Getting my veggies delivered is something I’ve been wanting to do for years. I just didn’t get around to it (just call me the Queen of Procrastination). There has been a lot of talk of home grown food and autumn soups on Twitter recently and seeing as the only thing I can grow are weeds I figured it was time to look into it.
As a veg box virgin the first thing I did was my research. I bypassed Google and went to the font of all knowledge, Twitter. By and large the positive comments far outweighed the negatives for having a box delivered and Riverford seemed well known and respected so to the Riverford website I went.
The site is very easy to navigate and by entering my postcode I could see where my local delivery came from, who would bring it and most importantly, what was in each box!
Riverford offer a range of seasonal boxes of different sizes and with different contents. Being new to the veg box game I ordered a small vegetable box.
This is what was delivered:
I have to say that the pic doesn’t do the box justice but needless to say I was very impressed.
As this was my first delivery, the friendly delivery man brought me a starter pack and explained how it all worked. Is it sad to say I was very excited? Probably, but not needlessly, the quality of the veg we received was outstanding!
Will we be ordering again? I already have, this time I’ve made my own box up rather than going for a set one, (I like to try everything out and see what works best for us) and I’m looking forward to the next delivery.
Would we as a family recommend Riverford? Absolutely! Expect to see some healthy and hopefully yummy autumn & winter recipes using our box contents soon.
** I haven’t been contacted by Riverford and asked to review. These are our findings as a family after venturing in to veg box world for the first time 🙂