This Week's Bounty

I just know when my kids see this weeks basket they are going to love it!  I am loving it.  I've already eaten one of the plums and it was pretty yummy.

2 Pineapples (one was for volunteering)

1 bag green grapes

8 plums

8 nectarines

4 asian pears

4 apples

7 bananas

6 cucumbers

13 roma tomatoes

1 head lettuce

3 yellow onions

2 green bell peppers

3 red bell peppers

I'm kinda thinking I might have to get a couple of jalapenos and make me some salsa this week.  Of course, that also means I need to get some more tortilla chips.  Anyone out there know how to make your own tortilla chips?

This Week's Bounty

We got something new I've never tried so I'm excited!

2 containers figs (one was my extra for volunteering)

1 head lettuce

2 bunches spinach

1 head cauliflower

3 yams

5 peaches

3 pears

1 bag plums, about 13

1 bag green grapes

6 bananas

I'm not really sure what to do with the figs, but I figured I'd get the extra container so that I could try a couple of different ways to prepare them to see which I like best.  I did eat one just plain and it wasn't great, but it was okay.

This Week's Bounty

 Yeah!  I'm back.  I have my camera and my computer working at the same time.  I am loving all the yummy stuff this week.  It's really heavy on the veggie side, but it's all veggies that my family loves, so we are good.

 2 heads lettuce

1 bunch broccoli

1 4/5 bags carrots

5 ears corn

2 green bell peppers

LOTS of white potatoes

3 tomatoes

8 nectarines (2 were from volunteering)

5 bosch pears

1 Cantaloupe

1 bag green grapes

6 bananas

In addition to my regular basket, this week I also went for the Mexican Pack.  When you order one of the "packs" they always say "hoping for..." and every time it's a little different, but mostly the same.  The Mexican pack usually costs $7.50.  Here's what came this week:

 2 sweet onions

2 avocadoes

5 jalapeno peppers

1 clove garlic

10 little limes

11 tomatilloes

4 ancho chilies

1 bunch cilantro

And if you get the Mexican pack, what else to go better with it than tortillas?  Tortilla pack is $10.50 and you get 7 dozen tortillas.

 3 dozen 12" flour

2 dozen 6" flour

2 dozen 6" corn

Check out the size difference.  The 12" inch tortilla's are HUGE!

I'm around

I've not really disappeared, it just looks that way.  The last two weeks were busy and I wasn't able to get pictures of my basket and I've been doing too many other things to post, but I should be back soon.  I made a yummy Eggplant Parmesan that I'm going to have to share with you all soon.

Green Beans and Bacon

Growing up my mom would fry some bacon, then as she boiled her green beans she would throw the crumbled bacon in.  I loved the flavor, but not the soggy bacon.  I decided to try something new.

Ingredients:

• Green beans, ends trimmed and snapped into pieces
• a couple pieces of bacon

Directions:

Steam the green beans until almost done.  While green beans are steaming, fry bacon until crispy.  Remove bacon from pan and pat dry, leaving drippings in pan.  When green beans are almost done, transfer them to the pan with the bacon grease and fry saute them for a couple more minutes to finish cooking.  Crumble bacon and toss with green beans.

Verdict:  These didn’t have as much bacon flavor as I had hoped, but I still liked them.  My kids were really funny about this.  They only wanted the bacon, but I told them they had to eat the green beans too.  My 6 year old, when I asked her if she like the green beans, she told me not really, right after she put 2 of them in her mouth.  Oh well, even if they didn’t really like them, the bacon got them to eat their veggies, right?

This Week’s Bounty

Here’s our haul this week.  As soon as I saw the tomatoes I was super happy, and I know my daughter will be too.

• 2 head lettuce
• 2 bunches celery
• 2 yellow onions
• 1 bag green beans
• 5 white sweet potatoes
• 1 clamshell various cherry tomatoes
• 4 mangoes
• 8 white peaches
• 7 plums
• 1 cantaloupe
• 1 clamshell strawberries

The tomatoes had red, orange, yellow and purple in there. super yummy!  Now, what to do with the sweet potatoes?

This Week’s Bounty

I was so excited as we were unloading the truck this morning to see Salad Savoy!  If you don’t know what that is, don’t worry, I didn’t until the first time we got it in our Bountiful Basket.  Here is a great link to my Salad Savoy Chips.

• 2 heads salad savoy (1 purple, 1 white)
• 1 Golden Dewlicious melon
• 1 head romaine lettuce
• 1 head cauliflower
• 1 bunches broccoli
• 5 bananas
• 5 nectarines
• 6 plums
• 2 mangoes
• 2 organic tomatoes
• 2 bunches green onions
• 1 1lb.bag baby carrots
• 1 clamshell blackberries

As I type this, the blackberries are gone.  It was all I could do to get the kids to wait for me to take the picture before eating them.  We’ve never had the Golden Dewlicious melon before so that will be something new.  I have a couple of kids who like anything melons so I’m sure that won’t last long as soon as I get it cut up.