Buying Local: Week 13 & 5th CSA

It was a CSA week this past Saturday and we got a pretty amazing box. My bag was exploding with produce as I lugged it home. It had to be the heaviest one yet!

What We Bought:

• Boone Green Beans
• Cappuccino SweetCorn
• Yukon Gold Potatoes
• Pristine apples
• Cauliflower
• Red Beets
• Cherry tomatoes
• Eggplant
• Green Peppers
• Napa Cabbage
• Summer Squash
• White Onions
• Oberweis milk from family farms around IL and WI
• Turano bread from Berwyn, IL

What We Learned:

• K does not like Napa cabbage. We chopped some up for a slaw with our BBQ chicken tacos and after a taste, he promptly refused to ruin his taco with it.
• Shelling peas is intensive work and that is why they sat in the back of the fridge until they were finally composted.

Besides our CSA box, I picked up a vibrant sunflower at the farmer’s market. She’s so pretty.

 

Buying Local: Week 12

It was not a CSA week this week and I eat fruit pretty fast, so I had to run over to the farmers market to get some supplemental fruits (and a giant sweet potato).

What We Bought:

• Oberweis milk from family farms around IL and WI
• Greenridge Farm lunch meat from Elk Grove Village, IL
• Turano bread from Berwyn, IL
• S. Rosen French rolls from Chicago, IL
• Peaches from St. Joseph, MI
• Blueberries from Marengo, IL
• Sweet potato from Marengo, IL

What We Learned:

• I tried the beet smoothie K made last week, unfortunately, I think I used a little too much beet and not enough berries…
• We got almost got through the rest of our CSA box this week!

 

So beety.