Norah's Menus and Recipes: April's Co-op

About my cooking

This is a place for me to track recipes we try. Sometimes we like the recipe, sometimes we do not, and sometimes only one or two members of our family like the recipe. I try to cook from scratch and we try to avoid processed foods. As such some of the recipes I post can sometimes be a little time consuming. I also try to buy and cook with locally grown organic products. I am willing to pay a little more to achieve this goal. If I can't find local organic I buy locally produced foods and then organic foods from elsewhere. I'm a big supporter of the "eat local" idea. I do belong to 2 different CSA's here in Utah, I buy from Crossroads Urban Center's food co-op, and I am a frequent shopper at local farmer's markets.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

April's Co-op

Crossroads Urban Center in Utah offers a monthly food co-op that I feel is a good value for the money. They offer three types of shares each month plus at least 3 add on packages. This month I ordered the harvest package, which is a combination of fruits and vegetables. Along with extra virgin olive oil and breakfast sausage.

This month in the harvest share ($14):

3 avocados

6 tomatoes

3 yellow bell peppers

6 pears

one red leaf lettuce head

3 grapefruit

5 lb bag of potatoes

(they also had kiwi and eggplant but I traded with someone for an extra loaf of bread)

whole wheat bread

16 oz of either white or brown rice

I also purchased 2 packages of Colosimo's Amercian style skinless link breakfast sausage 12 oz for $2 each. And 3 bottles of 17 oz Aptera Extra virgin olive oil for $5 each.

http://www.crossroads-u-c.org/cfc/the_basics/how_to_join.html