's Autumn, go figure)

[at this point i have to go and do bedtime]



1 green pepper
6 huevos de campo (I assume free range as well as organic)
2 Aubergines
1 kilo plum tomatoes
1 kilo zapallo (green skin pumpkin)
1.7 kilo beetroot (thanks to chatirygirl I'm making brownies)
700gm chard
1.5 kilos red grapes (should have been 1 kilo plus 300gm raspberries)

What did you get in your last veg box? And what did it cost? Value for money?

I think that what I will get next week is here: ApioPalta I buy the "mediana"

Comments

[diarytypething.livejournal.com]

My veg box costs £12 from East Coast Organics, and last week I got potatoes, carrots, parsnips, brocolli, spinach, tomatoes, apples, bananas, pears and kiwi fruit. There's plenty for me, but I miss having guinea pigs to feed the leftovers to.

If you're trying out vegetable-based cake recipes, I can definitely recommend this courgette cake, which is actually a vegan recipe but all the ingredients are things you would find in an omnivore's kitchen. One of my favourite things about this cake is watching the horrified reactions when I tell people what it is.