In this week’s box:

• 2 blood oranges
• 3 bartlett pears
• 3 granny smith apples
• 4 bananas
• 3 lemons
• 1 avocado
• 1 spinach
• 1 red leaf lettuce
• 1 lb PEI russet potato
• 1 tomato
• 2 artichokes
• 1 green onion

That’s a good set! I chose not to substitute anything this week. My observations are: the spinach is muddy, the red leaf lettuce is huge, and this week’s bananas are more normal sized. it’s fun!

Leftover food from last delivery (2 weeks ag0)

• 3 potatos
• 1 yam

Wasted food from last delivery

• 1 handful of coriander – unfortunately, rotted beyond salvaging.
• 3-4 forgotten white mushrooms (might still be okay – i have to check).

Goal for this week:

• no wasted food
• fewer supplement runs to the grocery store until i finish what i have

(Current music: The Trapeze Artist – Iron & Wine)

it’s glorious…

These delicious, fresh, muddy fruits and vegetables were delivered to my door in a big blue bin (see previous post). To celebrate, I just made a red leaf lettuce salad with tomatoes, with a lemon, garlic, and fresh cilantro vinaigrette. Also, I don’t know if you can tell how large those bananas are, but they are very large! Now I have to figure out how to EAT all this stuff before it goes bad…

I am PRETTY excited. On Sunday night I signed up for home delivery groceries from Green Earth Organics. Here are a few reasons why this is so fabulous:

1) I get box full of fresh, organic, locally grown fruits and veggies.
2) I DON’T have to go to the grocery store in this mucky weather because it will be delivered to my door!! I also don’t have to haul heavy potatoes and onions on my back to get home.
3) The fixed price is pretty sweet – no ugly surprises at the cash register, so I can budget accordingly.
4) NO plastic baggies! There is an overflow under our kitchen sink. Even though I usually try and bring cloth bags for groceries, sometimes I forget.
5) The Challenge of it! It’s kind of like a mystery box (even though I know what I’m getting) full of things I might not normally buy and figuring out what to make from it.

TOMORROW’S box includes:

Feb 26-Mar 2

Broccoli
Mushroom
1 lb Russet Potato
1 lb Yam
1 lb Yellow Onion
Spinach
Red Leaf Lettuce
Cilantro
HH Tomato
2 Bosc Pears
3 Kiwi Avocado
3 Navel Oranges
3 Red Delicious Apples Lemons

I think the crossed out things are the only substitutions I made. I also added a bag of chickpeas to my order, and I’ve never made hummus from the dried stuff, but the canned chickpeas are too salty. Exciting day!

This is a food blog. I have been thinking recently about why I want to eat better and how I’m going to do it. I thought a fun way to do it would be through a photoblog: recipes, student-friendly ideas, ethical eating, good meals…

You can read a bit more about my thinking on the About page here. And my decision came to a head after I attended a conference on Footprints in our Food with the Invisible College a few weekends ago.

We all meet around a table, and this is mine.