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1 bag snow peas – certified organic – White Swan Acres
1 bunch radishes – certified organic – Friends Road Organics
1 bunch garlic scapes – certified organic – Orchard View Organics
1 bunch green shallots – certified organic – Shady Brook Organics
1 bunch dandelion greens – certified organic – Hillside Organics
1 head endive – certified organic – Meadow Valley Organics
1 head red leaf lettuce – certified organic – Green Valley Organics
2 heads red oak leaf lettuce – certified organic – Back 40 Ranch
1/2 head of Napa Cabbage shared from the other site host's full share
The photo is of my half share AFTER giving half the dandelion greens, half the endive, 1 head of read leaf lettuce, and 1 head of red oak leaf lettuce to Catlyn when she came over for a dinner of BBQ shredded beef over lettuce. Nearly everything I have been eating has been on a bed of lettuce. Luckily, it's all really good lettuce! The BBQ shredded beef from my winning of U.S. Wellness Meats was GREAT! I loved it so much, I wish I had more. I am tempted to order more knowing the quality of the food and way it is raised, but I do know I can find quality like this with a local farmer. If I was closer to network of farms that this impressive cooperative or did not live in an area with access to exceptional farmers, I would not hesistate to regularly order from them.
This weekend I am making a dish for a Paleo potluck. I do not follow a Paleo diet, but want to participate in the potluck with Catlyn & her CrossFit group. The idea of swearing off potatoes, beans, and grains makes me shake in my boots - I think my love of those foods is imprinted on my Eastern European DNA. I have narrowed it down to two possible dishes:
Almond Date Balls Drizzled with Dark Chocolate
Cucumber & Radish Rounds Topped with Garlic Mint Aioli
I just have to decide if I want to go sweet or savory. Either way, I am sure there will be lots of goodies and new people to meet this weekend. Only once I figure out what I am making, I then have to figure out what to wear! Will the decisions never end?! I think I should mull all this over while a make a cake.
I doubt the first one will go over with the Crossfit crowd. First chocolate is questionable on the paleo diet. Then it would appear that there is some sweetener in it, and the Crossfit crowd isn't big on any carbs. The second recipe is probably better, though you wouldn't want to use store bought mayonnaise. You could make your own with olive oil.
ReplyDeleteHere are my free paleo recipes: http://paleofood.com/
And this is how I define the diet: http://paleodiet.com/definition.htm
ahh you're Eastern European as well. That's why I enjoyed the cabbage recipe! My love for potatoes and all things carby comes as a double serving-I'm half Italian and half Lithuanian...lethal combo for diets I tell ya.
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