Have you ever tried a recipe box before? Well here’s your chance to find out more and even try one. Riverford are offering Tin and Thyme readers an organic three meal box for two. There’s also a mini review of the Riverford Farm Cook Book.
We get a fortnightly organic veg box from Riverford to supplement the vegetables we grow. But it was only recently I became aware that there is also such a thing as a Riverford recipe box. How intriguing. Luckily my curiosity was soon satisfied as Riverford sent me one of their recipe boxes for two to try out.
Riverford Organic Recipe Box
I’ve heard of the recipe box concept, of course and have even tried one, but the Riverford scheme is slightly different. It’s organic for a start and most of the items are sourced from its own farms and shop, making it an in-house production.
When I say there is a Riverford organic recipe box, I actually mean boxes. You can choose from the original recipe box, a quick recipe box or a vegetarian one. We received a vegetarian box for two. Ostensibly this provides three meals, but we actually got five out of it. Erring on the side of generosity certainly meets with our approval.
We were provided with measured quantities of all the ingredients required, except for salt, pepper and oil. The vegetables and salad were all fresh and guidelines on keeping times were given. Each month / week the recipes are created by different chefs. Ours came from by Bob Andrew, former Head Chef at Riverford’s Field Kitchen.
The recipe cards are thorough, well written and well produced. They even have a bit of farm news from Guy Watson, Riverford’s founder and organic pioneer.
A Riverford recipe box for two costs £33.95 and provides at least three meals. Boxes for four people are also available. For more information on Riverford, hop over to the post about my farm visit. You can also find out how I later got on with an organic vegan recipe box.
Celeriac Curry
I love the idea of cooking things in ways I might not otherwise have thought of and it also helps give me inspiration for future dishes.
It seems unlikely that I’d ever have thought to make a curry out of celeriac. But I was given the ingredients and recipe for celeriac curry with chard & cardamom rice, so I went for it. And guess what, it was delicious.
As it turned out, we didn’t get chard, but pak choi instead, the joy and challenge of seasonal provisioning. The rice was brown basmati which is probably my favourite, being nutty and slightly chewy. The meal was the only vegan one of the three. It was brightly coloured, warming and filling. Just what we needed, in fact, on a cold winter’s night.
Roast Veg Souvlaki
Roast veg souvlaki with chopped salad, yoghurt & pitta was perhaps my favourite of all. But then I do have a predilection for Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food. This was a veritable feast, both for the eye and the palate.
It was a hands on event as we stuffed our warmed pitta breads with the chilli and oregano roasted veg and halloumi. We were both mightily impressed with the fennel, tomato and olive salad, which we elected to serve separately from the salad greens. Spooning on the delicious garlic yogurt sauce completed the experience. This is the kind of meal to share with friends.
Slow Cooked Shallot Trenne with Mushrooms & Rosemary
It was an utter delight not to have to think what to cook and to have a varied range of delicious and organic dishes to eat during the week. The portions were on the generous side, which was fine by us as we were able to get two meals out of the curry and two out of the slow cooked shallot trenne with mushrooms & rosemary.
The slow cooked shallot sauce gave an individual character to a classic Italian fast food. With plenty of mushrooms included, it was a case of Umami Mia.
Riverford Farm Cook Book
Just in case you’d like to get your hands on some Riverford recipes, Riverford have a cook book. CT bought me a copy a couple of years ago. As you would expect from an organic vegetable farm, this is a recipe book all about vegetables. Written by Guy Watson and Jane Baxter, former head chef at the Riverford Field Kitchen, it celebrates British food and focuses on the fruit and vegetables that can be grown here in the UK.
The chapters come in an A-Z format of fruit or vegetable, starting with apples and ending with turnips. As well as recipes, each chapter has some information on each crop including varieties, storage and preparation.
This makes it super easy to find a recipe for that last celeriac lurking in the fridge or the bag of quinces a kindly neighbour presented to you and you haven’t a clue what to do with. Spiced celeriac with lemon is delicious, I know because I’ve made it. I adore membrillo, the famous Spanish quince cheese, but have not yet made my own. When I do, I’ll know where to go for the recipe.
To my shame I haven’t yet made the Riverford Farm version of beetroot brownies. But I have baked their chocolate courgette cake which turned out really well. And that was despite me forgetting to add some of the sugar.
Riverford Recipe Box Reviews From Other Bloggers
Organic Vegetarian Recipe Box Giveaway
Riverford is kindly offering one lucky Tin and Thyme reader a vegetarian recipe box for two. The recipe and ingredients are likely to be different to the ones I received.
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Riverford Vegetarian Recipe Box
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Tomato to make a nice creamy soup
I would like to see courgettes to use in curries or stuffed courgettes or even cakes mmm
I’ve gotten really into smoothies lately so I’d love protein rich veggies likes Asparagus and some nice smoothie recipes for veg
parsnips…..a soup with a twist please
Asparagus. I am obsessed with it at the moment!! 🙂
Broccoli. I know it makes me a freak, but I just love it!
Asparagus – it’s nearly time for it, and I could do with some new ideas, a risotto recipe or a really good sauce to enhance it, maybe a soup recipe too.
I would love receipes with aubergines for a different vegetable to introduce to my boys but in a yummy way
anything with leake, love he taste
I’d like to see cauliflower, as I’ve been dithering about trying to make cauliflower rice. It sounds good so I must try it.
I would like butternut squash in it and a recipe for sprialized butternut squash and roasted veg with halloumi
I’d like avocado – and I’d be keen to see what recipes you can do with it!
water chestnuts to add to a stir fry
Butternut squash and I’d make a roasted and spicy squash soup!
Like to see one for allotment vegetables mix. Xx
Pak Choi – I know it’s used in oriental cooking but I have no idea what to do with it.
I’d love to see Aubergine and a tasty moussaka recipe
Love the quality of Riverford. This is a great idea to try new recipes without any waste. I would like to know what to do with some more unusual veg like celeriac and fennel.
I just made a lovely fennel salad which was based on one of their recipes.
I’d like to see celeriac & some recipes with how to use it
Broccoli. Something fresh so that I can cook it in a new way.
I love using aubergines as a chunky substitute for meat. I’ve often thought of trying them in a chilli recipe.
I would liek to see more recipies with green leafy vegetables eg spinach
I’d love to see some easy chocolate puddings
Red peppers with a nice stuffed pepper recipe.
I would like Cauliflower and an Indian or japanese style recipe with it – i find them one of the most versatile vegetables.
I love asparagus
I’d love to see some cauliflower, and a recipe for a spicy curry
just love chicken
Watercress as it’s in season- and a recipe for a Watercress soup would be lovely 🙂
I would like a selection of spring vegetables to make soup with.
i would make wedges
I’d like to see some cauliflower and make cauliflower cheese x
Fennel because I like experimenting with it! I’ve made a tasty fish dish with it in the past but with the bulb I have today I’m going to make coleslaw 🙂
I’ve just made the fennel salad again that was featured in one of the recipes in my box. It’s become a firm favourite.
Cauliflower to make roast cauli with tahini
I would like to see some Cauliflour and I would make some Creamy Cheesy Cauliflour Cheese 🙂
Courgettes, I’d make courgette and ricotta lasagne!
SWEET POTATOES- TO MAKE CHIPS, MASH & CAKES
I would like to see Artichokes – I love them but haven’t made anything with them apart from a dip!
Carrots, with a delicious recipe for carrot cake, I’ve never made it!
I really like courgettes and would like to ee it used as a main ingredient.
butternut squash – chicken and butternut squash thai curry
Parnsips – love the sweet taste but would like new ideas on how to cook them other than roast them
Carrots for me I just love them so versatile can add to most stews, great in soup and makes the most delicious cake!!
When my shopping arrived this week I’d been sent 4 courgettes as a free gift and, other than chopping and frying them, I’m not altogether sure what to do with them! Receipes showing an alternative use for them would be great. Fancy cutting them into strips – maybe as a pasta alternative?
courgettes to make courgette spaghetti 🙂
Corgettes are one of my favourite vegetables. I normally fry them in olive oil with a bit of garlic, onions and bell peppers (for a side dish). And, I’m following a low carb diet, so recipies for spiralized corgettes would be great x
Some peppers & a stir fry recipe
Cauliflower, to make a cauliflower cheese or roasted in the oven is one of our favourites
Spinach to make some spinach and goat’s cheese tartlets
Peppers are my fave as they are so versatile. But any veggie recipe would be great to entertain my non-meat eating friends!
I would love to see spring onions and maybe a thai or chinese style recipe.
Leek and perhaps a pie or a soup?
Purple sprouting broccoli with a stir fry type recipe
Sweet potatoes and I would want to make a Thai curry xx
Sprouts, I absolutely love them but always do them in the same boring way. I’d love any sort of recipe that gave them a bit of interesting twist
Spinach for a healthy recipe.
Carrots and beetroot
Aubergines and a vegetable Moussaka
I’d like a butternut squash and a butternut squash and sweet potatoe risotto recipie.
I’d like sweet potato and I’d make sweet potato curry and a soup too!
I’d like cauliflower because apart from Cauliflower cheese I never really know what to do with it
I never use cauliflower anymore as my husbands not a huge fan and as a family we all find is a bit boring so I’d like to see an exiting recipe using cauliflower.
Celeriac, as I have never had it but would love to try it and use it in a recipe
My absolute fav’s are mushrooms and tomato’s so a recipe which combines them both would be fab !
I’d like to see asparagus in any vegetarian recipe.
I think I’d like organic carrots. We could make a lovely carrot soup.
I would love to see some butternut squash to make a healthy vegetarian curry with basmati rice.
Aubergine for a nice vegetarian mousakka – its years since I made one
Leeks. I like leek and chicken pie and would love to see a new twist on this classic meal.
Leeks – With recipie to make creamy leek and cicken pie
aubergine
Courgette or sweet potato – they’re so versatile.
Mushrooms and I would make a nice risotto 🙂
mushrooms to make into a rissoto
Im absolutely in love with parsnips, but I am not much of a cook and not really prone to inspiration and reliant on cooking books!! And all the ones I have tend not to utilise them too much! 🙁
8 ball courgettes – new ideas on what lovely ingredients to stuff them with!
Aubergines – I love Jamie Oliver’s pasta alla norma recipe
carrots for a carrot and coriander soup
Marrow – Stuffed Marrow With Beef Mince
Something a bit unusual, like Kohl rabi?
I am in the process of cutting out processed foods and reducing meat intake whilst increasing good quality fruit and veg intake. My hubby is unsure about the meat reduction and I’m finding it fun to come up with healthy meat free recipes to prove we don’t need meat every day. I’m enjoying the challenge.
I don’t know what I would make with Kohl rabi – that’s why I specified that as I would need to research it to see what I could do with it! I love spending time in the kitchen destressing and making healthy meals for my family!
Kohl rabi is a good one Dawn. I grew loads of it last year, then as I wasn’t too sure what to do with it I forgot to harvest it. Good luck.
Wild mushroom so I can make a cream of mushroom soup
I would love to receive any type of onions in the box and a recipe for vegetarian lasagne.
I would like to see aubergines and a recipe to make a spicy curry
I would like to see leeks. Being Welsh, I use them in everything.
I would like to see carrots so I can make a carrot and coriander soup
I would love to see Butternut Squash as my best friend gave me a fantastic recipe for Butternut Squash Macaroni Cheese – much healthier alternative to the usual Mac Cheese
I’d love to see quick and simple meals suitable for a fussy toddler
id love to see heirloom tomatoes
I would like peppers to be included and a curry recipe 🙂
I would like to see courgettes as can use in lots of pasta dishes including roasted veg lassagne
Can I have two please as I have been craving Brocolli and Cauliflower cheese
Sweet potato, as it’s something I really want to like but as of yet I’ve not had much luck, mind you I’ve only tried to make them i to chips , they were a bit flimsy and soft…
Wild mushrooms for a mushroom risotto.
I’d like to see celeriac as I don’t really know any recipes for it but it’s something I’ve always wanted to cook with, as for the recipe anything really so that I can try it out
I’d love to see some kale to make some delicious stir fries!
I’d love some red juicy tomatoes to make my favourite tomato pasta dish!
Carrots to make carrot and coriander soup
I love tomatoes so any inventive recipes involving those would be great!
Cavalo Nero – I really want to try it but always end up with the tried and tested favourites.
I’d like to see parsnips. I roast them and use them in stews but keep hearing references to parsnip puree and other ways of using them so recipes would be appreaciated
A well flavoured full size carrot – I’d make the Crecy pie recipe from the Cranks cookbook, but use the family pastry recipe.
I would like to see some sweet potatoes as I’m using them a lot at the moment, and I’d like to see them in a recipe for an alternative cottage pie
I would love to see mushroms so I could make a nice risotto.
Proper tasty big potatoes for jacket potatoes, not the tasteless ones from the supermarkets
celeriac – not something I know how to do alot with other than putting it into soups!
I’d like to see a butternut squash in the box, and a curry recipe using it
Parsnip and i would make a yummy chicken and parsnip honey mustard one pot x
Parsnips, to make creamy parsnip soup.
Asparagus would be great x
I would like to see celeriac…I love it, but I struggle with ways to use it. Other than replacing a potato – there must be better things to do with it! Perhaps using it in bakes…
love to see pumpkin and i would make pumpkin soup
Carrots and i would love to see a stew
I would love to see a mix of traditional and not so well known vegetables.
Any kind of squash as I never quite know what to do with it so I’d love recipe suggestions.
I recently tried the Riverford recipe boxes and was very impressed with how tasty the recipes were. The vegetables are flavoursome and the portions are enough for 4.
Yes, our box for two lasted us pretty much the entrée week Tina – really enjoyed the recipes too.
love to see dishes with mushroooms in as they are my fave vegtable to use in cooking
Aubergine – vegetable lasagne
i love parsnip with a sunday roast
I’d love leek and I would use it to make a ham hock and chicken pie with mustard mash – delish
Celeriac with a recipe for a celeriac mash with a tasty gravy please
Aubergines I would love to try a recipe I have seen for a Spinach and feta Mousakka
Sweet potato!
I would love to see leeks and mushrooms in the box, would love to make a creamy leek and mushroom pie!
peppers, as I only chop them and throw them into things would be nice to make them the main thing or a side dish
I’d like butternut squash, it’s lovely with a risotto. I would need the recipe for that I can never remember how to make it
I’d love to see beetroot in the box. It’s lovely in sandwiches with smoked mackerel and horseradish, borscht (beetroot soup) and last, but by no means least, moist beetroot and chocolate cake!
I would love to see some Romanesco Broccoli and a healthy bake recipe
Carrots and roasted recipies as I get bored with boiled ones.
I’d love to see shepards pie please 🙂
I would like to see fennel in there and recipes for vegetables baked in the oven as the taste is far superior.
Red peppers would be great to see and recipe like how to use them in an omlette would be great
I’d llike to see an artichoke, and any recipe as I’ve no idea how to cook one but want to find out.
I really love cabbage and would welcome recipes that show new ways of cooking with it
A cauliflower so that I could make an Indian cauliflower curry
I would love some beetroot or tomatoes 🙂 X
Happy to see any vegetables (except turnips and radishes) – especially some of the more unusual ones with some new recipes suitable for vegan cookery – I do tend to use a lot of cauliflower, courgette, mushroom, peppers so would be nice to try something different.
Yes, I’m not a great fan of turnips either, though I find I can tolerate them in a mixed vegetable curry.
I would love to see some squash of some description and some new ways of cooking it, I always tend to roast it! Maybe a risotto.
I would most like to see sweet potato, though I have no idea what sort of recipe – something a bit different that I wouldn’t have thought of! I just love sweet potatoes, and don’t get to have them nearly often enough 🙂
Yes, I love sweet potatoes too Victoria, but tend to do the same old things with them, so a fabulous new recipe for those would be great.
Carrots and a vegetable soup recipe.
I’d be happy to see a pumpkin or squash for a soup which is good any time of the year.
I would love to see my favourite root vegetable celeriac as I love celeriac, walnut and apple soup
Butternut Squash or Sweet Potato. I love both roasted #Delish
I’d like to see fennel in the box and some recipes using it both raw and cooked
sweet potatoes would be good i like to make them into chips!
I’d like to see some cauliflower recipes – something a bit different. We eat a lot of cauliflower in our house, but we’re not very imaginative so it would nice to get some good ideas!
I’d love Cauliflower as Cauliflower Cheese is my speciality !
chinese vegetables such as pak choi and recipes for how to use them
a real, proper, well grown tomato – cannot be beaten at all!
I would like to see yummy recipes to make with sweet potato, hear lots of things about them but never had before
Artichoke! It’s my favourite but I’ve never cooked with it and no idea how to use it so any recipe would be good for me !
Avocado because its my favourite although I don’t know many recipes :/
some wild mushrooms so I could stuff them, my wife loves mushrooms but hard to find decent sized ones these days!
Asparagus as I can’t usually afford it, to have blanched with a good quality mayonnaise and a squeeze of lemon juice, as a starter
some butternut qsuash for veg risotto
i’d like some asparagus so i could make my mushroom and asparagus risotto 🙂
Cauliflower, I would love to try a recipe I saw for a vegetable curry and the base vegetable used was the good old cauli.
Asparagus, I usually put a little oil with salt and pepper and in the oven for 20mins. Though I’d really like some new suggestions maybe for soup or another combination.
Fresh mushrooms and I would make a fritters or omelette
We quite like aubergines in our hourpse. Moussaka being a firm favourite for a meal. I’d love to try variations of this dish.
Aubergine – I’d add it to other root veg and roast it in the oven.
Cauliflower yum to make a delicious curry!
I would like to see Aubergine’s which would be a good base to make ratatouille.
Leeks, a. because I love them and b. so I could make a leek and potato soup.x
I would like to see something like mooli, artichokes but never know what to do with them. I only every roast celeriac so more ideas there would be appreciated too.
Asparagus would be a real treat, I’d like. Recipe for an asparagus frittata.
Runner beans always a favourite & new local season potatoes!
I am not sure exactly what vegetable I would like to see in there but I would like to see things that are a bit unusual and that you would not normally buy (celeriac, chard, artichoke etc.). Then the recipe would need to tell me what to do with them or how to cook them. The reason I don’t buy them as because I would not have a clue what to do with them. 🙂
I like this idea Anna. A recipe box with all the veg you never know what to do with 🙂
Courgettes to make courgetti with my new spiralizer
I’d love to see kale. I think I would make a spicy spring soup with plenty of ginger, to enjoy with homemade bread.
Sounds delicious. Love ginger and kale.
I would love to see a butternut squash in the box as it’s one of my faves and a new recipe would be great as I’m always looking for new things to try.
Broad beans – I’d love to see them in a gorgeous Spring time risotto dish.
I’d like to see flat field mushrooms, as a stuffed mushroom is one of the nicest things ever!
Fresh vegetables to make a balti as it’s one curry I’ve never made from scratch.
Definitely sweet potatoes! I can do all kinds of things with a sweet potato
Peppers love them in my stir fry! <3
I would love to see some pumpkin, I have heard it’s good for. A curry recipe would be nice.
I would love asparagus – but it the wrong time of the year so aubergine would be fab
I’d like broad beans in the box so I could make a springtime risotto.
Cougettes – I would like to find out what else you can make with them
Aubergine as I don’t really know what to do with them
We recently tried out a Riverford veg box and it was fab. I love the idea of the recipe boxes too. I’d love some asparagus in my box and a recipe for asparagus risotto. Yum! Eb x
Ooh yes, asparagus is just gorgeous. Have just posted a tart with asparagus as it happens 😉
I’d like to see carrots, as I love making carrot cakes.
I’d love to see sweet potato because I find it so versatile, but it would be good to have fennel which has such a lovely aniseed flavour.
Sweet Potato – I love sweet potato and have it daily…but I’m not very adventurous so would love to find something to do with it. Maybe a pasta dish?
Leeks, and some kind of nice soup of pie filling x
Aubergine – any recipe as I never what to do with them but like eating them
Sweet potato, Roasted sweet potatoes on fried mince beef with herbs and spices.
Red onion curry xx
I would like to see Celeriac, but I’m not sure what to do with it so some recipes would be good!
I’d like cauliflower and instructions to make one of those cauliflower “rice” dishes that I’ve seen but never tried.
I’ve got a recipe for cauliflower rice on the blog Fiona.
red onion and curry
Wild mushrooms to make a mushroom risotto. It’s a shame the shops don’t stock a a larger variety of mushrooms.
I’m in total agreement with you there Hassni.
I’d like to see aubergine and would love to try some mediterranean dishes.
a butternut squash and a nice veggie recipe
Aubergine – something Turkish like Iman bayildi
Love Brocolli – maybe a recipe using it unusually xx
I’d love to see some asparagus and I’d make a asparagus risotto!
I would love there to be some squash and recipes to make some tasty soups for lunches.
Parsnips, swede, carrot and a recipe for a root vegetable crumble
Artichokes and would love to see them used in Italian dishes like pizza & pastas
Leeks. They could be used in a lovely homemade chicken and leek pie served with lots of seasonal veg. My favourite.
I would like to see celeriac, i dont have a clue what to do with it
Haha Samantha, well at least you now know it makes a good curry 😉
Ohh great question. I would like to see sweet potato and a beef casserole recipe. I would love to make a beef casserole topped with sweet potato mash!
I love courgettes, so would definitely love to see these in the box, although currently out of season. I think some curry recipes would be great.
Can’t wait for courgettes to be back in season, although once they are I suspect I’ll get fed up with them pretty quickly 😉
I would love to see Red Peppers and then a recipe with stuffed peppers and rice x
peppers to make stuffed peppers with rice
What vegetable would you most like to see in the box and what type of recipe would you like to see with it? . . . . . .celariac ‘cos it is not widely available, but is soooo delicious, would like a few ideas as l usually mash / roast / /soup it
Well I can highly recommend the curry Chris 🙂
I’d like to see Butternut Squash to make a fantastic veggie curry!
Sweet potato for mash
Aubergine, for a tasty middle eastern aubergine tagine with capers and olives.
Sweet Potato for soup with chilli flakes in there 🙂
i would like to see potatoes and leeks so i can make a soup
Would love to try one of these boxes they look fab. Would love to see celeriac and any recipes for using it that are not chips or coleslaw as I always wonder what to make with it
Well I can attest that the celeriac curry was very nice Alison 🙂
I’d like to see salsify and perhaps in a curry recipe? It would be nice to see an old childhood veg re-appear
A recipe for using salsify would be great. I never quite know what to do with it.
Sweet potatoes and I need some new ways of using them.
I’d like Asparagus, such a great flavour but I never know how to use it.
I would like to see asparagus so that I can attempt some asparagus soup. I had it for the first time n a restaurant recently and loved it.
Mushrooms! and lots of goodies for a Veggie Stir Fry!
any veg would suit me, fresh and yummy
I love fennel and comfort food, so would love to see it incorporated into a lasagne!
I’d love to see some kale in the recipe box – I’m obsessed with it! 🙂
Asparagus I’d have it with poached egg and holendese sauce xx
I’d love to see mushrooms and love to have a pasta dish recipe with it
Aha Anna, as you will have seen from the post, thats just what I had 🙂
Carrots as they are so versatile and can be used for savoury or sweet but I would put them in a lasagne
i would love to see butternut, i only every make butternut squash soup, would love to learn new recepies
I know its extravagant but I would love to see asparagus, I love it. I would make asparagus wrapped in parma ham
I’d love to see an aubergine and a recipe with a Moroccan twist would be great.
not sure what is included in the boxes but would like to see some unusual veg to make an interesting curry
The recipes change each week Louise, so who knows 😉
butternut squash and a lovely healthy hearty soup
These look wonderful live my fresh food boxes to create healthy treats for all my family
Asparagus – A lovely Risotto
I would like to see an interesting stir fry or soup recipe with Sugar Snaps.
Celeriac root. I’d like a nice, hearty, winter soup recipe that freezes well. Or any other recipes for using this tasty veg.
I would love to see sweet potatoes there and would like a curry recipe for it.
Butternut Squash, so I could make soup! 🙂 x
Sweet potatoes with a recipe for sweet potato falafels which I would love to try 🙂
courgette would be great – love spiralizing but would like more options and receipes
Leeks, potatoes, onions, and other good stuff to go into a nice hearty potato and leek soup.
carrots so i could have a bash at carrot and coriander soup
leek in a vegetable soup! Yum!
I’d like to see celeriac in there and I’d mash it with some garlic and Parmesan to go on a cottage pie
Sweet Potatoes as they have such a miriad of uses. The Kids absolutely love it mashed.
A curry using jerusalem artichokes – to give me inspiration for how to use all our allotment-grown ones!
Haha, I need some inspiration for those too Barbara. My mum used to make a really nice dish of them in a lemon sauce I seem to remember.
Kale!! I’ve only recently discovered kale and I love it! I’ve seen a recipe for kale and potato fish cakes that looks tasty xx
i would have to say beetroot as i love it but never know how to experiment with it x
I’d love leek & potatoes to make soup
pochini mushooms – so i can make risotto!
Definitely leeks and asparagus in a gorgeous roasted vegetable medley.
Celeriac is one of my favourite vegetables, and I’d love to see a soup or stew recipe for it.
The curry was delicious Charlene – not something I’d have thought of if it hadn’t been for the recipe box.
I’d love any exotic veg, like okra – and make a curry with it 🙂
Fresh peas for a risotto
I love the look of the kebabs and love peppers
I’m a big fan of aubergines, a vegetarian (or, even better, vegan)stuffed aubergines recipe would be great 🙂
butternut squash would love some new ideas like veggie lasagne with it
I’d like to see spinach in a saag paneer
potato to make a delicious fish pie
Hmmm, not sure you’ll find a fish pie in a vegetarian recipe box, but I guess you can adapt!
I’d like to see some different varieties of potato – still hankering after some we used to get from a farm when I was little – they were so good just used to have them boiled with a little butter.
Oh yes, I remember potatoes like that. I’m sure I’ve never had any as good as my granddad’s used to be 😉
I would like to see Courgettes and with a mediterranean style recipe with cherry tomatoes etc
I’d like to see courgettes and some recipes that’s not just tossed into buttery pasta or in an omelette. It’d give me some ideas for when I get a growing glut of them later in the summer!
Oh, I do know that feeling. I long for our first courgette and then suddenly there is nothing but! I’ve got quite a few chocolate courgette cakes on the blog, but with the best will in the world, there’s a limit to how many of those you can make.
I’d like to see sweet potato, it’s so versatile and could be used in lots of different recipes but sweet/spicy sweet potato fries with a homemade dipping sauce would be just awesome!
Ooh yes, I’m with you all the way Freya.
I would like to see leeks so i could make leek and potato soup. 🙂
I love asparagus, so would love to see that. I’ve used it in risottos, etc, but would be very interested to see some different recipes that it could be used in 🙂
Ooh can’t wait for the asparagus season to come around Elizabeth. Good idea.
Definitely butternut squash for me, as I’m slightly obsessed with it! I’d love to see a recipe for a curry that uses it.
Squash curry is one of my all time favourites and a CT speciality. Though there are even nicer squashes than butternut if you can get them.
Courgettes, I’d love some new ideas as I never quite know what to do with them, something garlicky perhaps
I’d love to see mushrooms and a recipe for mushroom risotto
I’d like to see turnips as I have a turnip gratin recipe I’d like to try out!
Turnips with a good recipe would be fab Suzy. I never know what to do with turnips, other than add them to curries.
I would love to have red onions and mushrooms to make a risotto.
My friends used to get riverford boxes and they always looked so good. This would be great!!!
I would like to see beetroot because it is a tasty superfood and perfect for salads or I would accompany it with most meals
I really like beetroot, but sadly, it’s one of the very few foods CT doesn’t like.
Butternut Squash and I would make some yummy Butternut Squash soup.
I would love to see some interesting wild mushrooms so that I can make my favourite risotto
Leeks,together with potatoes and mushroom,double cream and nutmeg to bake a delicious gratin!
Asparagus and red onions
Beetroot I lve them in any way cooked, roasted with a bit of balsamico or raw in a salad
Spinach to make saag aloo or just cooked with some garlic
Garlic, to add to my Spaghetti bolognaise to give it a kick.
I would like to get asparagus – because we don’t usually buy it. I would make a risotto with it.
Peppers for a nice hot chilli!
I would love to see broccoli since its my favourite vegetable and I love it in a stir fry!
Purple sprouting – I love it boiled and covered in butter!
Squash id make a lovely soup
spaghetti squash is different would love to bake it with other veg
I would like to have peppers and I would make a pepper, onion & olive oil mix cooked in the oven to accompany virtually any meal.
I would like to see loads of ingredient for a tasty stir fry!
Celeriac, I love it simply roasted in a little extra virgin olive oil with a generous sprinkling of paprika and sea salt.
Roasted celeriac or mashed with potato are two of my favourite ways of eating it too Vicky, though I must say the curry was very good.
I would love to see butternut squash, as I love it, but find it hard to prepare. The recipe would have to be either a curry or a risotto.
I’d like cauliflower. Not very original I know but I love cauliflower cheese all bubbling hot from the oven. I invariably sling edamame or peas in there for extra protein and top with tomato slices. Served with a heap of a spinach salad. Yum.
Cauliflower cheese is one of favourites. I occasionally add mushrooms and like you top with tomato slices, but never added peas or edamame – nice idea.
I would like to see Mushrooms to make a Mushroom Stroganoff.
cauliflower to make cauliflower cheese chicken type dish
peppers – I love peppers especially stuffed
I would like to see kohlrabi, make soup or stirfry with it.
Courgettes – would make stuffed herby courgettes from my new recipe book!
I love these boxes – takes all the thinking away about what to have for dinner that night. And they’re so quick and easy too.
I loved my box too Cathy. No thinking and everything ready to hand – win win!
Since it is March I would say leeks and make potato and leek pie, or maybe I should say turnip so I can make pasties for st pirans day
Have I lost the plot? I thought St Piren’s Day had already gone.
Asparagus, because I love it. I would cook it lightly and serve it with some melted butter as part of a meal.
Chard – a stir fry of sorts.
Its been a long while since I delved into a Veg Box and this would be a delight, esp. with recipes to try!
Well it’s not quite a veg box Shaheen as it has all the ingredients needed to make the recipes, but it does, of course, contain veg too. Was fab.
i would like to see sweet potatoes and i would make wedges.
I didn’t realise Riverford did recipe boxes either but it sounds like the meals you made out of it were delicious and it’s always good to be pushed to try something you wouldn’t have done otherwise like the celeriac curry.
Exactly Corina. Loved all the recipes and it’s such a good way to try new recipes.
i’d like to see carrot, as i’d like to try making carrot cupcakes
Ooh that’s a nice idea Sharon, though the recipe box is for main meals rather than pudding.
Looks yummy
I’d love to see some asparagus and I’d love to make a creamy chicken and asparagus risotto!
I would love to win this. I am a naughty vegetarian who doesn’t eat enough veg. This would give me a kickstart. X
I’d love this to expand my veggie recipe practice!