This was the haul from Bountiful Baskets today. We received 1 package orange grape tomatoes, 1 package strawberries, 1 package blackberries, 5 apples, 9 big potatoes, 1 English cucumber, 2 red peppers, a bunch of bananas, 2 ears of corn, a bunch of spinach, and a bunch of lettuce.
In addition to today's load, we have 3 lbs of strawberries, 2 bunches of bananas, a mini-watermelon, a honeydew melon, 2 lbs of carrots, another English cucumber, 4 zucchini, 6 pluots, 10 apples, a pint of grape tomatoes, 4 pears, a butternut squash, and an avocado.
We still have a ton of tomatoes left too. I'll post soon about that project, so be watching.
On the menu this week will be:
* Salad. We have a bad habit of not eating our lettuce fast enough, so that will be the first thing we tackle. I'll use up some of the grape tomatoes and the avocado in that as well. Yum!
* Pinto-Bean Chili with Corn on the Cob and Melon on the side. In the chili I'll use up the red peppers, and probably some of our tomatoes that need to get used up! I'm also going to pulse the spinach in the food processor so it is in smaller chunks and put it in there for added fiber and greeny-goodness. I'll shred up some of the carrots to put in too. The chili will be vegetarian.
* Smoothies - this is where the berries will most likely come in. The blackberries will probably be eaten whole, but the strawberries at least will go in to smoothies. Pluots and bananas will probably wind up in smoothies too.
* Refrigerator Pickles. I keep saying I am going to make these. I need to do it.
* Crock pot whole-Chicken w/ Carrots & Potatoes. We'll have melon on the side for this as well.
* Stuffed Squash - I'll use leftover chicken, and any leftover veggies to stuff the butternut squash. We'll serve this with any leftover melon we have as well.
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