Hello Folks,
In this week’s pasta, pulse and grain selections, you’ll find some cupboard essentials and maybe some items you haven’t seen before. We’ve got our Grampian (Aberdeenshire) jumbo oats, macaroni pasta for the perfect mac & cheese (vegan recipe here), or pasta fagioli. Add potatoes, carrots or kale to use up what’s left of last week’s veg box. Puy lentils are great for mixing through salads or adding to veggie stew and here’s a new idea for a tasty dip. Click here for a whole bunch of recipes for soba noodles. If you’d like to add a small (£10), standard (£15) or large (£20) pasta, pulse and grain selection to your subscription, drop us an email at subscribers@glasgowlocavore.org. We send them out on the 3rd week of each month.
Many of this week’s veg boxes feature a harlequin squash from Royal Oak Farm situated just north of Liverpool. These squashes are quite versatile, but do very well roasted. Simply slice them up (skins on), drizzle with olive oil then season with salt, pepper, chilli flakes and pop in the oven until soft. Accompany with other roasted vegetables and drizzle with a tahini, lemon and maple syrup dressing (1/3 cup tahini, 1 tbsp maple syrup, juice of half a lemon and hot water to thin as desired) and serve with sauteed kale or salad.
At the Urban Croft where our Grow the Growers team are based, the last of the carrots are being pulled up this week, while the remaining bean plants were taken out last week. Everything is being covered up before winter during which the growers will still be harvesting some kale and chard. At our market garden at Left Field, the last of the cucumbers are coming out and it looks like the fennel will finish next week too making way for the winter crops.
As usual, join your fellow subscribers over in the Facebook group, and check out our Veggiepedia for recipe suggestions.
In the veg boxes this week:
| Small veg box | Organic Certifier | |
| Potatoes | Chapel Farm | SOPA |
| Carrots | Royal Oak | SA |
| Onions | Chapel Farm | SOPA |
| Golden beetroot | Chapel Farm | SOPA |
| Harlequin or Uchiki Kuri squash | Royal Oak | SA |
| Westland Winter kale | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| Standard veg box * | Organic Certifier | |
| Potatoes | Chapel Farm | SOPA |
| Carrots | Royal Oak | SA |
| Onions | Chapel Farm | SOPA |
| Golden beetroot | Chapel Farm | SOPA |
| Harlequin or Uchiki Kuri squash | Royal Oak | SA |
| Batavia red lettuce | Ward & Thompson | SA |
| Chestnut mushrooms | Orchard Organics | SA |
| Westland Winter kale | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
*Thursday and Friday customers will have an additional mini cucumber with slightly fewer roots than the Wednesday customers.
| Large veg box | Organic Certifier | |
| Potatoes | Chapel Farm | SOPA |
| Carrots | Royal Oak | SA |
| Onions | Chapel Farm | SOPA |
| Golden beetroot | Chapel Farm | SOPA |
| Harlequin or Uchiki Kuri squash | Royal Oak | SA |
| Mini cucumber | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| Baby fennel bunch | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| Chestnut mushrooms | Orchard Organics | SA |
| Salad mix | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| Cavolo Nero kale | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| Westland Winter kale | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| Extra large veg box | Organic Certifier | |
| Potatoes | Chapel Farm | SOPA |
| Carrots | Royal Oak | SA |
| Onions | Chapel Farm | SOPA |
| Golden beetroot | Chapel Farm | SOPA |
| Harlequin or Uchiki Kuri squash | Royal Oak | SA |
| Cauliflower | ||
| Cucumber | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| Salad mix | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| Cavolo Nero kale | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| Red curly kale | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| Westland Winter kale | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| Fruit #1 | Epicure apples | Oakwood | SA |
| Fruit #2 | Bananas | Dynamis | Demeter |
| Fruit #3 | Beurre hardy pears | Carey Organics | SA |
| Fruit #4 | Kiwi | Be Organic | Ccpb |
| Fruit #5 | Clementines | Dynamis | Caae |
| Small supplementary veg | Organic Certifier | |
| French Breakfast radish | Royal Oak | SA |
| Mixed mini plum tomatoes | The Tomato Stall | SA |
| Potted chervil or coriander | Left Field, Locavore | SA |
| Standard supplementary veg | Organic Certifier | |
| Yellow pepper | Dynamis | Caae |
| French Breakfast radish | Royal Oak | SA |
| Mixed mini plum tomatoes | The Tomato Stall | SA |
| Mixed chillies | Ward & Thompson | SA |
| Lemon | Naturborn | Caae |
| Ginger | Naturelle | Ifoam |
Enjoy!
The Locavore Team