'Beet' winter with delicious seasonal veggies!
Kick start your year with wholesome food and seasonal veggies from Cobbs.
What is in season?
January:
Fruit - Apples, clementines, kiwi fruit, lemons (coming into season), oranges (coming into season), passion fruit, pears, and pomegranate
Vegetables - Beetroot, Brussel sprouts, cauliflowers, celery, celeriac, kale, leeks, mushrooms, parsnips, potatoes, shallots, swedes, and turnips
February:
Fruit - Apples (end of season), clementines (end of season), kiwi fruit, lemons, oranges, passion fruit, pears and pomegranate.
Vegetables - Cauliflower, celeriac, kale, leeks, mushrooms, parsnips, potatoes, purple sprouting broccoli, rhubarb, shallots, swedes and turnips
March:
Fruit - Kiwi fruit, lemons, oranges, passion fruit and pomegranates
Vegetables - Cauliflower, celeriac, leeks, peppers, purple sprouting broccoli, rhubarb, shallots, spinach and spring onions.
Here’s some of our favourite healthy recipe ideas to try this winter using the fantastic seasonal produce available to us.
February recipe:
January recipe:
Out of all the winter soups leek and potato is one of our favourites and a great way to use up all those winter vegetables.
Purple sprouting broccoli does not only add a pop of colour to your cooking it can also be a cheap and cheerful ingredient for early spring dinners and goes brilliantly with anchovy and chilli.
March recipe:
Dazzlingly pink, rich and creamy, this easy risotto is made with ready-cooked beetroot. If you roast your own don’t forget to save the beetroot leaves, wilt them down and stir them through your risotto!
All recipes taken from BBC Good Food. Head over to their page for more inspiring recipes!
‘Beet’ cold and flu! Here are our top tips:
Drink: Stay hydrated! Fill up on fluids and hot drinks. Try adding a teaspoon of honey a squeeze of lemon and a hint of ginger or turmeric to your hot water to help soothe your throat.
Warm & Rested: Help your body by keeping warm and resting to direct your energy into fighting off that cold.
Eat: Load up on healthy food to build your immune system. Eat a variety of fresh fruits, veg and meat
Smoothies are a really easy way of making sure you squeeze in those all important ‘5 a day’ - great for people on the go and great tasting too! Our frozen fruit from Field Fare are perfect for popping into your smoothie makers.
Recipe taken from BBC Good Food.
Get Boosted! Vitamin boosting smoothies available in our cafés.
If you don’t have time to ‘squeeze’ in a homemade smoothie, pop into our cafés and, we’ll make one for you! We have a delicious range of smoothies and speciality tea from Canton Tea (the UK’s most premium tea supplier) that would make a great, healthy alternative to your usual coffee this winter.