Meal Plan 7/1-7/7 (how the f**k is it July??)
This is a big week for us. Monday is Rami’s birthday, Friday is Independence Day, and Wednesday is our wedding MONTHIVERSARY!! Still, it will be for the most part meals as usual, plus some birthday cake for dessert. In the Greenling box this week: Grape Tomatoes – Acadian Butter Beans – Just Peach Summer Squash – Gordan Taylor Blueberries – Berry Best Carrots – Acadian Garlic – My Father’s Farm Basil – Various Watermelon or Cantaloupe – ABJ Swiss Chard – Texas Naturals I am really keeping my fingers crossed for a...
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We got our Greenling Newsletter by email this weekend, and I am even more excited about the local box than I was before! Here’s a list of what we’re going to get: Red Potatoes – Various Leeks – My Father’s Farm Heirloom Tomatoes – Ringger Blueberries – Berry Best Cherry Tomatoes – Ringger Green Cabbage – Various Basil – Various Peaches – Caskey Pickling Cucumbers – Naegelin Green Bell Peppers – My Father’s Farm Our vegetables get delivered on Wednesday. We are going to do our regular grocery...
Read MoreFarmers Market
So far, marriage feels like a big vacation. Rami and I have been car pooling to work since Beatrice (my car) is in the shop. Yesterday on the way home we saw Austin’s Farmers Market happening at the Triangle and spontaneously decided to stop and take a look. We limited ourselves to $7 (all spare change from R’s truck!) and 10 minutes and ended up with a pint of fresh blackberries, two small green bell peppers, and a head of leaf and spear kale. Thanks to our impromptu market adventure, dinner last night was fab. I sauteed the diced bell peppers with a couple ears of fresh corn...
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This week I’m channeling my inner Betty Draper and planning my menu from the 1968 edition of Better Homes and Gardens Cooking for Two. Sure, some recipes call for MSG (only 1/4 tsp.), but on the whole this is a pretty good cookbook. My mom used it when she and my father were first married! Here’s the menu for the week: Monday: Brunch Eggs Ranchero (p.51) Tuesday: Zippy Fish Fillets (p.52) Wednesday: Chilies Rellenos Bake (p. 76) Thursday: Hot buttered apricots with pancakes (p. 24) Friday: Chuy’s (not in the cookbook) I am going to try my best to update with progress...
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