I really liked most of the basket contents for those weeks, too, so I'm glad I went ahead and ordered. I've been making a lot of soup lately, so it was nice to have some vegetables for soups I love. I've made two batches of Roasted Tomato Soup, which is posted below. I've also made Roasted Cauliflower soup (posted further down) and Broccoli Soup.
Aside from using some of the veggies just as standard side dishes (sauteed green beans, yum!), I also made an amazing frittata using some of the onion, squash, tomatoes, jalapeno, avocado, and cilantro that I've gotten in both the conventional basket and the Mexican pack. With it, I made an absolutely fantastic Roasted Tomatillo - Jalapeno Cream Sauce. I had roasted the tomatillos and jalapenos from the first Mexican pack (they were offered 2 weeks in a row and I ordered them) -- I had intended to add them to the tomato soup, but it was just so good already that I just put the tomatilloes and jalapenos in the fridge. I decided to try the cream sauce just to use them, and so glad I did! I could put that on just about anything! Thinking of making another batch with this last week's Mexican pack.
Potatoes are always welcome. I made garlic mashed potatoes and Truffle Potato Chips with Parm-Regg -- homemade potato chips sprinkled with Pink Himalayan Salt and grated parm-regg, then drizzled and tossed with a little bit of white truffle oil. Mmmm, mmmmm!
I also made pureed cauliflower -- a great stand-in for mashed potatoes on its own, or mixed half-and-half with regular mashed potatoes. I love cauliflower anyway, but I love having it as a side "starch" that's practically guiltless.
As always, I'm trying to work more vegetables into my regular eating, both to be more healthful and to have less produce that goes bad before I get to it. I know I should really probably pause for a week, but I've somehow convinced myself that if I do that, that week's basket will be the best ever and I'll have missed it. So I keep ordering!
Another item I was SO glad to see in the extras was the sourdough bread. It was offered one week a few months ago and I tried it. It was the best bread I can ever remember having. Ever. And I'm not normally much of a bread eater, but this was just so awesome that we finished off the 5-loaf pack in less than two weeks. Two people! I was making a lot of sandwiches and garlic - parm bread. So when I saw that it was offered again this last week, I ordered 3 packs! Fifteen loaves for the two of us! Fourteen of those are now taking up a chunk of my chest freezer, but I'm glad to have another stash.
Also worth a mention are the honeycrisp apples we got a couple of weeks ago. I don't think I've ever tried them before, but I became addicted! I don't eat a lot of apples -- see my laments on the supreme excess of apples and pears I STILL have. But I'd heard such good raves about these particular apples that I had to try them. Amazing! My favorite snack now is honeycrisp slices with "caramel apple" dip. I mixed light cream cheese with brown sugar and pure vanilla and the flavor is reminiscent of caramel apple when the apples are dipped in it. I liked them so much that, when I ran out of the ones in my basket, I actually bought more at Trader Joe's! Goofy to buy yet more produce when I already have so much, but I couldn't help myself. De-LISH.
I'll try to get some of the recipes mentioned above posted on here this week, so check back later for those.
Now, without further ado, here are the basket contents for the last four weeks:
December 18, 2010
11 bananas
1 honeydew
1 bag of red grapes
1 3 lb bag of Fuji apples
1 pomegranate
10 Roma tomatoes
10 sweet potatoes
7 Yukon gold potatoes
4 Anaheim peppers
2 butternut squash
2 Mexican gray squash
1 head of Romaine
Add-on: 4 loaves of artisan rye bread ($10)
December 24, 2010
6 Roma tomatoes
3 cucumbers
1 head of Romaine
1 bunch of broccoli
1 head of cauliflower
1 yellow onion
1 head of garlic
1bunch of cilantro
9 Mandarin oranges
7 Braeburn apples
6 pears
2 Asian pears
6 bananas
1 pineapple
December 31, 2010
9 red potatoes
3 green bell peppers (gave those away)
2 heads of cauliflower
2 tomatoes
1 bunch of celery
1 bag of green beans
1 head of leaf lettuce
1 bunch of spinach
7 Honeycrisp apples
6 Minneola tangelos
5 pears
3 bananas
2 avocados
1 cantaloupe
Add-on: Mexican Pack ($7.50)
10 tomatillos
4 yellow limes
4 avocados
3 jalapenos
3 green onions
2 yellow onions
2 Mexican gray squash
1 bunch of cilantro
1 head of garlic
January 8, 2011
10 Minneola tangelos
7 bananas
6 kiwis
5 Concorde pears
1 6 oz. container of blackberries
1 pineapple
14 Brussels sprouts
5 tomatoes
3 yellow squash
2 English cucumbers
2 bunches of celery
1 head of romaine
Add-on: Mexican Pack ($7.50)
10 tomatillos
6 jalapenos
6 lemons
4 avocados
3 Mexican gray squash
2 yellow onions
2 bunches of green onions
1 bunch of cilantro
Add-on: 3x 5-packs of French country sourdough bread (15 loaves) ($10/per pack = $30)
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