My 2nd Order From Abundant Harvest Organics

Note: This Blog post is not trying to drum up business for AHO. This is just a record of what a person who decided to sign up for a produce box, is doing with it. Trying to figure out if it is worth the money and if her and her family are eating healthier than they were before. That said...

Here is what I got in my box, for my second order from Abundant Harvest Organics. I got my first box 2 weeks ago and you can check out what I got HERE. I set myself up to skip a week, so that I don't get overwhelmed by produce.

After living through that second week where I was using up lots of produce from the previous week, I think that this is a good idea, at least at the start.

Well, what came in the box?

Small Basket of Cherry Tomatoes
2 Small Eggplant
A Basket of Mission Figs
Grapes (Autumn Royal)
Honeydew Melon
Head of Red Leaf Lettuce
Bunch of Oregano
6 Radishes
2 Small Red Onions
3 Small Zucchini Squash
4 Tomatoes

No extras were at the delivery spot this time... oh well.

One of the main things I felt I had to do (right off the bat), is find out how to dry the fresh herbs, since my savory was now 2 weeks old. I did see something to help me and I will post the how to, another day.

I set up salad for work this week and got things together, for that. We had salad for dinner on Monday evening and though we are not a big salad family, my guys and I ate most of it. The remainder came with me to work, on Tuesday.

I made a vegetable cheese and bacon quiche and it used quite a bit of the produce and so I have yummy healthy breakfast for me and my son this week.

I have not figured out what to do with the eggplant yet, because we had a big tray of Eggplant Parmesan last week. Maybe I will make a stir fry with it.

The mission figs are being made (as I write this) into a wonderful Blueberry Fig Crisp. More on that, another day.

We made our normal big bowl of cut up fruit for the week. A standard in this house, during the summer months. Some of the fruit went there, of course, including the grapes we got. The grapes are Autumn Royal and I have personally never heard of them. They are darker in color and huge. The man who owns AHO grows them and he said that these were created back in the mid 90's in Fresno, CA. They taste good, though occasionally they have a smallish edible seed in the center. Obviously crossed with the seeded black grapes we used to find in the stores.

I am looking forward to the Fall produce, coming up in a few weeks.

My next box will be on September 13th.