We feed Parker a blenderized diet made up from as much organics as we can afford. You can read more about it here.
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Every other Saturday I make my way to Provo to pick up our co-op order.
I’m working to find the funds to make this a weekly adventure, but until then every other week will have to do.
The strawberries didn’t even make through the day. Yet another reason to try and make this co-op a weekly event.
This week’s haul was fantastic as usual.
Apples and Pears. Gorgeous!
As soon as I get home I wash everything up and do all the chopping, etc. so that it is ready to use straight out of the fridge.
Beets, baby. Did you know you can cook up both the beet greens as well as the actual beet?
Yup.
Cleaning up the lettuce. I had people already putting in their sandwich orders WITH lettuce, please.
Rainbow chard. Spring must be coming!
Washed, chopped and ready to grab and go! (celery and cauliflower)
Picked up some whole wheat fruit bars too.  Need to find me a recipe for these. They have dried cranberries and raw sunflower seeds in them.
A near by grocery store was having a killer deal on extra lean hamburger meat. So killer that you had to wait in line and were limited to only 10 pounds.
Drat.
I sauteed up the rainbow chard, beets, and beet greens in lots of olive oil until tender.
Popped them into the Vita-Mix for Parker to have the next week!
If you are lucky enough to find some rainbow swiss chard in the grocery store be sure to buy a bunch.  Bring it home and wash it up. Then chop it up and saute it in olive oil with fresh garlic. Top it off with some sea salt and maybe a bit of fresh lemon juice.   If you love fresh spinach, chances are you’ll like this too!
PS:Â I almost forgot.
No bits or pieces went to waste. Instead they all went to compost.
Do you do the Bountiful Basket thing? My friend was just telling me about it today so i was reading up on it.
Becky,
I do! I do! I do! 😀
Beet greens are delicious! We toss ours with apple cider vinegar after steaming them – that’s some good eating.
THis whole post made me HUNGRY.
Two of a kind are we, girlfriend. Two of a kind.
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Mar 2, 10
Made me hungry, too! (Expect an email from me after I eat.)
Honestly, you are living the good life of food. Weekly visits would make it the great life, eh? Hoping that great comes soon for you.
I sent you one back! I should have warned you before hand how long it was and it might be a good idea to bring chocolate! heh.
This question will probably sound dumb, but here goes: What’s a co-op? Is it what we call Farmer’s Markets in the San Francisco Area? I’d love to find a place to get cheaper fruits and veggies.
NO stupid questions here Debby!
A co-op is when a bunch of buyers go in together to purchase an item or items in bulk for cheaper than they could on their own.
Then everyone takes turns dividing things up, cleaning up, etc. 😀
Rainbow Swiss chard is one of our favorites! We saute it with a bit of olive oil and garlic. Do you have garden space? Swiss chard is really, really easy to grow and it’s such a beautiful plant. You could even add it to a flowerbed, or grow it in a container. You pull of the outer leaves first and can continue to harvest it the entire season. Love Swiss chard!