Adventures in eating

This week I got a food basket from A Simpler Place in Time again.   This is the contents of my bag:

Baby Arugula      
Butternut Squash     
Chopped Shallot     
Crunchy Mix Sprouts      
Daikon Radish with Tops      
Heirloom Lettuce Mixed Clam
Honeydew Melon      
Maytag Bleu Cheese Wedges 

Then I went up to Cheyennes Country Thangs and got the following:

Heirloom Egg Plants
Baby Broccoli
Yellow Bell Pepper

 Creamed Raspberry Honey

Had some things left over in the fridge:

Watermelon (had to use)

Blueberries (had to use)

Bacon (had to use)

Oranges

Lemons (have to use)

Limes 

Romaine Lettuce

Lots of tomatoes including a yellow heirloom tomato

Lots of tiny red bell peppers from my garden

One tiny red long skinny pepper that my sons said is a miniaturized jalapeno (all the vegrtables in my garden get miniaturized!)

Now I have to cook a lot because there is no room in my refrigerator!

Found a couple of recipes that went great with the food this week:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/arugula-watermelon-and-feta-salad-recipe/index.html

This sounds gross but had good reviews so I tried it.  It had this very unusual flavor that was very refreshing.  This might work with the honeydew also- but I had feta and watermelon that I had to use so tried it.  This used the shallots and an orange from last week also. Have about half the arugula left.

My son didn’t want the butternut squash chili and wanted a butternut squash soup because he liked the color.  We made it as it was without the carrot and it was delicious.  To make life easier, I also did not peel the squash before hand- just let it roast in the oven and peeled away the tender flesh.  This goes great with the bacon (has a smoky meat taste).  Have some pictures and will do a step by step tomorrow.  Here is the link: Smoky Butternut Squash Soup.

The recipes are also on my Pinterest Tampa Bay Sustainable Food board. 

See you later!