CSA

CSA: Community Supported Agriculture.

This is a great program that not only gets a broad range of fresh, organic veggies and herbs onto your table, but supports local farms.  My company has partnered with a farm in Wisconsin for several years to provide a CSA opportunity for its workers.  This is something I've contemplated doing for a couple of years, but was concerned about the volume (overwhelming!) of produce as well as the wide variety (we're picky eaters).  I figured it would be cheaper to go pick up the few veggies we liked at a farmers market (hello, it happened like 3 times last summer.  I wasn't joking when I said we aren't good about eating veggies). 

Now that we have Miss T though, and she'll be starting on baby food soon, I figured it was the perfect opportunity to try the program out and expand her palate from the start.  My plan is to make as much of her baby food as possible.  We've got the Baby Bullet, containers, and I purchased a recipe book online a few weeks ago.  I'd like for us to try and eat some of the new veggies as well, and hopefully expand our palates too!  It would be wonderful if she developed a love for veggies and wasn't super picky like her parents.  Luckily our great friends, who also work at the same company, have a child 4 months older than Miss T and are sharing the program with us.  I've heard it's best to split a share because one family has a difficult time getting through a box on their own. 

I have to admit I'm very excited to try some new foods and recipes!  If you have any good veggie-filled recipes, send them my way!  I'll test them out and put our favorites on the blog.