And we’re off . . .

Week one:  I picked up my first box of produce on Tuesday.  I was pretty excited to see what we were going to get.  It feels a little like getting a Christmas present every week.  We got 4 oz of lettuce mix, 1 head of red butter lettuce, 1 1/2 lbs of spinach, 8 oz of radishes, 1 lb of asparagus,  1 1/2 lbs of rhubarb and a small bunch of cilantro.  We ate radishes the first evening, but everything else went into the fridge.  I learned awhile ago that putting cilantro in a cup of water (like a bouquet of flowers) will help keep it fresh a bit longer.  It seems to work pretty well.  We didn’t get a chance to use too much of our produce on Tuesday as we were still eating leftovers from my steak taste testing on Monday.  (I will talk more about that later).  Wednesday evening Ray and I went to see Jewel at The O’Shaughnessy, so we didn’t eat at home.  She was absolutely amazing, by the way.

Here are some things I plan to do with my veggies this week.  I am going to make some rhubarb muffins today.  I will put them in the freezer right away though as  my son needs muffins for a school function next week.  I am also going to make some salad dressing with my cilantro.  We are going to have a wilted spinach salad for dinner tonight.  I bought bacon yesterday and will boil some eggs this morning.  I find that it’s really easy to get my family to eat salad greens if they have a little bacon on them.  I think we’ll also have pasta one day.  I have pesto in my freezer and will steam the asparagus to use with whatever noodle I have.  We will eat salad in some form with every meal until next Tuesday and then I’ll be ready for Week Two.

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