Food Advice – Green Futures

Summer courgette & tomato gratin

500g new potatoes, unpeeled and thickly sliced 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 5 tbsp olive oil few oregano (or marjoram) and thyme sprigs 500g tomatoes (a mix of sizes and colours if possible), sliced or…

Practical Cookery Session Wed 13th Nov

Practical Cookery Session Wednesday 13th November, 2013. Participants can take part in a practical cookery demonstration and eat the fruits of their labour in a session held at Second Avenue Resource Centre with Vicki…

Caramelised Fennel

Cooking time; 20 minutes Ingredients: 1 Large fennel bulbs 3 tblspns olive oil Sea salt Black pepper ½ Lemon Method Using a very sharp knife, cut the top and bottom from the fennel bulbs…

Veg Box News 03.09.13

Ok so own up, who stole August? Where did that month go? We harvested so much stuff and your boxes contained the greatest percentage of our own produce yet. The Salad boxes have often been…

Health Benefits of Vegetables; Onions and Shallots

Onions and shallots are full of nutrients including, Vitamins A, B, C, magnesium, potassium, sulphur compounds, bioflavonoids, essential oils (mono or sesquiterpenoids) and natural sugars. They are great vegetables to add to your diet to…

Health Benefits of Vegetables

Parsnips: Parsnips belong to the same family as carrots and parsley. They contain small quantities of essential oils (mostly terpenes) that have anti-cancer properties and therefore are a healthy addition to anyones diet. They are…

Roasted Swede with Parmesan

1 large swede (approx 750g/1lb 10oz), peeled and cut into chips 1 tbsp olive oil, plus some for greasing 50g parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated 1 tbsp rosemary leaves knob of butter 2 garlic cloves,…

Health Benefits of Potatoes

Hear is more info on the health benefits of the vegetables which are sold at Green Futures: We have all been told that potatoes are a form of starchy food and should therefore be eaten…