Week 6 Harvest Basket

What we got in the basket:

Salad Mix

Romaine Head Lettuce

Dill

Chioggia Beets (AKA Candy-cane Beets)

Rainbow Chard

Spring Onions

Broccoli

Strawberries

The veggies were so bright and pretty! I couldn't stop taking pictures...

I will keep you guys posted on the recipe(s) I choose from the weekly newsletter.

Y'all notice the red shoes in the picture below... that is David.

Y'all noticed the three sweets... or the NOT veggie things on the table??

He was begging me to stop taking pictures hahah... and I was hurrying myself. I mean look at them! We were ready to dig in... into our veggies and sweets of course!

Sooo here is the deal...

We pick up our harvest basket at a local bakery. Yea... so David usually picks it up, but I have been available to the past 2 weeks. I did avoid the sweets last week, because I got lost in the speciality cookware side of the bakery (I am hunting for a small wooden bowl with a top to store my Celtic salt in) BUT this week I COULD NOT. I mean the smell hit me when I walked in. I looked in the display case and already had my top choices picked out.... So I decided to SURPRISE David with some special treats because... it was Thursday and he is super awesome! 

So we have a macaroon, blondie, and some sort of dream bar (that is amazing!!!). 

Eat some sweets.

Eat some veggies.

Porch Flowers and George

Enter the....

PORCH FLOWERS!!

(ahhh... and the crowd goes wild...)

Along with Billy and Bob (my flower sitters... see their story here)...

they recruited their good friend George...

Meet George, the Spanish Lady (man) Bug--

Thanks to my hand model, C :)

Have a great Tuesday!

Enjoy the blue skies today.

Week 5 Harvest Basket

Ready to see week 5???

Lookin' good!!

Here is what we got:

Salad Mix

Buttercrunch Lettuce

Bok Choy

Onions

Carrots

Broccoli

Sugar Snap Peas

Strawberries

Have a great Friday evening!

Eat veggies.

Harvest Baskets Week 3 & 4

I have neglected to post pictures of our harvest baskets from week 3 and 4... 

Week 5 will come tomorrow so I thought I needed to play catch up :)

Basket contents for both weeks:

Salad Mix

Bok Choy

French Breakfast Radishes

Spring Onions

Garlic Scapes

Fava Beans

Strawberries

Red and White Turnips

Kohlrabi

'Rainbow Lacinato' Kale

Looking forward to week 5!

Recipe to come... 

DC Spring Onion and Tomato Soup

(It was AMAZING)

Y'all have a great Wednesday evening... 

Back to CrossFit today (already feeling it)!

OH! I get to go hang out with my church chicks tonight... 

Can't wait to get caught up on their exciting lives and memorize some scripture!

Smile.

Basket 2 and Herb Harvest 1

Here is Harvest Basket numero DOS!!

Snowsbend Farm 

What do we have here??

First, what we do not have pictured above...

Freshly made whole wheat baguette from Mary's where we pick up our Harvest Basket

AND

Pictured above:

- 4 pints of strawberries (2 bonus packs because they ran out of fava beans... no worries we will get some next week)

- Salad Mix

- Mustard Greens

- Baby White Turnips (they gave us a rockin' awesome recipe that includes these and cumin)

- Spring Onions

SCORE!!!

I am happy to report that I did not spend any money this week on food... not a penny! David didn't either! We're lovin' this harvest time and Sunday prep day and having meals ready to go for the week for each of us :)

EXCITING!!

TADA...

First herb harvest!!! Yah! A whole basket full :)

Coming soon... a step-by-step post on how to cut herbs without killing them.

I will admit... David and I watched 3 videos to make sure we would not kill our dear ones. 

And this week David bought a Herb Gardening Book lol... we will be professionals before y'all know it haha 

;)

Have a great Saturday guys! 

Get ready for the Easter bunny!

Turnip Greens

I got color happy with this post... beware ;)

Confession: I have been avoiding the turnip greens in our harvest basket for a few days...


I just needed time to gather my thoughts and muster up courage to attack the green monster.


I LOVE vegetables and it is very rare that I find one that I won't just eat raw... I grew up on a farm so we always had a garden; therefore, I am just not scared of veggies.


BUT when I saw that we got turnip greens, I was just stumped. I had seen my mom, her mom, my dad's mom, etc. all "can" them but never any other way (referring to the cooking method). SO obviously I had to get on a hunt for some turnip green recipes. 


Side note: we used the spring onions in a soup (SOOO GOOD). I will post pictures soon!


Back to the green monster... 


This morning I came back from CrossFit class and just decided I would throw them in a pan with some oil and mushrooms. And put 2 eggs on top... I mean why not? 


In my book, anything with an egg on top will taste good (I was out of bacon so sad so sad, but I bounced back with the mushrooms). 


Back to the green breakfast...


I took the turnip greens (gave them a good talkin' to), washed them, cut the hard stem out, and rolled them up in a towel to dry.


Warmed up my pan over medium heat... once it was warm I put olive oil in.


Back at the cutting board, I took the turnip greens and just layered them on top of one another (like pieces of paper), and then roll them up (like a sushi roll), and cut thin slices (like ribbons).
Threw them in the pan with some salt and pepper and sauteed them up.

See the "ribbons" I was talking about? 

Took the mushrooms and sliced them and put them in there too.


Put that turnip green and mushroom mixture on my plate. Along side with some slivers of Easter egg radishes... to give it some crunch and spice :)

The color of these guys were gorgeous! And it is festive, "Easter" egg radishes ;)

Took the eggs and fried them up.... I like mine runny... but I over cooked them this morning... oh well still delicious and still goes on the plate the same :)

The eggs are under there!
I topped this with goat cheese and pesto.

David and I had our "prep" day yesterday and we went and cut our FIRST harvest of herbs!

We made pesto with our basil, made some hummus, a pizza, baked chicken with some fresh herbs, and made the spring onion soup! Whew! David was the head chef while I was the assistant yesterday... we try to switch up!

And instead of doing some homework I cleaned the apartment up and did my laundry... even changed out my bedding to the lighter stuff :) This took a while... I think from 2-8. I get side tracked with little jobs, going through donate clothes pile, organize linen/random closet, etc.

Always my downfall during cleaning, ask my mother and sister. 

Back to breakfast...

I ate in my big blue comfy chair and set up my breakfast on a tray. 

Here is what it turned out to be:

Loving my flowers!
I freshened the bundles up yesterday while I was playing in the dirt planting some herbs!

Had to have some fruit.. good ol' orange!

Black coffee makes me happy!
Speaking of... I am cleaning the coffee pot as I type (running water and vinegar through it... down to the last run of cold water).

SO delicious! 

So I have conquered the turnip green monster! 

As my magnet that my best friend got me says:

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Check! 

I enjoyed them this morning :)

Y'all have a great Monday! 

Laugh a lot today... strengthens the core and the heart :)

Flower Pickin

I like flowers.
They make me happy.
Flowers make me smile.
I imagine them as they are in Alice in Wonderland...
talking and laughing and having a good time being flowers!

Here are some flowers from the DC Garden so far... as of April :)

Flower love to y'all :)

Go pick some flowers...