RECIPES
At Green Connect, we are passionate about fresh, seasonal produce and we want to make fair and sustainable food accessible to the whole community.
Every week we put together some great recipes for the fresh produce from our urban farm in Warrawong. We hope our recipes will inspire you to make the most out of your weekly Green Connect Veg Box. Find all our favourite recipe ideas right here, in one place.
All of our recipes have links to the original recipe – just click on the title of any recipe and you will be redirected to the source page with more info and tips!
Lebanese Malfouf recipe
Lebanese stuffed cabbage rolls “Malfouf” Ingredients Non- Stuffing: 1 small green cabbage (pick one with tender leaves) 1 tbsp salt water- for blanching cabbage leaves 2 garlic cloves, halved or sliced Stuffing Ingredients: 1 pound [...]
Spicy pickled celery
Spicy pickled celery sticks – makes 1 jar Ingredients 2 C white vinegar 1/3 C sugar 1 Tbsp salt 3 garlic cloves smashed 1 Tbsp mustard seeds 1 tsp red chili flakes 1 Tbsp black peppercorns 8 celery stalks peeled and cut into pieces Method Bring the vinegar, sugar and salt [...]
Breakfast Hash
Breakfast hash with veg – serves 6 Ingredients 2 tablespoons of olive oil 450gram can of chickpeas, rinsed, drained and patted dry of moisture 4 cups of potatoes, chopped 1 cup of zucchini, chopped 1 [...]
Beetroot Pancakes
Kid Friendly Beetroot pancake Ingredients 1 cup of all-purpose flour ¾ cup of whole-wheat flour 1 tablespoon of brown sugar 1 tablespoon of baking powder ¾ cup of beet puree (can be made by blending [...]
5 ideas for cooking with veg
5 ideas for Vegbox cooking I have been getting the Green Connect veg box for almost three years and with two young kids and limited time, I’ve developed some “go to” recipes for when my [...]
Green Connect Pork Ragu
Pork Ragu (slow cooker*) Serves 6-8 1,3 kg Green Connect pork neck 1 cup Green Connect bone broth 200g bacon or pancetta (optional) 2tbsp olive oil 1 brown onion, roughly chopped 1 large carrot, roughly [...]
Easy Pho made from Green Connect Bone Broth
Easy Pho Serves 2 1kg Green Connect Bone Broth ½ tbsp. vegetable oil or peanut oil. 1 large white onion, peeled and halved 3-inch piece of fresh ginger halved lengthwise 5-star anise 4 whole cloves [...]
Summer Salad
Many of you may have noticed that one thing that has been noticeably absent from our box over the last couple of months have been our salads. Salad greens are famously thirsty plants, and during [...]
Tell Food Waste to ‘Get Forked’
For the last seven years, Green Connect has lead the Illawarra’s fight against waste through our Zero-Waste service. We employ former refugees and young people to manage waste streams for festivals and large businesses. The [...]
Zucchini recipes
Zucchinis are one of my favourite vegetables because they can be used in just about anything. Fry them, bake them, grate them into fritters or fried rice or pasta bakes, make gratin, add to soups, [...]
What to cook with your Green Connect produce this festive season
I am personally very excited to know that this Christmas I will be cooking with seasonal, chemical-free vegetables that have been locally grown, whilst supporting our community. It's a win-win. For many of us, [...]