One of the best things about sourcing locally grown farm produce is that you’re guaranteed to get a variety of different items as the seasons change. Pulling the first new [ … ]
The Veg Bag Game: Roasted Tomato Zucchini Bread Soup
One of my favorite parts of the week is picking up my Growing Communities veg bag from Hackney City Farm. As I’ve written before, a veg bag is the British [ … ]
Meatless Mondays: Carrot Potato Pancakes and Crispy Veggie Fritters
Carrots straight from the farm are dirty little freaks. Knobbly, hairy, misshapen and covered in soil, these root vegetables bear no resemblance to the neon orange and uniformly shaped clones [ … ]
Meatless Mondays: Easy Veggie Burger with Carrots, Zucchini, Chickpeas and Halloumi Cheese
A lot of supermarket vegetarian burgers try so hard to resemble meat that they ignore the fact that vegetables actually taste delicious in the first place. Why try to replicate [ … ]
Five Ways to Serve Wild and Exotic Mushrooms
I’ve always loved the idea of foraging for food, but the idea of dying from a poisonous mushroom overdose has always put me off from plucking edibles from the ground [ … ]
Got More Leaves Than Cauliflower? Roast the Whole Vegetable with Soy, Garlic, and Spring Onions.
Until I started receiving local British vegetables through my organic veg box scheme, I had only ever purchased cauliflower as a large white vegetable swaddled in crinkly translucent plastic at [ … ]
To Free-Range or Not to Free-Range? The Transatlantic Egg Comparison
How do you like your eggs? The answer to that question used to be sunny side up, scrambled, or over easy. Now, it’s cage-free and organic, thank you very much. [ … ]
Be a Kitchen MacGyver: Easy Meatless and Veggie Friendly Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably found yourself in the situation of being ready to make dinner but then realizing you haven’t bought groceries in a while and there’s [ … ]
An Organic Box Scheme (A British Take on Community Supported Agriculture)
I feel like I’ve finally settled a little here in London now that I am the proud recipient of an organic fruit and vegetable box scheme from a local company [ … ]
Organic or Local? Eat Both with this Apple Blueberry Honey Yogurt Ginger Tart
Grocery shopping can be complicated when you’re trying to make ethical choices. You’re faced with a lot of difficult questions: Is it better to buy the organically grown blueberries trucked [ … ]
Eat Sustainable Meat From Farmers Markets: More Delicious, Less Deadly!
For those of us who love a crispy slice of bacon but also care about the impact of our food choices, eating meat can be a very complex issue. Just [ … ]