The box they are giving away was the “Medium Organic Fruit & Veg box” worth £15.95. I went on to their website and was impressed when I read about....what makes them different? They support British farmers, they work with the seasons, they look after the environment. They give a fair deal to farmers, fund raise with local schools and insist upon the highest levels of animal welfare...Of course I replied straight away, saying yes please!!!
It was delivered the Tuesday after Christmas....timing was perfect as I had run out of all my pre Christmas fruit and vegetables and it kept me going through to the new year! so thank you Abel & Cole.
As a bonus they were going to be running a contest - I had to simply take a photo of one of the meals I produced with the food, post it on my blog by 31st January and the winner of the best dish gets a £50 Abel & Cole gift voucher. I used everything in the box, photographed lots of it and have decided to post them all. Not sure if they're good enough to win, but I've enjoyed taking part and loved the free produce and the family have been fed into the bargain!!!!
How exciting....free organic vegetables. 
A real mish mash of leftovers...including leeks in a cheese sauce!
I left a few out of the B&S so I could pan fried them and then top with grated cheese for Joanne's supper (I know she shouldn't eat cheese before bed, but she likes the dreams!!!)
The next day I used the cherry tomatoes to make this tomato, mozzarella balls & basil salad to go with a pasta dish the family were having.
The leftovers went into my salad.
Then it was the mushrooms turn to make my cheese & mushroom omelette's for breakfast ...
...then some of the leeks...(look at how fresh they are!!!)
...to make my leek and Parmesan soup for lunch!
Clementine Upside Down Cake
A very moist heavy sponge with a sticky orange-y top! Not nearly as good as the banana upside down cake but in fairness I did make it with big oranges, I'm sure the clementines would have been sweeter, and there was a discrepancy with the recipe...it said 10g of butter to 150g of sugar???? I took it as a typo but maybe it wasn't...who knows!!! Those who ate it said it was nice! I have never bothered with box schemes before as I always thought I'd be given lots of produce that I would simple waste...either too much of one thing the family didn't like and or not enough of the things we do! How wrong can you be?! I loved the challenge of finding recipes to use all the produce with. I tailored my weekly menu around the contents and adapted it to suit what was still left...I made banana cake with the two bananas that were left in the fruit bowl as they had started to go a little speckled in my warm kitchen...I nabbed a couple of apples before they got eaten to make an apple cake for dessert, which left the box empty!
Old photo of the same recipe...I again I wasn't quick enough with the camera.
Thank you Abel & Cole, I am seriously impressed, not just by your generous free offer but the quality, variety and freshness of the contents...at £15.95 it has fed 2 adults 2 children and numerous guests in the form of cakes and puddings. After this week I've seriously changed my view on these box schemes...if I'd have paid for it, it would have definitely been worth its money!!!
4 comments:
Lucky you Tulip!! I have never had such a great offer! I am sure they will be seriously impressed with all that you have done with their box. That is a very nice looking box of vegetables. I have only ever ordered an organic box of veg once and was sorely disappointed in what I received. It arrived two days late and was full of some very sorry looking veg, not to mention it was twice the cost of yours. Clearly I had chosen the wrong company!
What a great offer. Everything you have done with it looks brilliant.
You have done brilliantly with your box! Will you place a regular order?
Thanks for your comments guys!
Marie - they do seem to be a good company, a neighbour of mine uses them and they turn up like clockwork, which is a good sign, i'm sure if they were late or food wasn't not top notch she wouldn't still be with them. See if this company deliver to your area?
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