Organic Veg Boxes

[missdiane]

We have just started buying Abel & Cole Veg boxes, thumbs up to the quality of service and food
They deliver nationally and you can substitute what you don't like, we don't even need to be at home.

Used to buy a veg box when I lived down the south west (River Dene or something similar?) definately worth doing if anyone fancies going organic...

[Wadeski]

after a while you get bored of the smell of rotting marrow and swede coming from the corner of your kitchen

[Matt172]

Wadeski said:

after a while you get bored of the smell of rotting marrow and swede coming from the corner of your kitchen

you have to eat it too we've managed to use everything that we've ordered so far, although we only have a delivery once a fortnight

[dhutch]

We had a mad blind lady who used to drive all over cheshire delivering organic veg.
- Its was bloody good, very non comertialised, and rediculasly cheap for what it was too.

And then we had a very good greengrocer in the vilage, which between them got our full attention.

Unfortunatly the shop closed because they guy got a kid, and actaully needed to make some money, and the crasy lady just sort of disapeared.
- My mum now tends to get veg from the local (comertialised, mid classed targeting) farmshop on her way past, or saisburys. But 'the hollies' is maddly overpriced and posh, and even the best supermarket stuff isnt a patch on price or quality.

Be interested in how it goes anyway. How much is it?


Daniel

[rsv gone!]

Is this the one with the yellow flyer?

I've been toying with the idea of using them.

[Matt172]

rsv gone! said:

Is this the one with the yellow flyer?

I've been toying with the idea of using them.

http://www.abel-cole.co.uk/Home.aspx

[Matt172]

dhutch said:

Be interested in how it goes anyway. How much is it?


Daniel

we have the mixed fruit and veg box which is £14.80 per box

[Puggit]

We found it got too expensive, and the goods don't last as long as supermarket stuff.

Try the muesli though - it's good

[Matt172]

Puggit said:

We found it got too expensive, and the goods don't last as long as supermarket stuff.

Try the muesli though - it's good

we've just finished off the box we had 2 weeks ago but all seemed to last ok, we've got a very cold conservatory that we keep it in, so I guess that helps.
Which muesli was it, the superfood one or the other one?

[Puggit]

Matt172 said:

Puggit said:

We found it got too expensive, and the goods don't last as long as supermarket stuff.

Try the muesli though - it's good

we've just finished off the box we had 2 weeks ago but all seemed to last ok, we've got a very cold conservatory that we keep it in, so I guess that helps.
Which muesli was it, the superfood one or the other one?

The plain one

[Wadeski]

Thats the trouble really, the initial enthusiasm to eat every vegetable under the sun that they send you fades and (at least, I found) some of the less-used produce (marrows...swede...turnips) tends to build up unused.

So you end up buying "nice" veg to top up from the supermarket once the good stuff is gone from the box.

[sclayto2]

Some of that comes down to thinking out of the box.

If you enjoy cooking, you can learn to use the more unusual veg in a new way. You may find something that you like.

BTW in the North West, there is Northern Harvest, just outside Warrington, that deliver.

[Matt172]

sclayto2 said:

Some of that comes down to thinking out of the box.

If you enjoy cooking, you can learn to use the more unusual veg in a new way. You may find something that you like.

we had loads of potatoes left this week, so I made soup

[TIGA84]

Matt172 said:

sclayto2 said:

Some of that comes down to thinking out of the box.

If you enjoy cooking, you can learn to use the more unusual veg in a new way. You may find something that you like.

we had loads of potatoes left this week, so I made soup

Potato Soup? surely thats just really really thin mash?

I'm kidding of course.

[Planet Claire]

I've used Riverford organic boxes before. Because there's just me I got a mini veg box for £7.50 and a fruit bag for £4.50, was pretty good. They do all sorts actually and I'm thinking of getting a meat box (for some reason you need to create an account to see details of those) and sticking it in the freezer - will last me for ages.

Would definitely recommend them.

[Matt172]

TIGA84 said:

Matt172 said:

sclayto2 said:

Some of that comes down to thinking out of the box.

If you enjoy cooking, you can learn to use the more unusual veg in a new way. You may find something that you like.

we had loads of potatoes left this week, so I made soup

Potato Soup? surely thats just really really thin mash?

I'm kidding of course.

it's a bit garlicy (sp) now, I did some roast veg on monday and roasted a whole garlic bulb, so stuck that in too

[mechsympathy]

Matt172 said:

sclayto2 said:

Some of that comes down to thinking out of the box.

If you enjoy cooking, you can learn to use the more unusual veg in a new way. You may find something that you like.

we had loads of potatoes left this week, so I made soup

We stopped getting a box when I got bored of making soup from veg I didn't particularly like.

[grumbledoak]

mechsympathy said:

We stopped getting a box when I got bored of making soup from veg I didn't particularly like.

Yup, we know a song about that! Persevering, though. This one is good, if you end up with an EU onion mountain:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/onionso...

Now, if only I could find a use for beetroot...

[mechsympathy]

grumbledoak said:

Now, if only I could find a use for beetroot...

Cook 'em then roast with honey and balsamic That's easy, you find interesting and varied things to do with jerusalem artichokes

[Plotloss]

Artichokes?

http://www.urbanjunkie.co.uk/product.php/247/0/wil...