I was shocked when my husband reminded me last night that it's Thursday again... time to pick up our weekly box of veggies from
Angelic Organics. I am really enjoying the challenge of being forced to use veggies I am not comfortable cooking with; like Fennel and Cooking Greens, but I underestimated the amount of veggies I would actually need to personally consume each week!
Now don't get me wrong... I love my veggies. I was a vegetarian for over 10 years, and my husband continues to be a vegetarian. We eat vegetarian meals almost every night for dinner, I only occasionally make a separate meat dish for Andy and I. But I have found that since Andy was born I started using a lot of pre-prepared foods to supplement our dinners. No more! We didn't even have a chance to eat a frozen pizza this week, a typical weekly "easy-out" staple for us.
Each week we pick up one box from our local drop off point. We have bought 12 weeks of shared crops from Angelic Organics. We don't get to choose our vegetables... it's all random, depending on the weather for the week and what was harvested. We do get a large variety of seasonal, local vegetables. Rick and I thought this would be a great way to "act locally" through our food choices and stretch ourselves a bit culinary-wise.
This is what was in this week's box...
- 2 Green Leaf Lettuce Heads (looks/tastes great! Last weeks lettuce was "spotty")
- 5 Bell Peppers
- 4 small Jalapeño Peppers
- 1 Eggplant
- 1 bunch Swiss Chard (I have no idea how to cook this!)
- 1 bulb of Fennel (last week was the first time I'd ever eaten fennel... yum!)
- 1 bunch of Celery (the farm told us they were not happy with the variety they grew this year... and it is really strong and sort of woody celery)
- 2 Cucumbers
- 6 ears of Corn
- 1 Honeydew Mellon (last weeks Cantaloupe was supper yummy!)
- 9 Tomatoes
- 1 Bulb of Garlic (looks so moist!)
- 1 Bunch Anise Hyssop (I have never had this herb in my LIFE!)
That's a lot of veggies right?!? And I still have one Zucchini and one Cucumber left from LAST week! Let alone all the fruit in the house! I think we may need to buy a juicer!
My plans for tomorrow... make Corn Soup, Carrot/apricot muffins, and Tzatziki Sauce... maybe some refrigerator pickle slices. It's a full day!
If you'd like to learn more about Angelic Organics I recommend this blog written by another shareholder;
24 boxes.... it's been very inspiring to me. Eating locally grown/raised food is one small way you can reduce your
Carbon Footprint. Read
One Local Summer for more inspiration... wherever you live.
This sweet little melon had a face... bonus! I didn't even notice until I looked at the pictures!
This sweet little melon had a face... bonus! I didn't even notice until I looked at the pictures!
This is made just like regular sushi rolls... but instead of Rice we have Rice Krispy Treats, and instead of Salmon we use Swedish Fish (only the red ones... or orange perhaps). The "Nori" is made from fruit roll ups! I used a regular ole Bamboo Sushi Mat to assemble the Roll... but a placemat or just a piece of plastic wrap or waxed paper would work too... Here is an AWESOME tutorial on regular sushi roll assembly if you are interested.
I think they turned out fabulous! The instruction on how to create the Nigiri style candy sushi's is probably self explanatory... just cut the Krispy Treats as usual and wrap a strip of the roll up around the rice/fish combo. Plus they taste pretty good... I ate a few and didn't die of sweetness.
The sprinkles on the right are also by Wilton; but were made exclusively for Target. This entire line; paper plates, napkins... it's all amazing; really bright and colorful! Look for this exclusive line in the Easter section. The other stuff was from the kitchen section; Jumbo muffin tin, Jumbo cupcake liners and those nifty sprinkles.
I'm not a big fan of the traditional breakfast. I crashed early last night... like 8:30. And those of you who know me personally understand HOW odd that really is.
