Bountiful Baskets: December 14

Bountiful Baskets time again.

Included in my TWO baskets, that means:

• Four heads cauliflower
• Six bunches of celery
• Two heads of Romaine lettuce
• 18 chili peppers
• 20 rainbow carrots
• 8 bunches of broccoli
• 9 onion bulbs
• 2 bags of red grapes
• 12 bananas
• 26 Fuji apples

What in the world do I do with all of this? Right now, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all.

• Fruit is all easy.  Very easy.  There is no thought required with any of it.  It will just be eaten.
• I'm thinking seriously about a Mexican Lasagna for dinner tonight.  I have tomatoes that need to be used, and I'd use up some of the chilis and some onions too.
• The rest of the peppers, I might chop and freeze.
• Carrots will probably just be eaten.  I don't have to necessarily plan for them.
• Celery - wow.  This is a lot of celery.  I really don't know how to use it all.
• I'm going to be doing some broccoli/potato/cauliflower soup.  Like every night for dinner for the next week.  Oy.
• Sending Dale with salads to work. 

I also got the fruit lover's pack -- the citrus edition.  Wow.

That includes:

• Two absolutely enormous pomelos.  E-Nor-Mous. The photo does not remotely convey how huge these things are.
• 30 oranges
• 20 little tangerines
• 6 lemons
• 1 lime

I think we can all feast on a pomelo for breakfast, two mornings this week. The oranges and tangerines will just be eaten.  I still have key limes from last week's tropical pack, so I think I'll add this one to those to make dessert.  Something key lime pie-ish.  And the lemons, well, if I can pears, I'll use at least a couple of them.  Otherwise, I don't know.  I might do up some homemade lemonade.  You know, sleigh bells ring, frosty the snowman, and 60 degree temperatures -- sounds like lemonade time to me.