In praise of veg: the 50 week vegetable challenge

This is where I will be keeping track of my challenge based on Alice Zaslavsky’s book In Praise of Veg, where I’ll choose a different vegetable every week and make a recipe from the book that features that vegetable. There are 50 vegetables in the book, so this means I get to try 50 new recipes in 50 weeks in 2021.

You can read my first post about the challenge here and follow this potentially disastrous year in the kitchen on my instagram (with the hashtag #slgcooks).

#	vegetable	season	recipe	completed
1	Garlic	Summer	Ultimate Cheesy Garlic Bread Bake	22 February
2	Horseradish + Wasabi	Autumn, winter
3	Daikon	Autumn, winter
4	Parsnip	Summer, autumn, winter, spring	Hasselback Parsnips with Rosemary Oil & Salt	20 March
5	Kohlrabi	Winter, spring
6	Fennel	Summer, autumn, winter	Fennel Cacciatore with Free-form Polenta Dumplings	5 May
7	Celeriac	Autumn, winter
8	Cauliflower + Caulini	Summer, autumn, winter, spring	One-pot Whole-roasted Cauliflower	6 April
9	Wombok	Summer, autumn, winter, spring	Chang-Ed Wombok Slaw with Plum Sauce	26 January
10	Ginger + Galangal + Turmeric	Summer, autumn, winter, spring	Lau’s Vegetables with Fresh Ginger	6 February
11	Lemongrass	Summer, autumn, winter, spring	Lemongrass Fish Pops with Green Mango Salad	20 February
12	Sweetcorn	Summer, autumn
13	Patty pan squash	Summer
14	Carrot	Summer, autumn, winter, spring	Gajar Makhani – Indian Style Butter Carrot	2 February
15	Sweet potato	Summer, autumn, winter, spring	Darl’s Daal	16 March
16	Butternut squash + Spaghetti Squash	Summer, autumn, winter, spring	Seven-spice Butternut Tagine	6 March
17	Pumpkin	Autumn, winter	Classic Zesty Pumpkin Risotto	23 March
18	Tomato + Tomatillo	Summer, autumn, winter, spring
19	Radish	Summer, spring
20	Red capsicum	Summer, autumn	Samosa-mix stuffed peppers	19 January
21	Rhubarb	Summer, winter, spring
22	Chilli	Summer, autumn, winter, spring
23	Turnip + Swede	Summer, autumn, winter
24	Beetroot +Golden Beet	Summer, autumn, winter, spring	Beet & Honey Roasted Walnut Salad	24 May
25	Radicchio + Endive	Spring	Radicchio and Sausage Pasta	9 January
26	Globe artichoke	Spring
27	Eggplant	Summer, autumn	Sichuan Sitcky Eggplant	23 January
28	Onion + Red Onion + Shallot	Summer, autumn, winter, spring	The ‘Any Kind of Onion’ Tarte Tatin	11 May
29	Potato	Summer, autumn, winter, spring
30	Jerusalem artichoke	Winter
31	Yams & Tubers	Autumn, winter
32	Mushrooms + Truffles	Summer, autumn, winter, spring	Not Mushroom for Error Pie with Duck Fat	6 April
33	Spinach + Silverbeet & chard + Warrigal greens)	Summer, autumn, winter, spring
34	Rocket + Nettle	Summer, autumn, winter, spring
35	Herbs	Summer, autumn, winter, spring	Lobio (Coriander Kidney Bean Stew)	30 March
36	Kale & cavolo nero	Winter	Salt & Vinegar Kale Chops	11 May
37	Broccoli + Chinese broccoli + Broccolini	Summer, autumn, winter, spring
38	Zucchini + Zucchini flowers	Summer, autumn, spring	Summer Slice	13 February
39	Cucumber	Summer	Sesame Cucumber Whack Salad	20 February
40	Beans + Bean shoots	Summer, Spring
41	Okra	Summer	Okra & Peanut Stew	2 January
42	Leek + Spring onion	Summer, autumn, winter, spring
43	Asparagus	Spring
44	Celery + Celtuce	Summer, autumn, winter, spring
45	Lettuce + Watercress	Summer, autumn, winter, spring
46	Bok choy	Autumn, winter, spring	Grilled Bok Choy with Peanut Sauce	2 March
47	Brussels sprouts	Winter	Seventies Dinner Party Sprouts	10 April
48	Peas & snow peas	Spring
49	Cabbage	Winter	Carefree Cabbage Curry	27 April
50	Avocado + Bitter melon	Summer, autumn

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