A Shingle with a Shimmy and a Shake

Yummy!

Picked up my first CSA share on Tuesday.  Plus some strawberries!  I wish I could share how wonderful the box smelled!  So fresh.  And looks so beautiful.  I told the woman from whom I bought the strawberries that I doubted they would last the evening.  Well, I was wrong – they did last til after dinner on Wednesday – a whole 24 hours!  They were delicious!!  The buttercrunch lettuce was also wonderful!

Now that spring is here in full force (NC is now dealing with the annual pine pollen onslaught), and my CSAs both start this week, I decided to challenge myself to feed my family with as much local food as possible.  This could be really fun – especially if I can get the  family involved.  We have great resources in our town for eating locally. 

We live very close to the Carrboro, NC farmers market.  It’s a wonderland every Saturday morning!  Veggies, dairy, meat, flowers, handmade breads, jams and wool!!  All organic and local.  Love to just wander around and see what’s there.  Always make one trip around before I buy anything!  

Our CSA with Brinkley Farms is great!!  This is our second year with them.  We receive an email each week so we can customize our orders to our preference.  That is a great feature!  And, the people are really great.  This year we are trying a CSA with fisheries on the NC coast.  They will bring in fresh fish once a week.  I’m really looking forward to this. 

So I will try to keep it local as much as possible and post the delicious meals!!

PS  What the heck happened to the barefoot bloggers?  The website hasn’t been update in months.  Kind of miss it.