What is in my veg box and how do I cook it?

[Beabea]

It is cabbage like but with long straight leaves?

spinach, cavolo nero, swiss chard?
Is it dark green?

Is it spinach or chard?

What colour stem?

rofl @ this 'guess the vegetable' thread.

lets find links to pictures

who is your veg box provider?

Don't you get a newsletter with details of what's in the box and recipes?

White stem, fairly dark green leaves.

chard?

Yes but this item has obviously replace the leeks that we dont need. I have been trying to look for a picture of the other cabbagey things from the other boxes. No success yet.

isn't it a pointed cabbage?
treat like a cabbage, lovely stir fried with garlic

It sounds like Chard. Does it look like the link below?

chard is a vegetable of godliness
delish with mashed potato, for the kids we mash it together
I lvoe it with butter and nutmeg
Full of iron
yummmmm

I dont think it is chard as there is more leaf and less stalk than the picture shows.

No not a pointed cabbage either.

I didnt realise this would end up being such a guessing game.

Looking at general cabbage piccies now.

chard doesn't always have so much stalk though.

What about making it into a nice, hearty winter soup?

like this chard???

here

so far I've had to ask for kohl rabi and jerusalem artichoke
if in doubt put in soup

Still not sure it is chard. Its individual leaves are grown tighter together than all the chard piccies yet not as tight as a pointed cabbage.

I will either have to ring able and cole or just use one of your cooking suggestions.

have you checked on their website?

I'm surprised there wasn't a note in with the strange veg. They normally pop a little slip in with apologies on it.

beabea, abel & cole always send us a note if they change something??
try the website, might say something there?

Yes thats where I first looked to see what it might be. I have looked through the other boxes and nothing comes close. Just the poss of italian chard.

No note in the box.

Never mind, thanks for the suggestions.

soup it is then. Enjoy

where on the site would I find a message about that?

abel and cole have been putting italian chard in their boxes... so that could be it!

just looking at the website (have to get to the bottom of this!)
which box do you get?

cavolo nero?