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spotlight on turnips Here’s a turnip for the books (groan)… We’ve been running for years now and have never featured turnip. How did that even happen?! So here you go, plus accompanying recipes for: Lent

in season in january At the risk of rather jumping the New Year gun, here’s a list of all the delicious British seasonal veg you should be able to get your mittens on in January. ...

hate waste - love leftovers! Of course, the best way to avoid having to find something creative to do with leftovers is to only buy and cook what you really need...

sweet-baked butternut puds and more Every year here at VegBox we search for new recipes for Christmas Day dessert...

need help to plan your Christmas menu? As the Copenhagen Climate Conference gets underway, and whether you’re a meat eater or not, your Christmas needn’t be CO2hristmas. Th...

seven sprouts specials... In honour of these much-maligned little greenies, we used to run an annual VBR “sprout peddling” competition to find the most sought-after of all seasonal cooking treasures … The Best Brussels Sprout Recipe. This...

make mine organic! Despite our reputation here at VegBox, you can rest easy – we’re not about to suggest that the only way to enjoy a tipple this Christmas is by making your own potcheen! Be...

from mars? Kohl rabi (or kohlrabi) is one of those vegetables that makes a regular appearance in veg boxes, but sits, unused, in the corner of the fridge until it slowly goes off. Sometimes it arrives complete with its alien tentacles, sometimes it’s trimmed. ...

tagine with potatoes Potatoes come in many shapes and sizes and are usually a standard item in a veg box. We discovered, from the The British Potato Council, that there are thousands of varieties of potato grown around the world, and around 80 varieties are grown here in the UK...

give us this day... As you may have noticed, we’re branching out a bit with our monthly spotlight features, and we thought a feature on bread was long overdue as we approach the end of British Summer Time and the idea of baking loaves in the oven ready for soup dunking becomes even more appealing. ...

  boost your immune system   Mushrooms. So much more than “just a fungus”. Betwe...

parsnip + carrot = parrot! Now I have a friend who refuses to eat parsnips on the grounds that “they’re pig food”! However, I just LOVE them, and let’s face it, they’re a staple of winter veg boxes – you may find yourself getting them many weeks in a row. So it’s im...

gardeners' gold The leaves are blazing orange, yellow and red and falling in arm-fulls. This is gardeners’ gold, so get gathering! ...

VBRs most popular 'veg' of all time Butternut squash is becoming increasingly popular in the UK, with supermarkets now importing it from as far afield as Argentina, to meet out-of-season demand...