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Mexican Pack cost $7.50
one pack tortillas
1 bunch green onions
3 avocados
1 bunch cilantro
2 yellow onions
1 garlic
10 tomatillos
10 limes
6 peppers ( I believe anahiem)
4 jalapeno's
Conventional Basket $16.50
3 lbs pears
4 zucchini
2 red bell peppers
7 small cucumbers
6 oranges
10 bananas
4 grapefruit
11 apples
9 tomatoes
1 lb carrots
1 romaine lettuce
1 bunch asparagus
If your interested in the program check out their website.
Today's coop consisted of the following:
Regular basket $17.50
1 head green cauliflower
8oz mushrooms
6oz blackberries
10 Fuji Apples
2 red onions
8 bananas
celery
2 spinach bundles
6 russet potatoes
2 lbs baby carrots
1 lb grapes
cantaloupe
Hostess pack $10
1 bunch cilantro (suppose to be parsley but its cilantro)
12 oz cranberries
celery
pineapple
3 lbs Jonathan apples
2 yellow onions
English cucumber
8 yams
10 lb bag russet potatoes
1 pineapple
1 head green leaf lettuce
4 lbs red grapes
2 lbs broccoli
4 avocados
1 cantaloupe
3 lb Utah gala apples
6 tomatoes
6 bananas
5 red potaotes
8 guava's
All for $16.50. See here for details. It will be 2 weeks before another pickup from Bountiful Baskets.
Here is how to order from Bountiful Baskets:
Right now there is nothing offered so the page is blank. However on July 21st there will a place to order for those in Utah. Click here for the page.
Here is what came in today's basket which cost $16.50
2 heads broccoli
1 1/2 pounds rainer cherries
8 bananas
4 white onions
6 nectarines
14 plums
5 pound bag potatoes
1 cantaloupe
1 pound carrots
1 head iceburg lettuce
6 apricots
5 tomatoes
I also bought a 15 pound box of Rainer cherries for $19. These are my favorite type of cherry. They are so sweet and delicious. These sell for $4.99 a pound in the store so its a killer deal. I'll keep some to eat but I think I'll can some for the winter.
Here are a few ways to use the items picked up today:
Broccoli cheese soup
Banana Cream Pie
Hasselback Potatoes
Bacon Cheeseburger Salad
Not too shabby of a pick up but not nearly as impressive as two weeks ago. I also bought a 28 lb box of peaches. I paid $34 for everything with the main produce box being $16.50. To learn more click here.
7 apples
8 poluts
1 lb cherries
1 lb strawberries
2 zucchini
2 lbs green beans
4 lbs red grapes
celery
cauliflower
6 bananas
7 tomatoes
romaine lettuce
Recipes using some of the above ingredients:
Zucchini Tuna Canoes
Zucchini Gratin
Chocolate covered strawberries
Icebox Strawberry Pie
Strawberry Cake
Green Beans
Hot German Green Bean Salad
Cauliflower Feta Pasta Bake
Banana Bars
$16.50 was the cost for all of this and here was what we received:
2 heads romaine lettuce
17 small bananas
7 oranges
7 red plums
7 apricots
8 apples
2 pounds carrots
2 yellow squash
7 cucumbers
one head of broccoli
one bunch of celery
2 Tuscan cantalopes
Click here for ordering info and such.
A few recipes using the above ingredients:
Holiday Lettuce Salad
Salad Verte with Vinaigrette
Orange Chicken
Pasta Primavera Salad
Saturdays pick up:
6 tomatoes
6 mango's
1 honeydew melon
9 bananas
8 oranges
2 red peppers
7 red potatoes
10 pears
1 bunch of broccoli
1 spaghetti squash
2 cucumbers
1 head romaine lettuce
Asian add on pack:
1 Nappa cabbage
1 Bok Choy
sugar snap peas
ginger
mushrooms
garlic
I paid $23.25 for everything. Next time to order is May 26th and 27th with pick up on May 30th.
Website to order.
Here are some ideas for using the items we picked up:
Banana Cream Pie
Delightful Banana Cake
Plum Pudding Smoothies
BLT Pasta Salad
Bacon Cheeseburger Salad
Cool Cucumber Salad
Stuffed Bell Peppers
Southwestern Chili Mac Salad
Cucumber Tomato Salad
Greek Potatoes
French Potato Salad
Just back from picking up the coop this week and this is what was in the basket this time:
one head of green lettuce
one mini watermelon
about one pound of green grapes
one head of broccoflower
seven carrots
one package blackberries
one cantaloupe
ten tomatoes
three red onions
eight red plums
bunch of spinach
six pink lady apples
I paid $16.50 for all of the above items.
The next order is on May 16 and they start taking orders on May 12. Link to the ordering page.
The other day I heard about this coop. I decided on a whim to give it a try and I have to admit I am impressed. I paid $15 plus a one time first time $3 fee for the following:
1 lb strawberries
1 broccoli, probably 2 lbs
1 pineapple
1 1/2 lbs grapes
3 large cucumbers
8 apples
2 squash
8 red potatoes
10 tomatoes
9 bananas
5 mangoes
not pictured was a head of greens
The pick up is every other week. I believe they start taking orders again on April 28th through the 29th. Here is the link to the food coop.
