If my life wasn't on fast forward as it is, this probably would have been an pretty good idea. Support a local farm. Get veggies and know where they come from and how they are harvested. A hundred mile diet - sort of. Except my life has been all over the place. With Jenn's diagnosis, we've had very little time to actually use the veggies in our fridge. Lots of people have been dropping off meals, so our freezer is full, which is super nice. I've actually considered telling people, here is how you can help us: come over and cook our veggies. Seriously.
So I don't have time to cook. But my roommate does. When she's not feeling completely rotten. Yesterday was one of those days, and I was going to go on a conquest to explore how to make spaghetti squash, but we went for dinner instead. But tonight, Jenn made the spaghetti squash. And I took photos. And am writing about it. It's a fair trade off right?
She used a recipe from a magazine so I'm googled it and found it here.
It's probably a good thing that she made it because I didn't actually know how to cook spaghetti squash. Turns out it's not so difficult. We just threw together a simple tomato sauce and used it instead (leftover crushed tomatoes from the LAST time I made a meal). This was super tasty. There were no difficulties in making it, because I didn't, in fact, make it. I should peruse the internet to find other recipes, now that I know how to cook it. While I'm at it, I should formulate another dream of potentially cooking the winter squash in our fridge. I didn't even KNOW that it was called that. Had to google that too.Also, I took a picture of the final product, but it doesn't do the dish justice. So I'll leave it to your imaginations.
I'm unsure as to whether I would personally be part of a CSA again. It's a good deal I feel, but you really do have to be committed to cook at home. Which I don't really have time for. Or at least I'm not willing to give up things to have time for it. But if you're all ambitious and want to be the change you want to see in the world and not get e-coli and all that good stuff (!), and also are thinking hey! I have loads more time than Jenna could ever dream of... - Avenue Magazine did a really good outline of CSAs. Catch it here.
It's all about prioritization. You said it yourself, your crazy hectic life is more of a priority than cooking meals at home. You're also in this weird space in your life where you don't need to worry so much about eating at home. You can afford to eat out, your metabolism can handle all the butter restaurants use. That being said, not everyone want's a life like yours.
ReplyDeleteYou shouldn't see food as a source of stress, not everyone is going to slam out Martha style meals every night, but I think what matters is you're trying. Learning to cook, and learning to love cooking, takes time. There will be fuck ups, and in the end it comes down to loving food.
Personally I don't do a whole lot of community work, I'm not involved in politics, and I mostly only attend art events when you drag me out, So I support my community by shopping local, and eating local.
End notes: That green thing is an acron squash, roast it, or throw it into a soup. (http://www.101cookbooks.com/ingredient/acorn%20squash) winter squash is more of a family of squash including butternut, spaghetti, pumpkin, and others, pretty much if it's hard on the outside, it's winter squash, if it's soft (like zucchini) it's summer squash.
Potatos last a long time, don't stress about them. Make soup, it uses up a lot at once, it's easy, and you can freeze the leftovers.
Oh. Thanks for the clarification. I think you mean acorn squash. But yeah, didn't know that was what it's called. I'm a culinary genius.
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