As a part of my desire to feed my family organic food, a variety of fruit and vegetables, and support local agriculture, I decided to subscribe to a weekly delivery service of a fruit and vegetable box from a local,independent grocery store.  Every Tuesday afternoon, a selection of mostly locally grown, organic produce is delivered to my door.

Then comes the challenge:  what exactly is [insert name of fruit/vegetable] and how on earth do I incorporate it into our daily meals?  I had to use google images to determine that one of the vegetables I received this week was baby bok choy.

I have accepted this challenge.  A few nights ago, I made a salad with half of the red lettuce I received this week.  I know, pretty simple, but last night I used the baby bok choy in the ginger beef I made.  With two heads of baby bok choy, you could hardly see the greens after they cooked down!  The extra zing in the ginger beef came from the fresh ginger I got in my veggie box two weeks ago.  Slowly but surely, I’m making my way though the box each week.

Oh, I almost forgot that I juiced a watermelon yesterday.  I scooped out the flesh of the watermelon, pureed it in the blender and then used a sieve to section out the flesh and seeds.  It produced quite a bit of juice!  Now, I need to work out a good watermelon smoothie recipe!

My next project:  what to do with about 15 pears.  I’m thinking of making pear butter, which would be a first for me.  Each day brings a new adventure!

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