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A long, green-skinned fruit with watery flesh, usually eaten raw in salads or pickled.
We have now moved onto 'Ready To Eat' Avocado - these should be just perfect from the moment youget them; great in a salad, on toast or to make a great classic, guacamole
Cherry tomato is a rounded, small fruited tomato believed to be an intermediate genetic admixture between wild currant-type tomatoes and domesticated garden tomatoes.
You don’t want to eat a raw brown onion. While the flavour of a brown onion is fantastic in its own assertive way, it comes with a very high sulfur content. Cooking out that intense sharpness paves the way for the sweet onion flavor to shine, which is why we prefer brown onions whenever we caramelise. The amount of flavor you’ll get from caramelizing yellow onions, as opposed to white, is significantly higher. Your burger will thank you. So we like our brown onions caramelized or roasted.
Spinach is an edible flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae native to central and western Asia.
With their mild and delicate flavour spring onions, also known as salad onions or scallions, are small, immature onions that have been picked before the bulb has swollen.
Cherry tomato is a rounded, small fruited tomato believed to be an intermediate genetic admixture between wild currant-type tomatoes and domesticated garden tomatoes.
The primary growing season for UK grown tomatoes is between the months of May and will they crop right through until the first frosts of autumn.
In case you were wondering, a tomato is a technically a fruit, because it’s seed-bearing and develops from the ovary of a flowering plant. But when it comes to nutrition, tomatoes —along with seedy cucumbers and aubergine—are categorized as vegetables. That's due in part to their lower carb and sugar contents: A medium tomato provides just 22 calories, and about 5 grams of total carb, with 3 as sugar and 1.5 as fibre - so get stuck in!
Celery has a long fibrous stalk tapering into leaves. Depending on location and cultivar, either its stalks, leaves, or hypocotyl are consumed and used in cooking.
Cos, or romaine lettuces as they are also known, have a long, oval head of tightly packed crisp leaves.
Iceberg lettuce is a variety of crisphead lettuce which is widely consumed across the world. It is characterized by tightly furled, crunchy leaves and a mild, sometimes watery flavor.
These are very small Romaine (Cos) lettuces that will grow 5 to 8 inches (13 to 20 cm) within 70 days of planting.
Plum tomato, also known as a processing tomato or paste tomato, is a type of tomato bred for sauce and packing purposes.
The individual tomatoes are larger and a little cheaper. The “vine-ripened” tomatoes are a little more expensive, but they are brighter, and they were ripened on the vine… so they must be fresher or taste better or… something. ... They are allowed to ripen on the vine before being picked.
Ready to eat prepared soft lettuce, it's a tender item so please treat it gently - keep it cool and try not to let it sweat!
Raw watercress adds a peppery yet smooth edge to dishes and is highly nutritious.
This lettuce has a funky, distinctive, cigar-like shape, about 12cm long, and the crisp leaves have a mildly bitter flavour.
Local Farm Box is dedicated to supporting your local farming community. Where possible we source all our farm produce as close to your front door as we can. This way you are supporting your local area and helping to grow our local economy.
Unlike supermarkets we can tell you the farm and the local supplier who grew your produce, and you may even find that you know them - that’s how local we are.
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