Vegetable Box Schemes

I have been using good old Abel and Cole for a while now as my veg box delivery service. I get a mixed box of fruit and veg once a fortnight and I really enjoy the challenge of making new recipes from the unusual things I get. Today I think I am going to tackle a red cabbage coleslaw which I have never made but must be very easy- I think. I have been trying to increase my daily fruit and veg intake (and the rest of the family's) and the box makes it much easier. I seem to crave nothing but toast and chocolate for this pregnancy which is none too healthy! I hate waste and I make sure we finish everything off before the next box arrives. We have been having lots of vegetarian pasta bakes, vegetarian couscous and lots of yummy fruit salads and it does inspire me to try new things as well. It also means we get a lot more variety and Alex is introduced to a bigger range of flavours than he is used to. However my friend N. has found a new delivery company that specialise in organic produce but just from the local area to here. Organic meat, veg, flours and bread. I am going to change over because I tried for years to find a local company to deliver that had a good range as well and finally we have one! And this one specialises in mediterranean vegetables - my favourite food.

I would of course dearly love to grow my own and I have a long held dream of being self sufficient one day. I need to move to a place with a bit more garden first so in the meantime I dream. I did plan to get an allotment a while back but gave up on the idea when I started to try getting pregnant again. I had a lot of vegetables growing in pots on my patio last summer but they got washed away in the torrential rain we had last summer and the rest got eaten by the plague of slugs we had as a result. I managed to harvest a handful of peas, a handful of strawberries and some lettuce leaves. So I think we need a good vegetable box.