Category Archives: This Week

Antipasti Selection

Another of our top suppliers is Silver & Green based in Penrith, everything is prepared with love in the Lake District, using simple clean ingredients with no added nasties. Silver & Green came to life in 2007 when they decided the time had come to turn a passion for food and the Mediterranean into a family business. Silver & Green are proud producers, importers and wholesalers of authentic Mediterranean delicacies.

This week we have their antipasti olive mix which includes pitted Halkidiki and Kalamat olive, roasted red peppers, baby gherkins & sweet garlic in a Provencal herb marinade. £4.50 per pot.

It took a lot of tasting to find our perfect humous. Our suppliers based in Lancashire are a family run business since 1900. They are suppliers of fine food and cheeses and their humous is a simple blend of chickpeas, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil. Such a popular summer staple. £3.00 per pot

Veg Box | Thai Salad with Noodles

Both our £25 and £15 boxes this week have all the fresh ingredients included to make our delicious and fresh tasting Thai Noodle Salad. We have included all the fresh ingredients and the noodles, you will just need to add oil, sesame oil, soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce. This is definitely a recipe you will keep going back to.

Lots of fruit items again this week, with this glorious weather we are having we know you like to keep things light. Everyone has been loving the Clementine Novas so they are in both in the boxes along with apricots and peaches.

The £25 box includes cantaloupe melon again, but a different variety. Jacobo cantaloupe, a relative newcomer. Grown for sweetness and flavour. Looks very similar but with a darker more textured skin.

Our £15 box ( ideal for 2/3 people) includes-

Egg noodles (R) New season washed new potatoes

Carrots (R) Garlic (R)

Little Gem Lettuce Red pepper(R)

Sugar Snap Peas (R) Cherry Vine Tomatoes

Coriander (R) Bean Sprouts (R)

Spring Onion (R) Chilli (R)

Peach Lemon (R)

Clementina Nova Apricots

(R) items included in the recipe

Our £25 box (ideal for a family of 4) contains all of the above in larger quantities plus

Jacobo Cantaloupe Melon Tenderstem

British Blueberries

Some items may change to bring you what’s best on the day.

British Blueberries

British blueberry season has now started. A relatively new crop grown in the UK. It didn’t really start until 2008 and we are now producing 10 times more that we were 14 years ago. Blueberries were the original superfood. They have a relatively short season, about 6 weeks. They are packed with antioxidants and are perfect for packed lunches as they travel really well. They are one of the best berries to freeze as they don’t deteriorate when defrosted. You can add an extra punnet or add to your £15 box for £2.50.

Cheese of the week – Kick-Ass Cheddar Cheese

At a recent food fair we tasted this amazing cheese and knew we had to share it with you. Kick-Ass cheese is the creation of husband and wife partnership Tim & Sue Procter. The Kick-Ass brand is part of Procter’s Cheeses based in the picturesque village of Chipping, Lancashire. The name Kick-Ass cheese came to be when Time and Sue were selling cheese at a farmer’s market in West Lancashire. A regular customer who loved Tim’s mature cheddar, came to the stall and asked for some of “that Kick-ass cheese”!! From that brief exchange the idea was born. The Procter family have been making cheese in Lancashire for over 80 years.

The week we have their full flavoured extra mature Cheddar with a gritty, crunch and a rich pronounced flavour. The texture is smooth and buttery, serve at room temperature. Coated in black wax. £4.50 

English Cherries

This week we have more English Cherries from Kent (the garden of England). They have a short season of just a few weeks from June to July, so blink and you’ll miss them. As well as being a good source of fibre, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, copper and iron, this small fruit contains soluble fibre that can help lower cholesterol and research has shown, people who eat more potassium- containing foods like cherries, tend to be less likely to have high blood pressure. Did you know cherries also contain melatonin, a hormone found naturally in the body, which regulates sleep. But best of all, they taste delicious. I think profits must definitely be down in the shop when English cherries arrive, we can’t walk past them without taking one or two. Red lips and fingers are a definite give away!!! 330g for £3.00