The food box

Something I have been doing lately is buying a foodbox of local organic produce. There is a new business just up the street called Urban Harvest. I can put in an order and pick it up at the store. You can not choose the vegetables or fruit that you get but you know that it is fresh from a local grower. I started with the small foodbox and then (through a salesperson's misinformation really) have recieved my first large foodbox. It is full of great things and it is a bit like Christmas seeing what you are going to get. Even my son gets into it. He was particularly impressed by the monster sweet potato above. He also asked "Are those its roots?" It is a little food lesson in itself:)

If you are not into getting vegetables you might not buy regularly (for me this would be Chinese cabbage, turnips) I wouldn't do something like this. If you don't like lugging groceries around and if you enjoy exploring the cooking possibilities of new food, I would look into a similar service near you. It is fun and supports local growers. (Daughter of a strawberry, tomato grower :) The small foodbox (lower picture) was $28 and the large was $38. Right now they are selling what they call the"winter" foodbox for a series of weeks until February and it was cheaper if you paid up front for all they deliveries. This is quite an expense but it saves you a headache in the long run and ends up being cheaper as well. Here's to healthy eating!