Have your cake and spinach too

This week we have spinach in the crop share – why not try a little cake to use it up?

Cooking Jerusalem Artichokes

Fi Morris, one of our members wrote:

At last weekend’s members meeting a couple of people asked about cooking Jerusalem artichokes. I like to keep it simple – oil, butter and seasoning in oven until golden – delicious!

Jerusalem artichokes are infamous for their wind producing properties. This is caused by the presence of inulin, which gives them their lovely sweet flavour but humans lack the enzymes to digest it. Breaking down the inulin is therefore left to intestinal bacteria, which produce carbon dioxide as they do… You learn something new every day! The longer and slower that you cook Jerusalem artichokes the more inulin will be converted to fructose, effectively ‘disarming’ the veg. Voila!!

National English Toffee Day

Let’s celebrate all sorts of our national food heritage. This one is not exactly healthy but we have to be frivolous sometimes.

Brussels – the challenge

Let’s hear it for a new recipe for cooking brussels sprouts –

https://www.abelandcole.co.uk/recipes/brussels-sprouts-with-browned-clementine-butter

Oh did I hear you say you hate Brussels sprouts? You are not alone.

 

A Festive Tray Bake

Here’s a recipe that uses vegetables available locally at this time of the year. A good one for a seasonal meal.