The "good" idea

So a few weeks ago I signed up to receive a shipment of "fresh and organic" vegetables every Friday.  I read about it in Chicago Magazine, and thought, at the time, that it was a good idea.  Then the first Friday came around.  A very nice man came to the door with a big bag of vegetables for me.  Chives, green beans, three new potatoes, a pineapple, and beets.   This week was an easy one in terms of vegetables.  Except for the beets.  I'm pretty sure I have never eaten one.  I was all prepared to make some great things with my fresh and organic vegetables.  

Then this past Friday there's that nice man again.  I look in the fridge and realize that I have wilted chives in the vegetable drawer along with a few wrinkled green beans.  Oh, and look, there are those beets.  And the potatoes on the counter have many many eyes.  I resolve to do better this week.

This time I have asparagus, celery, ramps, spinach, and watercress.  The watercress is wasted on me.  That's one I'm going to have to let go.  I did have celery with salsa as a snack this weekend.  Try it!  It's crunchy and spicy with little or no fat.  The ramps are a slight mystery. I need to do a little research to know how to cook them.  The asparagus was part of a delicious pasta dinner tonight.  Here's a link to the recipe.  It was very easy, and 3/4 of my family loved it.  The girl doesn't like goat cheese.

Tomorrow I experiment with the spinach.  I'll let you know how it goes.