Nordic Trail (10 mile day hike)

Yet another market basket.

This week features butternut squash, broccoli, carrots, onions, potatoes, apples, pears, salad mix and bananas!

You might notice that the carrot are larger than normal. But actually they are rather small compared to the others that got harvested this week! There was one that looked like a zucchini, I kid you not - the power of worm poop :)

Mid-semester

This week's Market Basket!

How fun is this week's market basket?!

We've got carrots, apples, acorn squash, pears, bananas, potatoes, purple onions, salad mix, broccoli and brussel spouts (yes, the sprouts are on that long stick thing - learn something new everyday!).

So for dinner I found a recipe for brussel sprouts and added some of the potatoes, carrots and onions that we got as well and grilled up some chicken. I never thought I would say it, but those brussel sprouts were great! Nothing like cooking with fresh, local veggies!

Brussel Sprout recipe

(for those of you who hate boiled brussel sprouts as much as I do!)

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds Brussels sprouts, ends trimmed and yellow leaves removed
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
2. Place trimmed Brussels sprouts, olive oil, kosher salt, and pepper in a large resealable plastic bag. Seal tightly, and shake to coat. Pour onto a baking sheet, and place on center oven rack.
3. Roast in the preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes, shaking pan every 5 to 7 minutes for even browning. Reduce heat when necessary to prevent burning. Brussels sprouts should be darkest brown, almost black, when done. Adjust seasoning with kosher salt, if necessary. Serve immediately.

Spaghetti Squash

Two weeks ago we got a spaghetti squash in our market basket..... and my first instinct was, "what the crap is a spaghetti squash and how do you cook it?" So I asked asked my co-worker, who looked at me like a was dumb as bricks and made a little joke, then she realized I really had no clue and filled me in on how to cook and prepare this odd squash (smile). So tonight I invited over a few friends to try it out. I hope it's good. Cross your fingers and your toes!

Market Basket update!

Market Basket!

So...my camera broke, so I sent to back so I sent it back to get new one, which is why I haven't been posting much the last month. However, I just discovered that we can take pictures with our web camera...yeah, I know....so sorry about that, I'll make sure to take more pictures!

Anyway, back to our market basket. The picture is a little hard to see, but we got potatoes, carrots, bananas, acorn squash, apples, pears, leak, dinosaur kale, green cabbage, purples onions and hot peppers - not too shabby.

Wisconsin plate G60-13T is a litter bug

Why someone would ever throw trash out their window is beyond me. But I saw it happen first hand this afternoon on my ride home from work.

The light was red at W. Fond Du Lac and North Avenue and I couldn't help but look at the car in front of me seeing it was orange and pink (couldn't tell you for the life of me what kind it was). And then, right in front of me, the front passenger drops a pop can out the window. The driver is smoking a cigarette and the passenger in the back seat hands the front seat passenger a big drink cup and he drops that one out the window as well. By this time I'm both shocked and ticked, so I loudly state "Hey, you dropped somethin". The drive looked as me in his rear view mirror, with a look on his face that read, "yeah, and your point?" and drove away. But then why would he care about his buddy dropping a couple of things out his window when there was already trash everywhere. Plus, he wouldn't wanna get his new car all dirty.