Peaches! Look at the peaches! What is this? Is this lettuce? It doesn't look like lettuce. Wow, look at these cute little carrots! Do you like beets? Do you like grapefruit? I think those are greens - I am not sure what kind. What is that triangular leaf thing? It has no smell. What am I going to cook with all this produce? Oh, its spinach! This is so exciting! What am I going to cook with all this?!!After getting the baskets and getting all of it put away, I started really wondering what I had gotten myself into. I had a breakdown the first night - I don't think we ate any of the produce. Then, as I lay in bed, all these ideas came to me:
Drew likes grapefruit and I can cut it up for him and make homemade fruit cups. Zucchini Carrot Muffins. Arugula Pesto. Collard and Beet Greens and Pork Chops. Stir-Fry. Roasted Beets. Spinach Salad with Cucumber.
And I thought, this may be fun.
So the answer to the question, "What's on the menu?" may be up in the air for a little while, but I think it is worth it considering the harvest of ideas and the harvest of produce!
3 comments:
I have thought of doing this as well!! i'm so excited to hear how this goes. my biggest fear would be not using it all and it going to waste. But this could be a great solution to me wanting a garden but never starting one!
Yum! Now I want to try it, too! Is that the amount of produce you will always get? Can I go to the pick- up sometime?
It sounds like a great way of getting out of a rut. Having all that produce is making you think out of the box. I've been wanting to do this for a while, but I've been a little scared to try. I need to gird up my courage and jump in for next summer!
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