I am beginning to wonder how the presence of this fresh food in our household has changed my family, if at all. Well, despite a good start on the first week, my daughter Corinne has managed to avoid consuming any of the fresh salad greens I've been bringing home. I think her craving for salad that first week was a fluke. That was actually the first time I've seen her eat salad in her 19 years. I'm hoping it won't be the last. Discouragingly, she told me the next day that she "hates" salad that is fixed at home. Take-out salad is the only kind she likes!! Well, one day she may join me in my preferences for organic and locally grown food. For now, she prefers take-out whenever possible. I steamed all the broccoli that came this week and put it in the fridge in a tupperware container with a note. It said "Corinne--please eat." Broccoli has always been a vegetable she will consume, and it was gone within a couple of days.
My husband Scott will eat anything I put in front of him. In fact, after things settled down with the worms the other night, he even ate the salad that had the wildly waving worm! It's just a matter of fixing it for him. He's not creative in the kitchen, but will willingly help if I ask him to steam broccoli or green beans, or tear up lettuce for salad. I suppose one change for him is that he now actually eats salad as his entree for dinner. This is a new thing in our household! We just haven't been big at-home salad eaters until now. But we are committed to eating them now, I'm tellin' you! We've got a lot of lettuce to get through this week!
For me? Well I think I am eating more vegetables. Lunch most days consists of salad, as does dinner. I went to the mountains for a few days and took pre-made salad and cold cooked beets, which I ate on my salad with ranch dressing.
My neighbor came for dinner and I served her steamed zucchini, mixed with swiss chard, seasoned with a little garlic salt and olive oil. I sent her home with some collard greens and some kale, but I could tell she wasn't too sure about them.
Instead of eating one vegetable with dinner each evening, we are now eating two. That's a good thing! So as far as progress goes, I guess I can count that.
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Well, if you and Scott are having difficulty finishing all your veggies, imagine doing it alone. I have lost weight in the past 4 months since we began sharing the CSA box. I have been a vegetarian for nearly 25 years, so this wasn't as much of a challenge for me as it might be for others. I have so enjoyed the flavors, trying to find interesting new ways to prepare kale, and the health benefits of eating locally grown, organic produce. I'll probably go through withdrawal when our fresh veggies from Grants aren't available anymore. Maybe next year I'll try canning and freezing!
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