CSA Haul

My CSA from Newleaf Natural Grocery is delivered every other Saturday, and it feels like Xmas morning for grown-ups around here!  I get so excited to see what luscious surprises await me inside that cardboard box.

Of course, there's nothing more beautiful than a carrot.  It's not my favorite vegetable to eat, but it's certainly one of my favorite vegetables to look at.

4 carrots

Also in the box, veggies:

2 leeks

1/3 cabbage

5 celery

3 potatoes

There was also a gorgeous head of lettuce, but I had washed and stored it before it occurred to me to take it's portrait.  :) 

and, fruit:

2 pears

2 oranges

2 kiwi

2 bananas

Seriously, show me one natural/organic store where I could buy all of this for $15, and then have it delivered to my door for only another $5.  This is the big time, folks, and if you live in Chicago, you really need to get in contact with these folks!

Newleaf Natural Grocery

What I'm Eating... Grilled Cheese & Sweet Potato Fries

I'm not going to make a bunch of apologies for not updating in days, weeks, months?... I'll just jump right back into it, here.  :)

My 'fella and I walked down to our Lakefront beach yesterday, and enjoyed sitting outside at the Dock, sipping on cool drinks, and munching on the yummy "grown-up" grilled cheese (with avocado & pico de gallo) and delightful sweet potato fries.

And while I'm on the topic of the Lake, why yes, yes I did have a lovely Fourth of July, thank you!

It was my first day off in about nine days, so I thoroughly enjoyed it.  I hope you enjoyed yours, too!