Wonky Box

Our team pulled out all the tricks while packing your treats this week 👻🫛
 
Happy Halloween from the Wonky whanau to yours 🧡🖤 any other wonky vegetable dress up’s out there??

We 💚 Halloween...afterall, we’re all about celebrating frightfully funky fruits & veggies here at Wonky Box!
 
But the food waste that can come with it? Not so spook-tacular. 
 
When you’re done with your petrifying pumpkin decorations this year (or if you just have some wonky pumpkins to use!), give them a delish afterlife with one of our freakishly tasty recipes: 
👻 Pumpkin Spiced French Toast 
🎃Creamy Vegan Pumpkin Soup 
🐈‍⬛Caramelised Onion, Apple & Pumpkin Pizza 
 
Find these recipes on our website...waiting to haunt your kitchen 🧛

⏰Wonky Box is officially ramping up our rescues with...THE WONKY PANTRY!
 
After a wee taste test, our (digital) shelves are now stocked with bonus rescue items you can add to your Wonky Box when you’re hungry to do a bit more good (and save some coin too)!
 
We’ve partnered with a bunch of Kiwi producers who share our food waste-fighting vision. From mis-sized blocks of chocolatey goodness by to still-perfect past-date dressings from , these products are rescued from lesser outcomes and available at better prices (we spy some savings of over 20% 👀)
 
To see what’s on shelf & add to your order: 
✅ Make sure you have a current Wonky subscription
✅ Log in to your account and shop from within the Customer Portal
✅ If you run out of space in your Box, spread the love over your next couple of orders. Then there’s more to look forward to each week 💚
 
Blog in bio to learn more 🔍

What do you think Wonkers? Should we do something about it? 👀♻️

Straight from the Bay of Plenty and Northland to your Boxes, so far this season you’ve helped rescue over 50 THOUSAND KILOS of the iconic toast topper, the dip to your chip - the AVOCADO. And we’re not stopping anytime soon! 🥑💚 
 
These little guac-stars ⭐have been rejected from export for being “too small”, or for having marks or ridges on their skin. You’ll likely spot a surplus of small avos this season, due to lack of rain fall throughout the year meaning the young fruit didn’t get the water they needed to spark their growth spurt - despite the growers trying to recreate this with top notch irrigation. 
 
Our avocados reach you on the firmer side, so that they can ripen to perfection in your fruit bowl. Store them beside bananas or apples to speed this up ⏱️Once they’ve softened to your liking, keep them in the fridge until you’re ready to enjoy.

It a’pears’ we’ve had some “too small” crops sprout in this weeks’ Upper North Island Boxes 😉🍐 
 
These petite pears were rejected from supermarket shelves at the last minute, leaving 2 TONNES of tasty yet tiny fruit with nowhere to go. Luckily the grower gave us a buzz, and we sent a truck to the rescue since we knew you Wonkers would love them in lunchboxes or with your breakfast oats or cereal. While they’re small in size, the flavour is big - lovely sweet and juicy! Trust us...we’ve taste tested 🤗 
 
They’re even smaller than one of our other rescue favourites  - “too marked” Tauranga avocados. Their skins may be imperfect, but a piece of toast won’t know the difference! 🍞💚

Thanks for making these rescues possible! 🫶

A couple rescue stories we hope you’ll love 🫶 this week, Wonkers! 
 
🚀3,500kgs of “too small” beetroot rescued from the fields of Canterbury. With the season drawing to a close, the plants are getting a bit tired 💤 so they are yielding smaller beets that the supermarkets won’t take. We think this size is perfect for roasting and salads. 
 
🚀 The fields are overflowing with greens this time of year thanks to milder temperatures. You’ve helped us save around 800kgs of surplus leaves - a mix of silver beet and baby spinach that was left looking for a home🏡 
 
To enjoy this weeks’ rescues, be sure to check out the ever growing crop of recipes on our site for meal ideas 💡 Tap the link in bio!

🍊👀 Meet the Ugli-est find in Wonky this Week

No, we're not shaming these lumpy, bumpy odd balls - 'Ugli Fruit' is the given name for this curious-looking citrus variety, which is a cross between an orange, grapefruit and tangerine.

Ours hail from Gisborne, where our grower is just entering the Ugli Fruit game and had some trial crop ready for a rescue 🚀

With all of our favourite citrus combined into one...these juicy, tangy fruits are any Vit C lovers dream 🧡🍊 Let us know what you think 👇👇

This could be your chance to try something NEW in the kitchen wonkers! 🧑‍🍳 If you’re in the Upper North Island or South Island prepare to get sweet on swedes from Ohakune (or you may know them as ‘rutabagas’ if you hail from the Northern hemisphere)! 
 
Our tips on to use these humble root veggies for cosy winter dishes:
🥔 Much like the lovable spud you can mash ‘em, roast ‘em, or even turn them into chips! 
🍲 Peel and chop them then add them into soups or stews until they’re nice & tender and soak up all the flavours. 
 
What will you do with yours?