This week we have turnip greens, also called winter radish. It is a bit milder in flavor, more robust and a bit larger. Delicious as a thin slice on a sandwich with cheese or grate some radish into an omelette, some winter purslane as a garnish and your vitamin supply is restored. We hope…
This week a novelty in our vegetable package! We present to you the Dutch ginger. Every raw salad comes to life with some grated ginger sprinkled through it. We often get questions about the method of cultivation, so in the middle of winter this type of root grows beautifully in cold greenhouses. Similarly, we…
Once again a package full of goodies! Rammanas is one of the vegetables of the week. But what can you do with it? You can grate it raw as a fresh addition in your salad or in thin slices as a crunchy addition to your savory sandwich spread. But you can also wok it,…
Just at the last minute, we announce the first vegetables of the new year. A very colorful package including yellow onions, orange sweet potatoes and red beet. Also fresh turnip greens, besides making a delicious stew you can also make a delicious pasta salad with these vegetables. For example, a delicious Italian version with…
This week we have ingredients for a warming winter dish. The Brussels sprouts become pearls from the oven with mashed truffle potato. Add a cheerfully coloured carrot salad and a beautiful meal is on the table. Hope to see you at the last market of the year, if not happy holidays in advance! We…
Maybe you already want to try out some recipes for Christmas. With the beautiful ingredients in next week’s package, we’re sure that you can. What about cabbage rolls (very easily made plant-based!), beet carpaccio, or a cheese fondue inside a pumpkin? Today 10 December from 1 PM – 4 PM (after the package free…
This week there are plenty of opportunities to put a festive meal on the table! What about a carrot pumpkin soup tastefully garnished with roasted Jerusalem artichoke perhaps? Or a red pointed cabbage salad, crunchy and healthy sweet with dried fruits from the packaging-free store of course. As most of you know, our packaging-free…
The celeriac is waiting to make its appearance in your kitchen again. Delicious from the oven with a spicy sauce or as a salad with beetroot. You can be surprised again next Wednesday by the Volkskeuken. There will be Moroccan cooking in the Gymzaal, including a Tajine with Dutch seasonal vegetables. Who knows, the…
Sometimes a farmer all of a sudden has a large yield of a certain vegetable, for which the demand is not so high. This week, for example, we have Romanesco broccoli and pumpkin in our package, which really helps the farmers to sell this produce. Did you know that Romanesco broccoli was first found…
This week the Chiggia beet is back! Did you already try preparing this colourful gem into Carpaccio? Slice it in thin rounds and season it with your favorite herbs and lemon. The coming of winter has a bitter side the endive embodies this. Sweet potatoes can turn this around, don’t forget the chestnut mushrooms…
These winter months, the ground is filled with coals and roots, waiting to break free by next season’s warm rays of sunshine. There are also roots that remain in the soil and grow into tasty spicy delicacies. Try making a spicy Japanese salad with daikon this week, don’t forget the foliage to finish your…
The fall is a great season for hearty soups, and next week’s package contains all the ingredients you need. What about a parsnip soup (nice with ginger), onion soup, zucchini soup, tomato soup, …? Or maybe you feel like pickling some veggies, like those beautiful Chioggia beets or making a spicy kimchi with the…
Fall has clearly started, but the temperature will be quite high this coming week. Combined with all the greens in next week’s package, you might start imagining that it’s already spring: pointed cabbage, endive lettuce, green chicory and celery. Nonetheless, there are also some autumn colors, with the purple carrots, turnips and red bell…
With this weeks veggies you can long back for summer. Take the radicchio for example: a red Italian chicory with a light bitter taste. Great to roast with rosemary and hazelnuts. Surely it will taste good with a parsnip mash but usualy it’s an Italian side dish, or part of a warm salad or…
Jerusalem artichoke and potato (aardpeer and aardappel in Dutch) could just be related to each other as announced among each other in our package this week. Their flavours, origin and structure are very far apart! The Jerusalem artichoke comes from the compound flower family and the potato comes from the nightshade family. What binds…