The Green Goddess

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Leafy green veg like kale and chard are some of our favourite winter crops – incredibly easy to grow and brilliantly versatile in the kitchen. There’s a great thrill in gathering an armful of kale on a frosty morning  or heading down to the allotment with a torch to find some chard for dinner! Big armfuls of curly kale and black ‘nero di toscana’ are destined for a batch of kale crisps and a very tasty green juice, our so-called ‘Green Goddess’. Full of homegrown green goodness and a real kickstart to the day….

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Allotment juice

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I call this our ‘allotment juice’, because it’s such a great way to use up our delicious homegrown veg! Obviously at certain times of year it becomes ‘organic farm shop juice’ (oh how I’d love to be growing big, juicy cucumbers in mid-winter)!

Whatever you call it and whenever you drink it, it will always be incredibly good for you. Yay!

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