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Have you thought of joining

organic_boxers? A community formed for those needing a bit of support around the issue of organic vegetable boxes...

...proving that whatever your issue, there is a livejournal community for it. :-(

*making soup frantically*

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I don't need support, I need veg that takes less time to prepare. Sainsbury's ready-grated carrot has never looked so appealing :-(

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Sainsbury's ready-grated carrot has never looked so appealing :-(

Oh, dear...

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I suspect the answer is to set aside some time to do veg prep that isn't close to cooking/eating time.

Say, mid-afternoon or so. Dump the cut chunks in a bowl of water in the fridge??

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Now that looks useful! (goes and joins community)

autopope and I joined a box scheme a few weeks ago - one veg box and a top-up fruit box per week (to force us to eat more fruit - though it mostly means I get lots of smoothies). I wish they'd put fewer tatties in, but

autopope wishes I'd cook tatties more often, and I'm currently wondering what to do with a large swede - probably parboil and freeze it in portion sizes, so I can sneak it into stews, or mash it with potato, without him noticing.

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I wish they'd put fewer tatties in, but autopope wishes I'd cook tatties more often

Oh well, if you do the cooking, you control the vegetables. This is The Rule. :-)

and I'm currently wondering what to do with a large swede - probably parboil and freeze it in portion sizes, so I can sneak it into stews, or mash it with potato, without him noticing.

Make Ankh-Morpork curry?

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I love mashing additional root veg into potato. It tastes lovely, adds a portion of veg, and gives you more bulk for your calories (if you care about such things) than straight potato. Swede, carrot, celeriac, parsnip are all good.

I have five large beetroots :-(

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I had some beetroots (three, small) a couple of weeks ago, but when

autopope went out, I looked at them to see if I could make soup, and they'd gone smalelr and wrinkly. Alas. I think the swede will last forever, though.

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One friend of mine likes to roast beets with other root vegetables and says that they turn out very tasty that way. There's peeling in there somewhere, though I'm not sure where.

The only use I have for swede is in Branston Pickle, and really isn't that why we have Crosse & Blackwell? (I don't cook much; I'm more of a baker.)

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I'm on my own this evening (so can have as many vegetables as I want), so I think I'll do the roast beets thing. And onion, carrot and parsnip. I have made beetroot soup a few times, but it comes out unnervingly pink, like raspberry sorbet.

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Cut into chunks and cook in a tiny ammount of water and finish off with a knob of butter.

Delicious in stews as well.

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This, unfortunately, means that

autopope will immediately spot what it is, and reject it more quickly than a cat rejects food which is insufficiently expensive.

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