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Getting the most from your Lee Greens

Many of our customers tell us about the benefits of being part of Lee Greens; from eating more fresh, organic seasonal produce and less processed food than they did before, feeling healthier and wasting less by cooking from scratch more to becoming more adventurous in the kitchen and letting vegetables take centre stage in preparing meals. But we also appreciate that with great veg comes what might sometimes feel like the great responsibility of preparing meals to use your veg through the week before Thursday and Lee Greens bag day comes around again.

Indian spiced squash soup

You can use squash or pumpkin interchangeably for this warming spiced soup shared by our friends and fellow Better Food Trader Growing Communities.

Serves 4

Ingredients:

2 tbsp coconut oil

1 onion, chopped

1 small fresh chilli, minced (or 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes)

1/2 tsp ground turmeric

1 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp paprika

1/8 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp chilli powder (optional)

1 large squash (or small pumpkin) - about 1kg

1 litre vegetable stock

The gut microbiome and health

We often talk about the power of community at Lee Greens. But there’s another kind of community that lives inside each and every one of us, one containing trillions of residents. And whose diversity it has emerged has a major influence on pretty much all aspects of our health - our gut microbiome.

New Better Food Traders Map

Love your Lee Greens? Want to sign up all your friends and family but they live elsewhere?  Well, there are 40+ Better Food Traders (BFT) members across the country totalling 400+ pick up points, delivery areas and shops, so there's a good chance your family and friends may well live near a scheme just like ours. Thankfully the Better Food Traders have pulled together an interactive Google Map that shows you who's who across the UK!

Brussels sprouts and bacon fried rice

Sprouts can be divisive but here's a dish to take your brussels in a novel direction - give 'em a stir fry! 

 

Ingredients:

  • Approx 150g brussels sprouts - very finely chopped
  • 1.5 cups brown rice (cooked and allowed to cool)
  • 4 rashers of streaky bacon (chopped)
  • 1-2 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1-2 tbsps of soy sauce
  • few sliced spring onions
  • toasted sesame oil
  • 2-4 eggs
  • chilli and garlic paste (for serving)

(Serves two)

 

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