Today’s New Year box from Organics to You contains:
- Head of red lettuce
- a whole lot of broccoli (um, really? I’m thinking soup)
- A bunch of rainbow carrots
- bok choy
- 4 lovely, enormous yellow potatoes
- celery (good, nearly out)
- 2 leeks
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 red onion
- green, curly kale
- 4 Fuji apples
- 3 green pears
- 2 oranges
- 4 kiwis
From last week the fridge still contains:
- Head of green lettuce
- broccoli
- 2 carrots
- spinach
- more lovely, red potatoes
- 2 red beets
- 6 Pinova apples
- 3 red pear
- 2 bosc pears
- 2 green pears
- 5 oranges
- 3 Satsumas
- 1 Avocado
- half a yellow onion
- 4 satsumas
- some lettuce
- a tomato
Wow, we have a lot of fruit in the house. Today I mindfully ate an orange and Christie mindfully picked an apple for a snack. I’m thinking I may need to bake with the apples & pears, make a compote or something. We have more than we can eat!
Last week we made a huge Japanese feast for New Year’s Eve and Day. Sushi, braised burdock, udon miso soup, grilled asparagus, daikon (both from Uwajimaya) & carrot salad and mochi. It was pretty fabulous, but we were really only using up the broccoli (of which we still have some remaining) and an avocado. We also had a couple of mangoes as a New Year treat, which meant even less fruit in the house consumed. One dish I made used only veggies from the box last week – a roasted potato, tempeh & broccoli hash.
The bok choy went immediately into a sweet & sour stir fry tonight with the carrots from last week & some of the leftover onion. I probably should have made something using the avocado since it is ripe, but we’ll have it tomorrow.
We need to do a lot of cooking this week. One night we won’t use as much as Christie is planning on making barbecue black-eyed peas & collards (from New Seasons). However, the rest of the week is going to see a lot of salads & veggies! Maybe a garbanzo stew, it has been a while since I’ve made one. We have been asked to make some vegan treats for the 12-hour Chant for Peace on Saturday, maybe I’ll do some kind of pear/apple thing to go with the cupcakes I’m planning.