My boyfriend's back and you're gonna be in trouble, hay-la-day-la, my boyfriend's back! ...and by boyfriend, I mean CSA program, of course.
Yes! You've heard right! It's back! Imagine my excitement when I came home from the grocery store only to find a brand new box of fresh veggies begging to be let in from the rain. Vegetables! Local, fresh, just picked, organic, seasonal vegetables!
Be still my beating heart!
But how did I know they were a new box and not the old one? The delivery dude that drops off our CSA box always places the new one two racks down on our utility shelf from where I store the old box. And when I took the recycling out I noticed the box had been moved.
Oooooooh.... Either the CSA delivery man had been here or the crazy homeless people that occasionally inhabit our back yard are getting ballsy.
So! What did the first box of the new year have in store for us? Let's look, shall we?
- 1 great big bag of beautiful Braising Greens.
- 2 massively phallic Carrots.
- 2 leeks.
- 1 big head(?) of Pac Choi.
- Winter Salad Greens (Hells yeah!).
- 1 Bunch of White - maybe Milan? - Turnips.
- 2 Smallish Winter Squash.
- 1 Bag of Frozen Strawberries.
What gets you rip-roarin' excited? Is it vegetables? Or something a little more flashy? What gets your heart pumpin?
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It's totally veggies (especially that delicata squash...mmm). I'm so jealous that your CSA has started up again. Mine just ended. Sign up for the summer is on Wednesday though. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is truly a beautiful sight. perhaps better than a boyfriend,...?
ReplyDelete@ Sam: How long does yours break for?
ReplyDelete@ Annie: I know I sure get excited ;)
Oh, my stars. I used to get SO UP about the new box from our CSA. I had to go pick it up and as I unpacked it into a travel basket, it felt like Christmas. Christmas with turnips and spinach.
ReplyDeleteI would exclaim over everything and spend the drive home coming up with recipes to use all the stuff.
We don't CSA anymore, but I remember those big boxes with warmness in my heart.
(Vegetable dorks, unite!)
Have you ever tried http://thegoodfoodbox.ca/
ReplyDeleteIt's an amazing deal and very locavore.
Cheers from Ruth
HA. Those carrots are somethin'. Have fun chopping and cooking them ;)
ReplyDeleteThose are my favorite kind of winter squash: Delicata! I like to slice these in half and then into thin smiles and bake them w just a little salt and garlic -- they are delicious! And you can eat the skin, too!
ReplyDelete@ Lindsey: hahahaha - yes. it is BETTER than christmas!
ReplyDelete@ Ruth: I'll check it out. One of my friends belongs to it. Thanks for the link!
@ Anna: i hacked those babies to pieces. Mwah ha ha ha ha....
@ Eron: Delicata are great! I didn't know you could eat the skin - thanks for the heads up!
Good Food Box Rocks!
ReplyDeleteFor the largest box it's only CAN$18 and you can order online AND I believe they have delivery now, though I get one of my daughters to schlep down to the Community Centre to collect it.
Wow, your CSA starts early! Lucky you girl =)
ReplyDelete@ Ruth: I just looked at their site. That's pretty neat! Anything that promotes local, organic, happy produce is cool with me :) Ours is through Saanich Organics (http://www.saanichorganics.com/) and it's 30$ a week with 7-10 entirely local, organic veggies/fruits including delivery. It might be worthwhile to get one from each :) It seems your program has a few things we don't usually get but I suppose that's because it's up to 50% local so they can ship things in. Nothin wrong with balancing our taste buds, right?
ReplyDelete@ Peggy: Woot! It's a privilege of living on the West coast :)
I have an organic vegetable box, and an organic fruit box delivered every Friday, and I must confess, I do get excited about it! It's always such a lovely surprise to see what is inside.
ReplyDeleteYour CSA delivery looks great! I take advantage of a CSA in the winter when I am not able to garden.
ReplyDeleteEverything in the box gets me excited! What a great box of ingredients!
ReplyDelete@ April: true that!
ReplyDeleteMan oh man! For weeks I've been wondering what this CSA thing is all about! I've finally checked out what it is. HOLY DINA! That is SO amazing. I'm going to set that up asap. What delicious looking veggies! Exciting that it's always different. It's like Christmas haha. P.s Up-island is great :) I love going to my mom's home, so comfy. Hope your weekend is going splendiferously!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful veggies! I'm sure you have enjoyed all of them by now. Great clicks, too!
ReplyDelete@ ClaireBear: Good to hear! Saanich Organics really does a great job of CSA though I do wish we could get eggs and honey and meat from them... hm. i feel an email coming on.
ReplyDelete@ Lynne: Thank you very much!