17.Apr.2012 Spring a leek competition
Last Sunday marked the end of mour most recent Vegetable Garden Competition, the Spring a Leek recipe competition. This time around our guest judge was Kerstin Rodgers, aka @msmarmitelover, who started one of Britain’s first supper clubs and currently runs the Secret Garden Club. As always, the blogger with the most creative recipe won a £200 voucher [...]
09.Jan.2012 The Christmas Carrot Competition
Following the success of the Taste for Tomatoes Competition, this past December I ran the Christmas Carrot Competition for LoveTheGarden.com. This time our guest judge was the talented Niamh from Eat Like a Girl. She had the tough job of choosing her favourite carrot recipe to win a £200 voucher to a UK restaurant of [...]
07.Dec.2011 Get creative with carrots this Christmas and win a £200 meal
I’ve recently launched the next competition in the Vegetable Garden Competition series. It’s the final one before the end of 2011 and fittingly for the time of year it’s Christmas themed.The last competition, Taste for Tomatoes, was the best one since we started. Loads of people got involved and I really enjoyed chatting with everyone [...]
17.Nov.2011 Pie & Fractals
Last week another veggie box arrived for me at the office; this time with two special surprises. The first was a complimentary cartoon of eggs… and the second was a vegetable that I have a bit of an aesthetic obsession with, the Romanesco Cauliflower. It’s a gorgeous, light green vegetable that grows in a natural [...]
04.Nov.2011 My (oh so) exciting veggie box adventure
Last week I (re)signed up for an Abel & Cole veggie box delivery. They’re a London based company that delivery boxes of seasonal organic fruit and veg (plus other grocery items if you chose) to your door. You don’t get to chose what goes in your box, but you can specify fruit & veg that [...]
