Boston Organics

[magid]

Large box, two-thirds veg.

• two five-ounce boxes of spring mix baby lettuces
  
• a bunch of Savoy spinach
  
• a bunch of broccoli
  
• two medium zucchini
  
• a medium-large eggplant
  
• two Roma tomatoes
  
• one other tomato (from Vermont, according to the sticker)
  
• two Red Bartlett pears
  
• a mango
  
• a pineapple (!) (not yet ripe)

I see a lot of salad in my future. Also mango-pineapple salsa(/chutney).

Comments

[fetteredwolf.livejournal.com]

I went from 1/2 fruit to 2/3 veggies, and I DID NOT get a pineapple. oof. (I did get 2 mangos, and two bunches of bananas, though.) I also got only one tomato, but got a cucumber and celery. (And only one box of lettuce- instead, I got kale.)
Oh, so about the kale- I know you had a good recipe- please share! I have no idea what to do with it. Although I've been vaguely contemplating a lentil-tomato-kale stew.
Oh, and what are you planning for the Savoy spinach? ;)

I didn't eat the broccoli for two weeks, and yesterday I thought I'd use it, but it was FULL of bugs. I cleaned it a couple of times, including with produce soap, but they seemed neverending. And the broccoli looked all limp anyway. I was about to throw it away, but SO told me to let it soak overnight on the porch in a bucket. This morning, when I rinsed, it looked clean, and it was all plump and fresh again. What do you generally do about bugs?

[magid.livejournal.com]

I feel your pineapple deprivation. I assume the only reason I got it is because I didn't want enough of the other fruits, but usually I get bananas, and there weren't any. So maybe things get juggled around at their warehouse a bit. I wonder.)

Kale: I adore it, but don't get any from Boston Organics, because there's only one kind I like, and I can't specify only that.
Anyway. What I tend to do with kale is sautee some onions, then add in chopped up kale and cook it for a long time, then add spicy sausages and some hot sauce. Variations include adding chunks of sweet potato or winter squash, or making it more of a soup (with lentils, possibly). It's all good; just let the kale cook a really long time.

And as for broccoli bugs, either my eyes are less exacting, or I'm lucky; probably the former. 'Cause I haven't found any. Maybe I should be looking more intently. Or maybe not :-). If I don't see them, they're not there, right?

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

I've not seen any bugs in my broccoli either.

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know that broccoli could have bugs!