Dinner last night

[karohemd]

(and lunch today)

Penne with Aubergine in spicy Tomato Sauce


After still having too many potatoes, onions and carrots, I swapped my organic vegbox for a salad selection which contained a nice aubergine and four big tomatoes.
I sweated off a finely chopped onion and three big finely chopped cloves of garlic in olive oil, added the cubed aubergine, some concentrated tomato puree and two finely sliced pale green chillies (also from Rivernene), filled up with the chopped tomatoes, seasoned with salt, pepper, paprika and dried mixed herbs and let it bubble until nicely reduced.
Boil the pasta, drain, put it in a bowl and garnish with fresh basil and freshly grated parmesan. Yum.

Comments

[pokchop.livejournal.com]

Two questions : What is this veggie box system of which you speak? And what, prey tell, is Dippadoom?

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

They are all over the country now. Basically, a large local farm will distribute their produce in boxes (you choose the size which determines how much you get) to your front door. My supplier only uses produce from their own farm but you have box schemes (especially the bigger ones like Abel&Cole) that source their produce from various farms. The important thing is that it's local and organic so you not only get good and healthy food but at the same time support the local community.
Many also supplement their range with organic or at least fair trade products like beer, wine, oils etc.
I use River Nene (http://www.rivernene.co.uk) which are almost a bit far away but none of the local schemes to a box small enough for me.

There are similar systems in the use which are called differently but atm I can't remember what.

Dippadoom™ (short for Dip Of Doom) is my garlic and herb dip. There's a recipe linked from my info page. :o)