Category Archives: This Week

The most amazing tasting Cornish potatoes have arrived. Cornwall’s south westerly location and maritime climate mean that it warms up that bit sooner than the rest of the country. Potato growers here reap the benefits by working with the natural landscape as they have done for generations. Planting starts here as early as January in the smaller fields that slope down to the coast, with the benefit of the Gulf stream and the breeze off the sea keeping the land here largely frost-free these earliest Cornish New potatoes can be ready as early as April. These Fluffy-skinned, buttery-fresh tasting Cornish new potatoes are delicious, Much of the very early harvesting is done by hand to protect the delicate skins and make sure they can get the most out of these smaller more geographically challenging areas. You can add them to your order £9 per kilo (as a guide 200g is an average portion size)

Asparagus definitely hasn’t disappointed this season, we just can’t get enough of this seasonal favourite. British Asparagus is widely recognised for its flavour & freshness and superior taste. An incredibly versatile product, a great accompaniment with eggs at breakfast or brunch, a perfect partner at the side of your plate for lunch or dinner, boiled, steamed, roasted, grilled or fried! It’s low in calories and fat, full of fibre, folic acid, vitamins C & K. Our amazing asparagus comes from J W Allen & sons in Norfolk, producing 250 tonnes annually!! This is only a very short season so don’t hang around.

We have delicious Belgium strawberries from the Hoogstraten cooperative, which is based in Northern Belgium, where more than 30 million kilograms of strawberries are marketed under the Hoogstraten label each year. The aroma and flavour is amazing. There is actually a Strawberry Museum in Belgium, which, is also a Berry Garden, with 35 acres of flower beds, 20 species of local fruit and 15 varieties of strawberries. These delicious strawberries never disappoint, £5.50 per punnet. 

Early season Kent blackberries are now available, freshly picked, sweet, and juicy, marking the start of the British berry season. Grown in Kent, they are full of flavour, great for snacking, baking, or freezing, a true taste of early British summer! 

We have the most delicious Apple turnovers and Bakewell tarts available in the shop Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (Friday and Saturday to order)

Our amazing almond and almond and rhubarb croissants are available every Friday and Saturday, if you normally have a delivery Wednesday or Thursday and miss out on our croissants drop us a message and we can always do a special bake (with notice)

Of course we have our various homemade biscuits and savoury crackers that can be added to your box.

Our soup of the week this week is a delicious roasted tomato, this is so easy to make and the best tomato soup we have ever tasted! All the fresh ingredients you will need are included in the £25 and £15 boxes, you will just need to add oil and balsamic vinegar (we can include a small pot of balsamic enough for the recipe 50p) We use Little Doones balsamic vinegar in our recipes, this recipe works well with the original or chilli flavour. Little Doones is a small Scottish company who take great pride in only using fresh produce to flavour their balsamic, which comes from one of the oldest and longest established balsamic houses in the Modena region of Italy.

If you would like to add a bottle to your order you can choose from 

original, 

chilli, 

smoked garlic, 

garlic, 

ginger, 

Gold of Modena – a luscious golden dressing made with white balsamic vinegar, the flavour is almost honeyed but still sharp and light. This dressing works beautifully with sweet or savoury dishes. Try drizzled over strawberries or kiwi fruit or use as an alternative to traditional balsamic vinegar in recipes. £5.75

The contents of the boxes appear below the gallery.

Our £15 (ideal for 2/3 people)

Jacket potatoes

Red onion (R)

Garlic (R)

Plum tomatoes (R)

Cauliflower

Broccoli 

Baby leaf spinach 

Lemon

Nadacots

English pink lady apples

(R) items needed for the recipe

Our £25 box (ideal for a family of 4) contains all of the above in larger quantities plus

Grapes

Sweetheart cabbage

Chestnut mushrooms

We have put together a selection of our customer’s most popular choices of the famous creamy flavoursome Longley Farm fruit yoghurt. £3.60

Of course any of our range of Longley Farm products can be added to your order just go to the Deli section and click on Dairy to see the full range that we stock.

Pie will be available from around midday Tuesday. Go to our Bakery section to order

Our new potato cakes have been very popular, made for us by All Things Nice in Marple, these are the most authentic potato cakes we have ever tried. They are a substantial size £1.10 each and you can add to your order from Wednesdays onwards.

Our very popular artisan bread will be available from Wednesday onwards. we will have white and seeded sourdough, white and wholemeal cob available every Wednesday and Thursday, Friday and Saturdays we will also have focaccia and French sticks, our bread can sell out very quickly to make sure you aren’t disappointed send us a message or phone the shop on 01457 852456 and we will make sure we save one for you. Bread always seems to be the first thing that people cut out of their diets when trying to cut down, but sourdough not only delivers a tangy flavour that’s perfect for toast and sandwiches, it is good for you, too! The fermentation process for sourdough bread can lead to an increased number of prebiotic and probiotic-like properties, which help improve gut health. It freezes exceptionally well so you won’t be tempted to eat the whole loaf.

Our breakfast box this week includes Kim’s homemade, all natural muesli, bursting with oats, coconut, almonds, cranberries, sultanas, pumpkin, sunflower and sesame seeds, natural puffed corn,

Blueberries

Raspberries

grapefruit or bananas

Large Longley Farm natural whole milk yoghurt £13.60