CSA Summer goodies, Fresh Apricot Recipe and more!

Well we celebrated my Husband's Birthday and Father's day and now we are sailing into July 4th weekend!  Here are some pictures of my latest CSA Box pictures as well as some recipes for some of the items in them! 

                                          Yes this is our 4th of July Watermelon!

                                           Local Raw Honey and Fresh Apricots!

                                

                     My daughter loves the "Color Changing" Squash!

                     4th of July cookout, Grass Fed local Hamburgers and Fresh local Sausage!

This was my Husband's Father's day breakfast:

Fresh local sausage patties

Omelet made with eggs, sausage, peppers and potatoes from the CSA

Creamy Stuffed Fresh Apricots

Creamy Stuffed Fresh Apricots

• 20 Fresh Apricots
• Block of Cream Cheese
• Fresh Whipped Cream
• 2 TBSP Honey
• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/4 cup Organic Sugar

Wash, Peel and Halve Apricots and line up on serving dish with hole from pit facing up.  In a mixing bowl stir or beat together last five ingredients until smooth and creamy.  Stuff or pipe cream into Apricots halves, sprinkle with more cinnamon, drizzle with more honey and expect them to disappear!


Can you tell we love to eat?  Y'all have a great 4th of July!


God Bless You,
the Good Food Mom

What's In The Box Wednesday?

Here are some pictures from this weeks CSA share, my children Love the baby carrots!  The taste difference is amazing and it is wonderful to be able to speak every week with the people who grow our food!  No pesticides to worry about!

Love,
Good Food Mom

What's In The Box Wednesday?

Every Wednesday I go pick up our share from the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm we participate with.  We get a family meat & produce share, an extra meat share, 2 loaves of Amish Bread, and a bag of handmade Amish pasta which costs us $116.00 per week and of course the amount and variety of things we receive changes throughout the season.  I will show you what kind of things you can purchase from local farmers in most parts of the country by going to http://www.localharvest.org/ and finding your local CSA program, our local program is http://www.avalon-acres.com/ .  If you can't access a CSA you can also find Farmer's Markets locally and even try growing some of your own food!  I think this is what God intended for us to eat, not food that's been fattened up in a lab and shipped in from thousands of miles away.  It's local, it's organic, it's free range and grass fed, it's green, it comes from the USA, I don't care if it costs me a little bit more than non-organic, corn fed, cooped up foreign food at the grocery store because I think the health benefits, earth benefits, community benefits, far out way the cost difference, plus it just plain taste better and my children know that food comes out of the ground instead of cellophane!

Enjoy this weeks picks/pic's I know we will!