thoughtful consumption

blueberries cabbage Nutty Girl exotic nuts onions cantaloupe Asian eggplant lemongrass, sage, and rosemary tomatoes green beans hyssop and spearmint half-dozen eggs (I forgot to put them on the table, but you know what they look like, right?) Here’s a close-up of the nuts. They’re really good. We’ve just been snacking on them, but I [...]

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Today I made apple-walnut pancakes and used up about a third of our cooked apples.

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This week we’ve had several fun lunches. I mixed up leftover arugula with combinations of herbs: basil, par-cel, and dill. I was afraid to call it salad, but it worked whatever it was. Here are two variations: Tomatoes and goat cheese The first lunch was arugula, dill, and parsley topped with tomatoes, red onions, carrots, [...]

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This week’s delivery tomatoes of varying sizes cilantro Leiden cheese peaches cantaloupe blackberries eggs squash basil onions eggplant My eggplant didn’t make it into the box. I’ve sent an email to Patricia, and I’m sure she’ll add it next time. I also ordered five pounds of cooking apples from the store. We’ve been eating them [...]

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I found my camera! Here’s the picture I took of last week’s delivery four days after the fact. It’s short some corn, black rice, grape tomatoes, arugula, squash, carrots, and muffins because we were hungry those four days. Blackberries I flash froze the blackberries, and they’re waiting in the freezer with the others. We eat [...]

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Sorry about the lack of visual aids today. I can’t find my camera. I took it to the badminton tournament this weekend, and I know I brought it home. It just got put somewhere strange during the unpacking. I’ll update this post with pics as soon as I can. In yesterday’s delivery, we got Forbidden [...]

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Look at all the pretty stuff… carrots Asian eggplant 6 eggs watermelon (how cute is that!) hydroponic lettuce (fresh lettuce in July?! So cool!) arugula dill, sage, and tarragon 8 oz. bag of coffee 6 ears of corn blueberries tomatoes (this picture does not do these tomatoes justice – they are so pretty!) Ezekiel muffins! [...]

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Carolina Gold Rice We cooked this heirloom rice from our Member’s Pack according to the recipe from www.ansonmills.com. You cook it and then dry it in the over for 10 minutes  stirring halfway through. It was really good, but I wish I had served it by itself instead of underneath a saucy stir-fry. I think [...]

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Here’s a picture of the bruschetta. At first, I wasn’t thrilled at the idea of herbed goat cheese. I like goat cheese in lots of different ways, and I thought the herbs made it less versatile. However, after tasting it, it was easy to see the uses. It comes in a pretty circle that could [...]

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