Lovers of leafy greens look towards the Victorian boxes this week - with pak choy, spinach, bay cos lettuce, beetroot leaves and broccolini.

If you prefer an early taste of summer, the Mixed Choice boxes will have sweet corn, capsicum, sweet potato, tomato, cucumber as well as broccolini, leek and lettuce from closer to home.

Eat well,
Food Garden

PS. Choose from one of our box selection, and let us know your “no list”; or make one of your own by choosing the vegetables and fruit you prefer.

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THIS WEEKS SEASONAL BOXES

The MIXED Food Box contains a selection of:

carrots, onions, potato, sweet potato, leek, broccoli, cauliflower, capsicum, eggplant, cucumber, tomato, beetroot, sweet corn, zucchini, lettuce, fennel, spinach, apples, banana, pears, mandarins, oranges

The VICTORIAN Food Box contains a selection of:

carrots, pumpkin, beetroot, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, bok choy, spinach, fennel, leek, spring onion, apples, oranges, mandarins, tangelo, pears

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THIS WEEKS PRODUCE

CAULIFLOWER & GREEN CABBAGE in the boxes this week.

On the other side POTATO from Queensland suffered earlier in the year from excessive rains with many growers losing most of their crop through rot. We had early notice during the local harvest, and local growers held back from sending out all their harvest knowing a shortage was coming. 

New season local POTATO won't be here until late January, so expect high prices for spuds until then (unfortunately). CARROTS were also affected, but less so - and we now have Mildura growers sending down small sized carrots for the Vic boxes.

SWEET POTATO on the other hand missed out on the damage and is having a bumper season.

ONIONS from up north are slowing slightly, so we are including Colac LEEK in the boxes this week.

Greens for the boxes will be bunches of SPINACH and PAK CHOY, along with delicious BABY COS from Baxter.

Fruit continues to send in excellent citrus - our pick for the boxes are ORANGES from Swan Hill and MANDARINS from Mildura.

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THIS WEEKS SEASONAL RECIPES

Roasted Cabbage, Silverbeet and Tofu

Silverbeet Pakora

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