Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
Wow, that's a huge CSA share, Susan! Do you split it with other people?
Nope. Jeff & I eat a diet very heavy in fruits & veggies. It wasn't always that way; once upon a time I rarely bought "green things". But I have far more respect for my body these days, and what I ask of it. A diet composed of not much more than meat, starches and fats was not healthy and was making us both fat.

Now I have vegetables at nearly every meal, breakfast included (I made a kick@ss omelette this morning with spinach, mushrooms, basil, chives & feta, most ingredients being from the CSA). Some evenings I make nothing BUT veggies for dinner. Big piles of cauliflower, broccoli, squash, kale, seaweed, zucchini, etc., with my favorite ginger-miso dressing for some zing. Maybe some beans or quinoa on the side. We still eat meat (sometimes), but it's no longer the centerpiece of the meal.

I can't say that I get through 100% of our share 100% of the time, though. A few weeks ago we got 4 heads of lettuce. Didn't quite make it through all of those. I have 3 kholrabi in my fridge that I haven't decided what to do with yet; need to figure something out before they spoil. (Last year I did a kholrab-cabbage-carrot slaw that was pretty tasty.) I don't always get through all the cabbage we get. But the vast majority gets consumed pretty readily.

One thing I've found to be very important is to spend at least one evening per week cleaning, cutting and prepping the veggies. I don't want to have to go home after work and wash & chop stuff just to make dinner. By the time I get home, I'm HUNGRY and I need to get something on the stove quickly, before I either a) make a bad food choice instead (a la "screw it, I'll just make a pot of pasta; the veggies can rot!") or b) toss my hands in the air and go out for sushi.