Lazy, lazy blogger...

I have been remiss lately, as life has been keeping me out of the kitchen. Plus, when I'm actually cooking, I haven't been thinking to photograph the results.

The above photo is one of my crisper drawer. It is full, clearly, of potatoes and carrots and we have easily that many more of both in the main body of the fridge. Our CSA is winding down and they've had a bumper crop of both carrots and potatoes. So many, in fact, that they're harvesting twice what they projected and are doling out double portions every week. Just this week, we received 3 pounds of carrots and 2 bags of potatoes, each a different variety. There is also a standard sized paper grocery bag of apples in there, 2 large bags of green beans, 8 or so ears of sweet corn and a bucket load of squash.

We plan dinners through a weekly menu. It helps us to keep grocery bills down and eliminates last minute runs to the store. Plus, we know what we'll be having on a given night and it eliminates the interminable "What do you want for dinner?", "I don't know, what do *you* want for dinner?" back and forth that used to be so common around here. Having all necessary ingredients on hand allows for switching around, so if we're not feeling like one thing, we can choose another.

This week, potatoes are the name of the game. For breakfast this morning I made a giant batch of home fries and some scrambled eggs. Then, on a couple of nights this week, we have planned potato leek soup and a potato, chickpea, chicken curry. There will still be a surplus, I guarantee.

Carrots tend to be a bit more of a challenge. I enjoy them both cooked and raw, but Luke prefers the former, claiming he gets tired of chewing on the raw. I know plenty of things to do with them, but they seem to get eaten less. It's something we need to work on since there's no end to carrots in sight, particularly because we signed up for a winter share (consisting of a giant size delivery once a month in November and December).

As for the rest, the apples will be turned into baked goods and eaten out of hand. The squash, more than likely, will go bad. I feel terrible about this, but it seems inevitable. The green beans, corn and broccoli will be blanched and frozen for winter. Odds and ends will have a use found for them.