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My favourite potato at the moment - a great allrounder but a super type for roasting!
Roosters have red skins & a fluffy yellow flesh and a deep earthy flavour, which lends itself particularly well to roasting, baking/jacket potatoes and chipping. Try out the rooster potato perfect roast potatoes recipe!
These beauties are full of nutritional goodness,and whilst they are not local, they will definatley feed the masses - great for skinny fries or baked in the oven!
Swede has a round shape and a purple-green skin, and the flesh is yellowy-orange, with a sweet, earthy flavour. It disintegrates fairly easily if overcooked, so always keep to cooking times - great in a pasty!
Sugar Snap Peas are a summer crop – harvested between the months of June and September in the UK.
Onions are cultivated in the UK all the year round. The primary growing period is during the months of July to October.
What cheerful colourful chaps theses little lovelies are & so healthy, fresh and immune boosting! Also known simply as 'chard', Swiss chard has large, fleshy, tender, deep-green leaves and thick, crisp stalks. Chard is similar to spinach, but with a stronger, more assertive flavour & rainbow chard can have a slightly stronger flavour.
The bell pepper is a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum. Cultivars of the plant produce fruits in different colours.
The bell pepper is a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum. Cultivars of the plant produce fruits in different colours.
The bell pepper is a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum. Cultivars of the plant produce fruits in different colours.
The bell pepper is a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum. Cultivars of the plant produce fruits in different colours.
It's in season from about November to February and available all year around and is an essential ingredient in winter food in the UK.
Shallots taste somewhat like a common onion, but have a milder flavour.
Leeks have a mild, onion-like taste. In its raw state, the vegetable is crunchy and firm.
The French name tells you all; it means ‘eat it all’. Mangetout properly means a type of garden pea picked very young.
Another superfood that we LOVE!
From super healthy breakfast smoothies and kale crisps, to fast and tasty meals for any time, and from soups to salads or family suppers; kale can be enjoyed in most meals throughout the day.
Although technically a root, horseradish is generally treated as a condiment or ingredient.
Ginger is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine.
In season between June to October. Traditional green "Fine beans" are the most common.
Hand picked, these are delicious when stuffed with cheese and garlic, delicate in flavour, with a firmer texture than your usual 'shroom...
Florence fennel or finocchio is a selection with a swollen, bulb-like stem base that is used as a vegetable
Courgette is a summer squash which can reach nearly 1 metre in length, but is usually harvested when still immature at about 15 to 25 cm.
This little beaut has just hit LFB HQ- fresh and in season; a great addition to the BBQ season or just add a little sugar and lemon juice to the boiling water to make the sweetest, quickest, tastiest corn on the cob. After cooking, season the cobs with salt, freshly ground black pepper and lots of melted butter - juicy & delicious.
This food is very low in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Vitamin C and Folate.
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.
The chili pepper from Nahuatl chīlli is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae.
The chili pepper from Nahuatl chīlli is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae.
Celeriac, also called turnip-rooted celery, celery root, or knob celery, is a variety of celery cultivated for its edible stem or hypocotyl, and shoots.
Mushrooms could certainly qualify as one of the more underrated powerhouses of nutrition, these chestnut mushroom have better flavour and texture than the plain white mushrooms, a fav here at LFB.
Cauliflower is one of several vegetables in the species Brassica oleracea in the genus Brassica, which is in the family Brassicaceae.
Although carrots are essentially a cool weather crop, they can usually be grown all year round in the UK.
Although carrots are essentially a cool weather crop, they can usually be grown all year round in the UK.
A little treat - brought home from market today - a loose-leafed cabbage from Tuscany, Italy.
The leaves are a very dark green, almost black, hence its name, which translates as 'black cabbage'. It has a pleasantly tangy, bitter flavour, with a sweet aftertaste.
White cabbage in North Devon is generally harvested from the October through to April.
Spring Greens in the UK are harvested from late February through to the beginning of June.
We have this super hero available - if you love your greens, this is the bad boy to choose - it isn't local but it's big, beautiful & bursting with immune boosting vitamins - it is the incredible hulk of brassica!
Get some; it's fab!
The red cabbage is a kind of cabbage, also known as purple cabbage, red kraut, or blue kraut after preparation.
Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family whose large flowering head is eaten as a vegetable.
These are always sourced locally, either from Braunton or Bideford. The brand will alter, due to seasonal availability, but you can always call us up to find out what they are & a bit more informnation about what's on offer. At the moment, we are selling Challenger or Picasso
Mid or Baby salad potatoes have thin whispy skins and a crisp waxy texture.They keep their shape once cooked and cut. They are planted close together and never grow to their full extent and are therefore particularly suited to salads.
My favourite potato at the moment; great for roasting and a good all rounder!
They have a unique nutty taste and a buttery texture, with their red skin and yellow flesh, they are perfect for baking, boiling, mashing, roasting and frying - do try some!
Best in August and September, though can be sourced in the UK all the year round because of the use of polytunnels.
Locally grown green tomatoes, grown here in Ashford,Barnstaple.
Great for a bit of homemade Green Tomato Chutney - green tomatoes, apples, onions, cider viengar, demerara sugar and mint - let us know how you get on or, even better, drop us in a jar to sample?
Limited availability
Pickled onions are the perfect accompaniment to your cheese board and spread of cured meats, or just on their own as a taste bud tingler. With these, you can now make your very own batch of most classic of condiments.
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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