Not enough veggies

I spent the last week as a tourist. For me this means eating lots of food I never eat. I spent time with my college roommate's family, where they serve me yummy spicy curries that I can't stop eating. I ate a huge chickpea curry burrito at Bueno Y Sano in Northampton, MA and blueberry ice cream in Amherst. Then I went to New York City for the first time in my life, and had a yummy Reuben, unlimited breakfast buffets, Irish pub food, English tea house comfort food, ya know, all the good stuff. It was the last trip Elena and I will take together for a long time.

And so, I gained five pounds and can really feel the lack of good organic veggies and meat. Luckily, today was farm day! And a good one:

• 1 head of lettuce.
• 1 bag of salad mix.
• 1 head of garlic.
• 10 leaves of collard greens.
• 4 tomatoes.
• 3 ears of corn.
• 1 bag of mix n' match, included a zillion peppers, pat-a-pan squash, two-tone squash, pickling cukes, and potatoes.
• 1 cantaloupe!
• 1 cute watermelon!
• 1/2 pint of cherry tomatoes.
• 1 heirloom tomato.
• 1 pint of beans.
• Tons of herbs.
• Flowers.

I also signed up for the fruit share, which is normally apples, and sometimes pears n' plums. I guess that there was a lot of hail damage this year, so we'll see what the share brings.

Elena made a nice squash risotto today, and a stirfry full of green beans. Last week Elena made a beautiful carrot cake.

Next week Elena is moving to South Korea for two years. It's very sad, but exciting. We've shared a lot of veggies together! Now she moves on to kimchee and Korean barbeque.

In the US, when someone takes your picture, you say "Cheese!" to show your happy toothy smile. In Korea, you say, "Kimchee!"

My sister Jean will be moving in next week. And will learn to cook. Yay Jean!