Another lovely looking selection of vegetables from the Food Hub this week.
It looks quite a treat with French beans and peas! I shall make a salad with the beans, probably with a lemon and garlic dressing and maybe a couple of hard-boiled eggs.
Peas in their pods are a vegetable I very rarely buy, but when I do I notice how much better they are compared with frozen ones! It’s worth the effort of spending the time persuading them from their pods.

Many years ago I remember making a delicious soup using the pea pods – I must see if I can find the recipe.
Rather than searching through all my cookery books for the recipe I Googled it and came upon this recipe from Wright’s Food Emporium in Llanarthne Carmarthenshire: https://shop.wrightsfood.co.uk/blogs/writes/pea-pod-soup
- Sauté an onion and garlic in melted butter, add the pea pods chopped finely (probably best to remove the strings and stalks first) and stir for a few minutes. Add a glug of wine, (not essential) then stock and a little seasoning and simmer gently for around 10-15 minutes.
- Blitz in a blender and add a little nutmeg to taste. Chop fresh herbs (if you have them) finely and stir in.
- Add a little cream or crème fraiche if you like if serving warm, or chill the soup and have cold on a warm summer day if preferred.
- If you want extra pea flavour, add some frozen peas rather than waste the fresh sweet ones from the pods.
This is something I’m definitely going to do this week! The other vegetables will take care of themselves but do use the peas and beans whilst they are fresh.
I’ve ordered a bag of salad as well as the vegetables for next week and look forward to seeing what’s available. My wish list would include celery and radish but we’ll wait and see!