what do you want for dinner?

"what do you want for dinner?" one of the most annoying questions we ask each other.

uninterested in our weekly grocery shopping, we ended up at schlichting century farm, only five minutes away. we got our bucket, traipsed the the fields, and made up dinner while we picked vegetables. i highly recommend this strategy. i even picked flowers for the table. what wasn't in the field, we added to our pile from the stand.

we enjoyed a beautiful and sunny day, a gratifying sense of knowing exactly where our food came from (and that it wasn't shipped across the country), interacting with fellow pickers, and plopping our finds on a scale only to fork over twelve bucks.

for those twelve dollars, we had five meals for the week:

sunday  comfort-food-day! fried green tomatoes, hash browns, and peaches.

monday  mexicana-day! veggie tacos with homemade salsa (one for dan, one for me. all of those hot peppers and jalpeños are going in his jar.)

tuesday  try-something-new day! eggplant parmesan pasta with spinach and walnut salad. (oh dear god, an eggplant. it was just too beautiful not to pick!)

wednesday  bon-matin-day!(good morning) green pepper, onion, and tomato omelets and toast.

thursday  home-made-day! veggie pizza...in whatever form it takes; toppings to be decided.

friday  farm-fresh-day! corn on the cob, green beans, and applesauce.

additional treats  blueberry crêpes and zucchini bread...yUUmmm~!