Bountiful Baskets for July 7

I love Bountiful Baskets!!  For only $15 per basket, every other week (in my state... most places that have Bountiful Baskets seem to have it every week) I get to go hang out with great people while helping to load up the baskets for everyone, and I come home with yummy fruit and lots of veggies.

We purchased three baskets again this week, so once again, I brought a LOT home with me.

Pictured is the produce from ONE basket.  I describe the total for all three though (which cost me $46.50)

Fruit included:

• 4 1-lb package of strawberries
• 3 bags of green grapes
• 24 limes
• 30 nectarines
• 27 plums
• 4 enormous mangoes

 Veggies included:

• 5 bunches of leaf lettuce
• 4 heads of cauliflower
• 3 big bags of green beans
• 16 beautiful tomatoes
• 21 fabulous, huge baking potatoes

What are we going to do with all of this?

• Cauliflower - I chopped up one and declared it "free food" so the kids are free to munch on it whenever they want.  I made spaghetti alfredo with another.  The other two are in the cooler.  I'm probably going to chop 'em and freeze 'em, but I may cut one up for the kids to munch on.
• Lettuce, oh, my.  Five of those.  That is more than we are likely to get through, let me tell you.  I have one washed, torn up, and available in the fridge as "free food" and we are likely to do a couple of salads for dinners.  I also bought bacon, as I am thinking BLTs tomorrow for lunch.
• Green beans - we'll do two dinners, and I think I'm going to get the other bag frozen. 
• Potatoes, well, we always have 30-40 pounds of potatoes around, so these will be used somehow.  These are great baking potatoes, so if it is cool enough some evening, I may bake a bunch.
• Tomatoes -- besides the BLTs, these are just a staple and will get used.
• Limes -- I'm looking at making up some limeade concentrate.
• Mangoes will be the basis of some smoothies this week.
• The rest of the fruit will probably just be eaten.  I may can some nectarines.  I'll probably can some nectarines.