vegetable redemption

today was pretty much balls all round. not literally. i copped a massive man-cold that started on bad thursday and lasted until i was due back at work. the weather over easter here was spectacular, but i was either sleeping or sneezing. i thought i was getting better, but now i have the consumption, and someone has stolen my absinthe (not really - it's a moulin rouge reference for your reading entertainment).

but, today was box day, so i headed off from work in the rain (this is a good thing) and collected said box from the designated pick up point.

here is box 20 in all its seasonal glory...

what an awesome selection, and the source of the vegetable redemption of this balls-laden (heavy would be the wrong adjective) day. this box contained two big bunches of chlorophyllic spinach, some sprightly bok-choy, a deeply purple cabbage (pronounced ka-barge), some crunchy green capsicums, some zucchini (in german), fungus, parsnips, corn, grean beens, punkin, spudadoes, pears (2 species), apples and a reptilian avocado. outrageous!

this box typifies what i love about this whole thing. the weather is wintery, so your stomach-mind turns to thoughts of soups, stews and roasty-things. as if by magic, the box delivers. of course, it's not magic, it's just seasonal. it makes perfect sense.

i predict some spanakopita, some punkin soup, a slaw (with apple and onion and a simple lemon juice and olive oil dressing) to be served with some roasted protein and the maggie beer parsnip mash with pears. yummo! bring it on!! as always, recipe suggestions are welcome.

cheers,

p