Step # 4 of our big healthy-living-journey is local veggies. The farmer I buy milk and eggs from also does a vegetable share. The new season started this week. And here’s my first haul. And yall? I don’t even know what most of it is! Anybody know?
Now, if only I can figure out how to eat healthy with memories of Disney Dining and crumbs of pirate cake on my counter plate…
Elizabeth says
It looks to me like you have some sweet potatoes/yams and bok choy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pak-choi.jpg).
I just started reading your blog and I’m enjoying it. 🙂 Good luck with your CSA share!
Boston Mamas says
I *love* that you’re doing a farm share. yay!
Kelsey says
Fun! We’ve done a CSA the past two summers. The first few times we got collard greens I thought they were stems that had broken off something else in my bag. My CSA philosophy is that almost anything can be dropped in a hot pan with oil, sprinkled with soy sauce, and served over rice!
oh amanda says
LOL! I love that! I love me some soy sauce!
oh amanda says
Christine:
It makes me feel so grown up! 😉
oh amanda says
BOK CHOY! How exciting. Now, to figure out how to cook it…
Tricia says
Maybe I’m living under a rock…..what’s a vegetable share??
oh amanda says
Tricia: I pay a farmer to deliver a 1/2 bushel of food from his farm to me! So, I get whatever he grows. It’s like Christmas opening up the box to see what’s inside. A confusing Christmas, but Christmas nonetheless…
oh amanda says
Tricia: also called a CSA sometimes. My farmer says Vegetable Share, so that’s what I said…
Gayle Rogers says
It’s more like Top Chef. You open up a box and then you have to cook it.
Good thing you have more than 20 minutes though!
oh amanda says
Oh, well, I would be TERRIBLE at that! We did use the sweet potatoes tonight!
Staci says
I think I see some apples in there.
Glad to help.
oh amanda says
Awesome, Stace. So good to know you’re teaching kids EARTH Science!
Vanderbilt Wife says
I am guessing bok choy, white radishes, green leaf lettuce, apples, and yams. YUM!
oh amanda says
Jessie to the rescue! White radishes. I should have known that one! 🙂
Holly at Tropic of Mom says
That’s too bad they didn’t tell you what you got! There is a co-op here that does that but let you know what you’ll be getting. Are those radishes? Bok choy? Carrots or sweet potatoes? Bet you could make a great salad.
oh amanda says
I guess I should have asked. I just assumed I’d recognize everything!
Brooke says
That’s so great! But wow, daunting and hard to plan for. Buying locally is so much better though. My hubby just watched Food Inc and gave me the blow-by-blow (it’s just better this way) and we all really need to work to make smarter, healthier decisions for our families. Jeremiah (that’s the hub) said that Food Inc has a website where you can plug in your zip and find locally-raised, grass-fed beef. We found that there is a ranch just up the road in DeLand – who knew!? Anyway, I’ll stop babbling now 🙂 but I applaud what you’re doing. PS – my kids love sweet potato fries done on a stone in the oven (oil, s&p, 400 degrees for 30-40 mins, done.) If I run across bok choy recipes, I’ll be sure to pass them on.
oh amanda says
Oooh, thanks! I actually did use the sweet potatoes to make fries–garlicky yumminess. I’ll post the recipe this week, I hope! YUM.
Sarah says
We use a local delivery service – a huge box of fruit and veggies, farmed on Monday and delivered on Tuesday, for $35. It’s brilliant, and we’ve had to get creative with things (pumpkin lasagne, anyone?) And the kids get a pop-quiz each week, trying to identify the different items. If it were up to me, we’d just eat apples and bananas, lettuce and tomato. This way, we’ve been exposed to a wider variety of produce. And, I don’t have to drive around town shopping for it all with three kids under 4 years of age!
oh amanda says
Exactly! I love it! I still haven’t done anything w/the white radishes and I’m not sure about one of those lettuce/green things. But I’m so glad we signed up for this!