Bountiful Baskets: August 17

Early, early morning... and Richard and Trina were up before I was, waiting for me in the living room.  We were out of the house before 4:30.  Running the site has some serious disadvantages, but hey, it was still great.

Here's a photo of one basket:

I had contributed for two baskets, and between the two, I got:

• 2 heads romaine lettuce
• 2 bunches spinach
• 3 English cucumbers (HOW did I end up picking a basket with an extra cucumber?)
• 3 1-lb bags of baby carrots
• 6 avocadoes
• 11 roma tomatoes
• 2 pineapples
• 2 bags of grapes
• 13 bananas
• 4  mangoes
• 16 yellow plums

We also got a package of wraps and a package of corn tortillas.

What will we do with this stuff?

• Lettuce, carrots, plums, bananas, pineapples, and grapes will just be eaten
• The tomatoes are going with some of my remaining Hatch Chilies from last week to can my own Rotel
• Spinach -- this may be added to salads, but most will probably go into my Greek scrambled egg breakfasts (spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes, feta cheese -- and scrambled eggs)
• Avocadoes -- I'll be making guacamole this time around.  I may try to hide some in a Mexican lasagna or something (which would also use up some of my remaining Hatch Chilies)
• Mangoes -- used in smoothies
• English Cucumbers -- I have no idea. Cucumbers are the one veggie we just can't seem to end up actually using.