This week, since I wasn’t going to be able to pick up a basket from Bountiful Baskets (I was doing a community car seat check at the same time), I didn’t participate this week. So, I decided to once again pick up a FarmBox at Sunizona Family Farms again this week. Instead of a standard box, I chose to get a Custom Box. This means, that I went through their Web Store of items they currently have available to build my own box. I selected 1 package Baby Heirloom Lettuce, 1 bunch Carrots, 1 Cucumber – Seedless, 1 head Purple-tinted Broccoli, 2 bunches Radish, 1 Squash – Patty Pan, 1 Big Ol’ Beef Tomato, 1 loaf Bread – Sprouted Khorasan Plus, and 1 1.5 lb bag Peaches – Sierra Rich. My total was $28.25. Here is how it all looked (also shown is a zucchini they gave me when I got there):
I was again happy with all that I got. The peaches were not grown on their farm, but are from an orchard near them, Briggs & Eggers, that is organic as well. They are AMAZING peaches! Very fresh and juicy. The bread is again very good, this bread has added seeds and grains on top (hence, the Plus in the name), similar to the 9 grain bread that I usually get from Bountiful Baskets. My husband immediately came home and used the bread to make a grilled cheese sandwich, also with the Big Ol’ Beef tomato. I’m looking for a recipe to use the patty pan squash. I’ve never had it, but I’m sure it’s similar to other squash. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll be able to drive over this upcoming week, but I’m hoping to the week after.
After we were done at the farm, we headed to Willcox on the other side of I-10 to go to an orchard. I had wanted to go to Briggs & Eggers, but we had already been in the car enough that I decided on Apple Annie’s, which also has some other goodies (homemade fudge!). Right now, it’s peach harvest time, so we went through the orchard with a bucket and picked peaches right off the trees. I ended up with about 9 lbs of peaches, which cost $14.
I will make a Peach Crisp and hopefully, some Peach Fruit Leather. If I don’t get to make the fruit leather, I will probably freeze the peaches and make the fruit leather another time. I haven’t had a chance to try one yet, but they look delicious.
Then, after getting all of that, I stopped in at Safeway and got even more produce! They had 2 lb containers of blueberries for $5 again, plus lots of other produce on sale, along with my Just 4 U personalized deals, including a 20% off produce one time use coupon. I spent $15.84, and here is what I got:
It is 1.41 lb broccoli crowns, 2.54 lb red seedless grapes, 1.39 lb black plums, 4 limes, 2 bunches radishes, 2.98 lb Gala apples, 1 head iceberg lettuce, 2 2-lb bags of baby carrots, and 2 lb blueberries. Can you tell we like radishes in my house? Well, I’m not a big fan, but my husband and 2 daughters are. My youngest was excited to see plums, and half a bag of baby carrots is already gone between her and my older daughter munching on them. Now, I would have preferred more of this to be organic since I’m trying to purchase more organic, but right now, my budget isn’t allowing it. However, I’m still getting more produce in the house and snacking on this, not chips or other junk, so we’re getting there. Baby steps, right?
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