Bountiful Baskets: December 7

It was so nice to have Thanksgiving weekend off from Bountiful Baskets -- but it was also incredibly nice to be back this week.

It was a very chilly morning, but take a look at my pretty basket:

I think it was worth it!  This basket includes:

• 2 heads cauliflower
• a whole lot of organic broccoli
• 4 organic on-the-vine tomatoes
• 1 bunch lettuce
• 4 green bell peppers
• 9 rainbow carrots
• 2 pineapples
• 2 Oro Blancos
• 1 mango
• 5 gorgeous Gala apples
• 6 bananas

I also got a tropical pack.  It is even prettier.

It contains:

• 1 pineapple
• 4 mangoes
• 6 kiwi
• 1 coconut
• 7 limes
• a bag of mint
• two vanilla beans

And I split a box of pears with a friend.

What will we do with all of this yummy stuff?

• tomatoes, lettuce, bell peppers, carrots, and most of the fruit is just eaten.  No planning.
• I hope to can some pears
• Broccoli will go into a skillet lunch or two (basically a tuna hotdish, adding broccoli)
• Cauliflower - one will be eaten with dip, the other will probably be added to an alfredo meal
• Pineapples may need to be dehydrated.  The one I got a couple weeks ago is just now ripe too, so I have four of them around.
• Key lime pie, baby.  Oh, yeah.
• I'm making more vanilla extract.  Love knowing there isn't any junk in my vanilla extract.
• I need to come up with something fun to do with mangoes besides just eat them or use them in smoothies
• Same thing for coconut
• And I'm doing something fun with the mint.  I made mint extract last time, but I haven't USED any of it, so I don't need more.