Bountiful Baskets

I don't know how we didn't find out about this earlier? I'd heard through a few friends about this thing called Bountiful Baskets where you get a ton of produce for a very reasonable price. Some is local depending on the season. We thought we would take a chance and were very pleasantly surprised. We put in our order on Tuesday to pick up on Saturday at a local park. We ordered the regular basket which was fruits and veggies (apples, bananas, tomatos, brocolli, red peppers, strawberries, lettuce, zuchinni, cucumber, pears, oranges, grapefruit) and added a Mexican pack (green chilis, limes, jalapenos, tortillas, cilantro, onion, tomatillos, avacado, green onion) and a 5# bag of granola. All for $35. The basic fruit/veggie basket was only $15. It was like Christmas when I brought it home and the produce was beautiful. Easton and Larry were in heaven as Larry is a huge veggie eater and those of you who know, Easton takes after his daddy in the eating department.

I just kept thinking to myself......What am I going to do with 8 red bell peppers? 9 tomatoes? 8 green chilis? Here is what I've done so far.

*Roasted Red Bell Pepper Soup......yum! took care of 5 peppers. The other went into egg scrambles and Larry's lunches.
*I'm getting a canner today so that I can can the green chilis and jalapenos.
*Zuchinni Gratin
*Green Tomatillo Salsa with Jalapeno

I was concerned that we may not be able to finish it all in a week before it went bad but we are well on our way and think we should be able to go through all that produce in a week! It feels great to be eating so many fresh veggies and helping the community at the same time.