thoughtful consumption

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 black rice
• grape and slicer tomatoes
• herbs: par-cel and Mexican tarragon
• blackberries
• banana-nut muffins
• eggs
• 9 ears of corn
• arugula
• yellow squash
• carrots
• watermelon
• another melon (it’s yellow and round, but I’m not sure what it is)

I also ordered

• garlic
• plain chevre goat cheese

from the store.

Earlier this week, I brought home some leftover barbecue. It’s wonderfully handy to have because it goes so well with all these summer vegetables. It’s already been a supper, and I expect it’ll make a couple of lunches, too.

Tonight we’re having Fran’s Mexican tarragon-citrus chicken. I don’t have a grill set up, so I’m going to cook the chicken on the stove and serve it with Forbidden black rice. On the side we’ll have sliced tomatoes, arugula-beet salad, stir-fried squash, and corn on the cob.

Nine ears of corn was a bit of a shock after dealing with ten ears last week. But that’s how it happens sometimes. I’m going to microwave three ears tonight and maybe more tomorrow. Whatever’s left, I’ll cut off and cook or freeze Saturday.

Ah, Saturday

I’m looking forward to spending time in the kitchen Saturday. In addition to the corn, I’ve decided to make baba ghanoush with last week’s eggplant. I also think we’ll eat arugula pasta with pine nuts and lots of parmesan cheese. We didn’t quite get through last week’s arugula raw, and I want to use it up. Come to think of it, I’ll go through this week’s arugula and pick up the bigger leaves and cook them, too, saving the babies for salad. If we don’t get around to making this pasta, I’ll blanch and freeze the arugula  for another day.

I’ll freeze the blackberries and the remaining blueberries in our fridge. I’ll get around to baking and pancakes after next week. Definitely pancakes. That three-grain pancake mix was delicious!

Hopefully, I’ll track down my camera Saturday, too.