hello and welcome!

hi there!
good to see you.
pull up a chair and have an apple.
we have tons.

we recently just signed back on with our fruit and veg box scheme here in hackney.
growing communities.
it's all organic, local where at all possible (some stuff grown right here in london, a lot elsewhere in england, a few things brought in by boat from abroad, such as citrus from italy) and is all extremely fresh.
like still covered in dirt, it's entirely possible it was pulled out of the earth 4 hours ago type of fresh.

we had it for about 9 months the last time we were here and it was so awesome we didn't hesitate to sign up again, even though we're technically not living in the borough of hackney anymore and we have to travel a bit further to get the pick-ups.

doesn't matter.

it's totally worth it.

last time we had wanted to document all the wonderful things we got in our bags each week, but never got around to it.
so this time we're doing this right and starting a blog!

on here we'll list what we get in our bags each week (we are currently signed up for a small fruit bag and a small veg bag, and it's more then enough for the three of us), the recipe that comes with the weekly newsletter they put in our bags and any new and exciting things we try with any of our delicious stash.

we are running a bit behind, I just picked up our second week's bags this afternoon, but we're all pretty busy, so you'll take what you get.

and do check out growing communities webpage if you get a chance. it's pretty fabulous whether you are subscribed to the box scheme or not. they list tons of recipes, tips on food growing and if you do happen to live in the london area, schedules of all the neat events going on round town.

and now, on to the food!

bethany ben and zoe