If I had a farm which was shortlisted for an organic oscar well I would be really proud.
Well done Goldhill Organic for your achievement!
Goldhill Organic is situated in the heart of the green Dorset countryside. Jane and Nick Somper visited it 22 years ago and were inspired by what they saw, the people, the place and the way in which the family farmed. Growing organic vegetables is no easy task, it requires lots of hard work and most of all lots passion.
Now they deliver boxes of fresh seasonal organic vegetables and fruit as well as locally reared good quality meat, cheese, jam and other locally sourced essentials.
I approached them because as you may know I am very interested in organic food. I love the extra flavour you get from organic vegetables and getting your vegetables straight from a farm guarantees you that freshness and therefore the extra flavour which is so often lacking in store bought vegetables.
I tried one of their vegetables boxes and I loved the freshness of the vegetables just being picked! The box had a variety of seasonal vegetables.
Among all the vegetables, salad is the one I enjoy most. On my dinner table there will always be, every day, a bowl filled to the brim with fresh leaves.
I had it with fresh radishes which were in the box too, all drizzled with olive oil, organic cider vinegar and a sprinkle of salt.
My dad always used to grow radishes. Their pungent peppery flavour adds a kick to salads and some colour too! Radishes have a detoxing and purifying effect on the body.
I really enjoyed the new potatoes: so buttery and full of flavour. I just boiled them and drizzled some olive oil on them. They did not need much else as they were very tasty already.
Also I received some turnips and beetroots which I cooked together. Turnips are not something I am familiar with so hubby gave me a few tips on how to cook them. Beetroot is nice with some olive oil, vinegar and a few cloves of garlic.
This pak choi was delicious stir fried with olive oil, sesame seeds and soy sauce.
Vegetables got style!
Goldhill Organics is kindly offering to a lucky My Little Italian Kitchen reader a box of their delicious organic vegetables. Enter the gleam form below to enter the competition:
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Win a box of organic vegetables
WINNER: REBECCA H.
I was sent a box of Goldhill’s organic vegetables to review. All opinions are my own.
My favourite vegetable is purple sprouting broccoli.
Broccoli
My favourite vegetable is carrots. They are so versatile
Carrots
Courgettes I love them in a tomato sauce or raw in salad
Adore swede
My favourite vegetables is broccoli
The humble carrot because you can cook them in so many different ways & add them to lots of different dishes 🙂
favourite vegetable is sweet peppers
Tenderstem broccoli
sweet potato
Love potatoes because you can do so much with them x
The potato, esspecially Jersey Royals!
Carrots are my favourite vegetable.
I love mushrooms x
I love parsnip and purple sprouting broccoli
What a great farm and some lovely looking veg! Favourite veg has to be the potato!
Broccoli
Cauliflower, I would eat it with everything if I could!
sweetcorn is my fav
POTATO
red onion
SUGAR SNAP PEAS
Carrots
Sweet potatoes! I absolutely adore them!! 🙂 xx
Pak choi!
Asparagus
I love carrots
cauliflower
Green beans
sweetcorn
My favourite vegetable? I would have to say potatoes. I know they’re not the most exciting vegetable, but they are so versatile, and so many ways to make them absolutely delicious.
I love Asparagus 🙂
my favourite is the potato as its tasty and so adaptable to cooking in different ways
Carrots
my favourite is sweet potato, so versatile and really nice what ever way you cook it.
I am loving kale!! Perfection when stir fried with a bit of ginger and garlic. xx
I love Butternut Squash!
It’s a hard choice, but I guess I’d go with sweet corn on the cob. It’s a sure sign of summer.
I love the taste of sweetcorn.
Parsnips!!
Spinach for me
Peppers
Sprouts
Carrots
My favorite is broccoli
i like carrots x
Broccoli
I love sprouts so much!
I would have to say potato think is the Irish in me! Closely followed by mushrooms!! X
Asparagus can’t get enough of it
parsnips thankyou
Jerusalem artichoke
Snap peas
my favourite vegetable is probably mushrooms, but to be honest, i like most veggies
Parsnips are my absolute favourite!
Chilli peppers
Oh my goodness, what a question. All of them except brussel sprouts really! If I have to answer and just because they are sufficiently rare in the UK so as to feel like a a bit of a treat, fresh Globe Artichokes. 🙂
Peppers are my favourite, especially roasted, so tasty.
My favourite vegetable is probably little trees – Broccoli
sweet potatoe!
Carrot
I absolutely love parsnips!
Potatoes as they are so very versatile.
mine is sweetcorn
Aubergine
My favourite vegetable is potatoes.They have to be a floury variety
like Roosters, Queens or Kerr’s Pinks.
I love sweetcorn
I love courgettes.
Carrots
Broccoli
Sprouts
Aubergines I meant
Asparagus
Spinach
my favourite vegetable is carrots, i just love em !
It has to be butternut squash for me – I’m ever so slightly addicted!
Mushrooms, especially with garlic
sweet potatoes
Sweet potato
Corn on the cob
Love spinach!!
My own runner beans.
Carrots i love them 🙂
Butternut Squash
Sweetcorn!
i do love sweetcorn straight from the garden, we tried it last year and it is unlike anything you buy from the shop!!
Swede
Definitely parsnip prefarably roasted.
Spinach
sweetcorn
aubergine
Asparagus
Dear Alida,
I am coming to your house for dinner! Set another plate at the table, please. I know that this is only for UK residents but had to comment. I agree with you about going organic. That is what I buy now. Here in the states the organic fruits and veggies are more expensive but it is worth it I think. I love all of the veggies you got in that glorious box. Your description of them makes me hungry. In my family we always had and still have a huge bowl of leaves. My mom would always add such great fixins with the salad, from cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, onions, and other good lettuce greens. The pak choi and potatoes must have been good too. Thanks for sharing…have a great night.
PS..I sent you 2 photos on FB through private message..so when you get a chance check it out. Ciao!!
Hugs Dottie 🙂 X
Sweet potatoes. But i’m a huge fan of all vegs 😀 there’s not one that i don’t like xo
Sugar snap peas 🙂
butternut squash
That’s a tough one! We grow lots of different veg and I love them all but freshly picked garden peas are possibly my favourite 🙂
Sweet Potato
Potato its so versatile
Carrots
Kale.
I love butternut squash 🙂
I love sprouts
I do enjoy broccoli
My favourite vegetable is Broccoli
Aspargus
Swede is my favourite
parsnips are my fave
For me it’s potaoes, closely followed by tomatoes. x
Broccoli
Butternut squash
Quante belle verdure bio, ottime per la nostra salute! Buon weekend, baci!
My favourite veggie is beetroot – so underrated! 🙂
Jersey mids potatoes
I love Sugar Snap Peas
Fresh peas straight from the pod
Aubergine
I love all vegetables but I’d say my favourite is spinach 🙂
My favourite vegetable is the sweet potato.
Carrots as they are so versatile
carrots
Broccoli is my favourite
Spring cabbage
My favourite is definitely red pepper, I eat it in everything!
petit pois
Potatoes
I love broccoli I eat it every day
jerusalem artichokes
aubergine
I love aubergines
I love spinach, in a salad or lightly steamed with fresh salmon
Very sweet baby tomatoes
Runner beans
My favourite vegetable is the good old Potato
Broccoli, li adoro e fanno tanto bene!!!
carrots
Sweetcorn
Mushrooms
Tricky, but I would probably say beetroot, so versatile.
Spinach, sweet potato and beetroot.
Asparagus
carrots
Red pepper! It’s just lovely!!
I love cucumber :)!
I love spinach, it can go with anything
I love cauliflower, especially roasted
asparagus, British of course and served with just a squeeze of lemon and some melting butter
Corn on the Cob
It would have to be broccoli, and also parsnip 🙂
My favourite is asparagus, but my most used is cauliflower – give me one of those and can make so many things!
It changes depending on the season – but at the minute its asparagus.
I love squashes and peppers
my favourite vegetable is Asparagus-love it with butter
Artichokes are my fave veggie
Potatoes…my daily staple 🙂
Wooow Alida ma che belle foto che hai fatto??? Sei SUPER BRAVA!!!
Difficile dire qual’è il mio ortaggio preferito…forse l’asparago!
Un bacione!
Butternut squash
I love most vegetable but my favourite seem to be the green ones. Green beans, spinach & broccoli
I love leeks
I love celariac
Carrots, I love that you can eat them raw or cooked lots of different ways.
carrot
Difficult question as i love most Veg, however I really love cauliflower 🙂
I like runner beans with lots of butter !
My favourite is sugar snap peas
I love Spinach!
Butternut Squash!
Love carrots, I often eat them raw
Broccoli
Ooh purple sprouting, parsnips, runner beans and good ol’ spuds to name a few.
Spinach!
Aubergine every time
I am a huge fan of vegetables, and love them all but I guess my favourite would be parsnips
I love sprouts!!!
Carrots
Difficult choice! I’d say cauliflower
red onion
Sweetcorn
Brussel Sprouts
I adore courgettes
Carrots 🙂
I love parsnips x
Asparagus is my all time fave
BEETROOT
Carrots
My favourite vegetable is probably butternut squash at the moment.
Broccoli
I love cauliflower
sugar snap peas 🙂
I like radishes
I am loving kale at the moment
Carrots
marrowfat peas x
Carrots!
spinach is my favourite
Asparagus
Carrots, raw, cooked, don’t mind.
How do you pick just one? I love loads of veg…cabbage…
Courgette
radish 🙂
My favourite vegetable is carrots because you can use them in sweet or savoury dishes or just nibble on them raw as they are so sweet and yummy and if you cut the tops off you can grow them again. Awesome vegetable.
Potatoes
Carrots
Leek
I love kale 🙂
Oooh has to be sweetcorn…
swede
I love parsnips
Runner beans – I could eat them every day!
Aubergines
Cucumber! Can be eaten in so many ways and goes well with most foods!
My favourite vegetable is aubergine.
Peas straight from the pod
Beetroot is my favourite
Evens with cauli and sprouts
My favourite is Broccoli especially the purple sprouting broccoli in winter
My favourite is parsnip.
Sweetcorn is my favourite
My favourite vegetable is the parsnip
cauliflower
i love parsnips x
Definitely tenderstem broccoli, i eat tons of it when i can afford it as its dearer than regular broccoli!
Parsnips! Especially when they are roasted with a bit of honey on them.
Beetroot
Broccoli
Difficult to choose because I love most vegetables, but I especially like spring greens. I deliberately always do too much (along with the potatoes) so I can make Bubble and Squeak the next day 🙂
carrots – especially raw
Carrots!
Broccoli
Swetcorn
Pak Choi 🙂
Love broccoli
Garden Peas,eaten from the pod
cauliflour
Carrots
Brocoli, it always tastes great with anything 😀
mushrooms, but I like most veg!
lovely peppery radishes
butternut squash
Home grown cherry tomatoes – eaten fresh off the vine, no other taste like it
Purple sprouting broccoli
I love courgettes.
I love Broccoli
Sprouts
Difficult choice, but on balance it’s English asparagus.
Cauliflower
my fave vegetable is Potato, so many uses for it!
Carrots! Raw or cooked – also a great snack.
I love broccoli (especially on homemade pizza!)
Mine is fresh garden peas.
Carrots are my favourite!
Peas
Mushrooms
Mine is Sweet Potato 🙂
This produce looks gorgeous, I am a massive veg fan
Carrots
just love broccoli
brocolli
Asparagus is my favourite
Asparagus (British) 😉
broccoli – when I was a kid, my dad used to tell me I was a giant and that I was eating trees
Mushrooms
Potatoes – do so much with them
Broad beans
Carrots xx
It’s very difficult to choose a favourite but I absolutely adore beetroot!
I love all veggies but I think my favourite is brussel sprouts
I love mushrooms
Carrot – tasty, crunchy, colourful and versatile
Mine is carrots 🙂
Sprouts, it’s the only reason I like winter 🙂 .x
My favourite vegetable is sweetcorn
I really like swede, but I also very much like butternut squash, however for me salad isn’t salad without beetroot. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I pretty much like vegetables full stop :0)
asparagus the taste of spring
I love cauliflower!
my favourite vegetable is carrots
Potatoes 🙂
fresh picked runner beans and peas from my garden
I could eats carrots all day long Thanks
I love peas they go with everything 🙂
Broccoli or Cauliflower
I love sprouts 🙂
My favourite vegetable is potatoes because they are so versatile and can be cooked and eaten in so many different ways.
Radish – yes I am weird lol
its hard to choose one but i love swede and Asparagus ( one winter one summer )
Sweet potato is my favourite at the minute
sweetcorn is my absolute fave
I love all sorts my favourite is carrots
Parsnip
I love potatoes… but i don’t suppose that counts these days! Otherwise it really depends on how I’m feeling and what’s in season at the time! I love them all!!! (oh, except broad beans… I really can’t stand them!!!)
Asparagus probably, I like all veg
Broccoli I genuinely love it
Any kind of broccoli
Sugar Snap Peas 🙂
I have really love sweet potato.
Cauliflower – raw and cooked!
My favourite vegetable is the potato. There are so many varieties and so many ways of preparing and cooking this amazing vegetable
I love brocolli
Sprouts
I love Spinach easy to grow and easy to cook…taste is so much greater!
I love all vegetables but the carrot is probably my favourite
white cabbage
French Beans
cauliflower is my favorite yum
Potatoes
I love Peas, especially fresh Peas straight from the pod but any garden Peas are yummy 🙂
I love carrots 🙂
I love sprouts!
carrots
Broccoli
I love carrots
corn on the cob is my favourite vegetable x
Sucker for sweet potatoes or swede!
Swede though we call it turnip and so does everyone at Halloween.
I love sweet potatoes
Butternut squash is my favourite xxx
Wow that’s a tough one. I think maybe cauliflower since having discovered roasting it whole coated in chilli powder! Oh uum!
Spinach
Carrots
love carrots
I love asparagus yum with salmon and new potatoe
I love sweet corn
Sprouts
Broccoli, never used to like it but it’s grown on me over the years!
cabbage, but fried rather than boiled x
potatoes
I loooveeee sweet potato and swede mixed together yummy!
sweet potato my son and I love it instead of standard potatoes
Cauliflower
Parsnips especially roasted
Carrots 🙂
My favourite vegetable – the one I buy most of – is onions. Different varieties and they are the most useful vegetable of all.
Sprouts are my favourite
I like Asparagus, but it is so rarely really fresh
Love cabbage with a little pepper
Sprouts are my favourite….
Aubergine
Broccoli is my favourite veg!
I adore asparagus and courgette!
sweet potato
sprouts
I love parsnips especially roasted
beetroot
my favourite vegetable is sweet potato
Broccoli
I absolutely love broccoli! Used to hate it when I was a child, but now it’s my favourite!
soya beans
Carrots
baby plum tomatoes
Love broccoli!
tomatoes
sweetcorn 🙂
Mushrooms – I have them with everything
Peas
I love beetroot
It has to be aubergine. I can’t get enough of it.
My favourite veg is carrots
Raw Cauliflower
broccoli
patty pan squashes so versitile
Love a bit of broccoli
My favourite vegetable is beetroot so versatile, from sweet with chocolate to savoury roasted x
I LOVE SWEDE–MASHED WITH BUTTER AND PEPPER
I love artichokes and am trying to growm them myself this year 🙂
i love sweet potatoes, so versatile
Parsnip! So sweet
Butternut squash
I love love love artichokes!
Sprouts are my absolute favourite
peas
I love carrots
My favourite vegetable is carrot! Love cooking super healthy meals for my family and myself.
I love peppers
Love mushrooms
Cabbage
My favourite vegtable has got to be potatos
Purple sprouting broccoli
Broccoli is my absolute favourite vegetable, I can even remember the first time I ever tried it, it’s so delicious and versatile x
Broccoli, so yummy and versatile
mushrooms mmmmmm
Butternut squash
chantenay carrots
I love literally all veg, but i just love to see Romanesco Broccoli on my plate, very closely followed by asparagus.
Leeks 🙂 xx
Beetroot
Potatoes, especially when they’re turned into chips 🙂
I like all vegetables but onions are probably my favourite, they can change the taste of texture of a dish.
Potatoes, can be used in so many ways 🙂 x
Beetroot
Runner beans
I love cauliflower, especially raw cauliflower!
Carrots
Swede
Pea pods !!
Cabbage
Unpopular choice, but sprouts!
My fave veg is sweet potato!
Beetroot:)
Carrots
I love sprouts
I love all vegetables but sprouts are my favourite
Mine is corn on the cob
Oh my goodness, that’s impossible to answer! Maybe spinach? Jerusalem artichoke? Aubergine? Swede? Pumpkin?
I’ll go spinach!
I love cabbage
I love mushrooms
cabbage
My favourite is Swede, especially roasted & sprinkles with Thyme
My favourite vegetables are potatoes as they are so versatile, but I also love carrots, beetroot, and cucumber.
Beetroot xxx
Butternut Squash
love cabbage