thoughtful consumption

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 fresh, though. We’d already eaten two when this picture was taken, and I’m munching on another one right now.

They’re tart and fresh and crunchy. I think we’ll eat most of them fresh and try making apple pancakes with the rest.

Today we’ll have a salad with leftover arugula, parcel, and goat cheese plus this week’s basil, tomatoes, and onions. We’ll try the new Leiden cheese, too.

I’m storing the basil in a little dish with some water on the counter. So far, so good. It’s nice to have it out in plain sight where you can just grab a leaf. Yesterday, I made a quick summer lunch of chopped basil and tomatoes and leftover herbed squash. I topped both with Italian dressing and goat cheese.

We liked the steamed squash, but I think we’ll go back to the stir fried method with cornmeal and onions.

With all the tomatoes and basil, I think we’ll have some sort of pasta dish soon. I’ll dig around the recipes to see what’s good.

One of the peaches went bad before I got them out of the box. It was my fault – I didn’t open my box until Friday. The other three I’m going to cut up and add to muffins – maybe with some blackberries and apple pieces thrown in.