Some vegetables are more popular than others. Some vegetables have a bad reputation, especially those we had served at school dinners. Today’s vegetable is one of the ones with a bad reputation – often served overcooked, mushy and full of water. Today I want to encourage you to try cauliflower. Cauliflower is a good source ofContinue reading “10th December”
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9th December
9 days in. Are you enjoying this alternative advent calendar? How have you got on with the recipes? Feel free to add comments 🙂 We are encouraged to eat a rainbow and this vegetable helps us with the violet section. If you are not familiar with this vegetable you might not recognise its beautiful patternedContinue reading “9th December”
8th December
We have been round the world in our greengrocers tour already and there are plenty more vegetables to try. This one is common place in Chinese cooking but has become very popular in the UK. It takes just 2 minutes to steam or stir fry so excellent for busy people. Today’s vegetable is…. Pak choiContinue reading “8th December”
7th December
A week of the countdown to Christmas over and we have had a variety of contributions to our vegetable basket. Aren’t we lucky there are so many more options available still? These come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and we have to be careful we don’t eat the wrong ones. Fortunately someone elseContinue reading “7th December”
6th December
We have had some seasonal vegetables and others which we are fortunate enough to have in our shops all year round thanks to global trade. This vegetable became very expensive due to poor harvests earlier in 2017 and was hard to come by. This vegetable has been made even more popular thanks to pre preparedContinue reading “6th December”
5th December
As we continue the countdown to Christmas and we start getting worried about all the things we still need to do, we need to remember that life still happens each day before Christmas and every day after too. We need to look after ourselves and keep our bodies healthy. Often confined to a pickling jar,Continue reading “5th December”
4th December
On the 4th day of advent the greengrocer brought to me…. A bag of frozen peas! So you might of hated these at school but the trick is not to overcook them. They are blanches before they are frozen so you basically need to defrost them. Put them in boiling water for a few minutesContinue reading “4th December”
3rd December
So we are 3 days in and what would make the perfect Sunday dinner? We are not going roast dinner this time but it’s still a British classic. This root vegetable often gets overlooked but it is great mashed or diced as a vegetable side or put in recipes like my suggestion below. Today’s vegetableContinue reading “3rd December”
2nd December
The 2nd day of advent brings another delicious vegetable. This one more in season than the previous one. This one is great in stews and soups and winter warmers, perfect for this cold weather we are having. Did you guess? It’s butternut squash. Butternut squash is a great source of vitamin A. Vitamin A isContinue reading “2nd December”
1st December
It’s the first day of advent. As we count down to Christmas and all it means we are unwrapping some of nature’s finest ingredients. We are so lucky to have variety and our first advent vegetable is…. Aubergine Aubergine might not be where you would start in terms of vegetables but I thought I wouldContinue reading “1st December”