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Incredibly bored and tired: ELC Day 12
Posted by Courtney in Eat Local Challenge on October 12, 2009
I love food. I talk about it all day. It gets brought up in every conversation. Lately I have been surprising myself with the delicious meals I have been making but I am using the same ingredients pretty much every time. Salads are Bibb lettuce, sprouts, tomatoes and cucumbers. Everything else is make from okra, squash, potatoes, green beans, black-eyed peas, mushrooms, and sometimes eggplant with rice. There is no quinoa, pasta, bread, tofu, fruit, beans, or coconut.
Saturday farmers market finds: portabellos, red bell peppers, okra, acorn squash, yellow squash, zucchini, tomatoes, prickly pear (Matt went this time and picked some up and we both agree we don’t like it the taste.)
Wheatsville local finds: olive oil, green beans, broccoli microgreens, bibb lettuce
And I’m not feeling that great. I don’t know if it’s the weather or lack of something in my diet but if it continues I will have to modify the challenge quite a bit. I know I have been eating very healthy but I am exhausted, I can’t concentrate and I have no energy. I have a soccer game today that I am dreading. Is it my diet? What should I do?
This challenge would be a lot easier if I weren’t vegan.
The Crossroads: ELC Day 5
Posted by Courtney in Eat Local Challenge on October 5, 2009
Wheatsville local finds
In the beginning of September we went to Disney World for one of my best friend’s wedding. I knew I was starting the Eat Local Challenge in October so I was paying attention to the food I eat more than normal, I had added origin to my list There was barely anything a wheat-free vegan could eat but I got a bag of apple slices and saw they were from Chile. I don’t eat apples a lot but today I was in Wheatsville Co-op and they had beautiful apples from Farwell, TX. I stood there and stared at them and thought to myself “Well, they ARE from Texas while definitely farther than 150 miles away, I could just buy some and go home and explain my reasoning on the site.” I walked around the store and passed the apples on purpose about 4 times and didn’t give in. But it was really good to know that we can get apples in Texas in October. (Side note: Custom WF vegan dinner at the wedding was insanely awesome.)
Today’s trip to Wheatsville was pretty awesome because I was craving anything green. I bought green beans and a cucumber from Pedernales, Arugula micro-greens from Bella Verdi Farms , Sunflower and mixed sprouts from New World Sprouts and hydroponic Bibb lettuce. Notice the cotton produce bag and oddly placed phallic cucumber. Therefore, dinner was awesome and I don’t call myself a cook especially since Matt went to culinary school. I started with a salad of bibb, micro-greens, sprouts, tomatoes, mushrooms and cucumber (all local) with my homemade dijon vinaigrette. I sauteed some purple long beans and green beans with shallots and garlic (all local) and added 1/4 t of Chinese five spice. We have had it for several years and never opened it. I was surprised how great an addition it was and will definitely use it more often. I also mashed up a local sweet potato with a splash of soy milk and basil from my garden. Tonight actually made me feel a lot better about the challenge, but I still need snacking ideas. Thoughts?
Local salad
Inspired by one of my favorite movies
Oh and radishes from seeds!
