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zero-waste summer eats

6/14/2018

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We've been picking up our CSA allotment for a few weeks now + the vegetables are getting plentiful. I really wanted to see if we could eat from just this box, our garden + just a few of the basics from the grocery store this summer + into autumn. This week was certainly proof that it can be done...depending on the assortment we receive.

Above is one perhaps odd, but tasty meal we ate this week. The rolls, jam, cabbage, potatoes, cauliflower, onions + eggs all came in our CSA box. We've received surprises as varied as honey, herbs, vegetable broth, cornmeal, popcorn, zucchini bread + pickled beets along with all those beautiful, local fruits + vegetables. There have also been a few vegetables that I don't usually purchase...like celeriac, green tomatoes, stinging nettles + patty pan squash...which are interesting to incorporate into our meals.

I've learned that I need to not only wash all of the vegetables, but also chop them as soon as we get home (because I need to find all of the critters before they do their thing in the broccoli...it's gross...and disappointing). It takes a while up front, but is pretty great day by day. (Plus I almost have one of those instagram-able fridges.)  :) 

Along with vegetables + fruit from the box...the staples we buy from the grocery store include avocados, rice, pasta, bread, chickpeas, beans, granola, nuts, peanut butter, olive oil, spices, cheese, milk,  + butter. (There are others, but these are the basics.) This week's grocery bill came in much lower than usual! Yippee!

I'm enjoying this way of eating...local...in-season...use what we have. Meal planning is a little out of whack + I'm having to improvise + make my menus after the food is already in my possession...but it's a nice switch.

Love,
​Jane
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6/14/2018 01:40:34 pm

I've been working on prepping stuff the day it comes home, too. It's so easy for me to let it languish otherwise, especially in opaque cotton produce bags tucked all over the fridge!

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