Beef....its whats for dinner!!!

Seriously....it is for dinner! One of my co-worker's husband is a cattle rancher and a cow of his was slaughtered (I know, I try not to think of the cows big brown eyes) a few weeks ago and now it is ready to eat!! We got about 30 lbs of meat for only $3 a pound....that is the best deal ever right?? We will be having steaks, burgers, and roasts for a long time!! We tried the hamburger meat the other night and it was very good!

CSA Weeks 2 & 3

For our 2nd week of vegetables we got many delicious things...broccoli, potatoes, leeks, mixed lettuce, a head of romaine, beets, random greens and turnips.


The third week brought us....broccoli, yellow squash, spring onions, flat leaf parsley, more beets, turnips, garlic, greens, and mixed leaf lettuce.


So many new veggies to try! The other night I made garlic turnip mashed potatoes....They were pretty tasty!! Cant wait to try everything else!

The Appalachia Trail

This past weekend we went hiking with our friends Michelle & Kelly. They have always wanted to hike the Appalachia Trail (in sections) and they decided to start this past weekend with us! We started at the beginning on Springer Mountain and ended at Hightower Gap. It was a 9 mile hike and it took us about five hours. We had a great time and it was very beautiful! I have to say that parts of the hike kicked my but...we still had a great time though! I will definitely need to prepare more for the 2nd part of the trek.... it is 11 miles.

Behind....

I am behind on my blogging....sorry friends! I just started back to school for the summer last week so life will be back to homework every free moment I have :) I promise to post something more interesting soon! (I have a lot to share!!)

Not so good....

I have to say our first creations from our CSA produce was a little disappointing. Eric made a beet salad which had: beets, apple, honey, and apple cider vinegar. I tried cooking greens for the first time. We had 3 kinds of greens (see below posts) and had no idea what to do with them so I cooked them with olive oil, garlic, and crushed red pepper. After having a few bites we tried adding parmesean cheese to the greens....not sure if it helped. Both tasted OK but we are definitely not used to eating this way. Neither one of us grew up on greens or beets so maybe we will have to try it again and see what we think a 2nd time....maybe.

And the winner is....

Katie! She didn't get the answers right but since she was the only one to respond to my post I will be giving her the PartyLite Votives (thanks Katie!!!)

Right now I know green #1 is Sorrell....and green #2 is Swiss Chard (which is part of the beet family, you were close Katie!)....still no idea what green #3 is. Now the question is....what do I do make with them!?!?