I have just moved to Durham North Carolina with my fiance and we have decided to try our best to eat local and seasonal. We have joined a CSA (community shared agriculture). In simple words we have a local farmer who delivers us fruits, vegetables, eggs, and meats weekly. Each week we will see what is delivered in our basket and make a menu for the week. We will buy any supplemental items we need at the farmers market and then any additional items if we need them from Whole Foods.
This week in our basket is tomatillos, gypsy peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, squash and zucchini. We also had delivered a half a dozen free range eggs and free range antibiotic free pork and chicken. Here is the menu for the week:
English Tea Cucumber Sandwiches
Persian Yogurt Salad
Mom's Cucumbers
Tomatillo Salsa Verde with Grilled Pork Chops
Eggplant Caponata with whole wheat penne
Whole Baked Chicken with squash and zucchini
Tomato Quiche
Total cost after CSA delivery, farmers market, and whole foods: $65.00. I know right!!! Eating local is affordable and helping your local farmer. This food is the amount for two people for 7 dinners, 2 lunches, and 2 breakfasts.
This blog is new for me so I hope to be able to share with you what we make in our basket each week and if I approve of the recipes I have tired, I will share them on the blog. I hope you also become interested in eating local as well. I also will do some blog entries on my baking and exploring to find the prefect recipe for foods that to me are Southern.
Stacey
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