There will be broccoli stems, ramen noodles.
It will be a year ago that we moved into this house. It's the house that when Geoff first toured it said, "Mia, if we have to eat ramen noodles for a year in order to live here, I will." In many, many ways my dream house-- in the city but in the greenest part, a big stead with room enough for a diligent husband to grade papers while a raging toddler can freely tantrum, a kitchen we adore, and a front and backyard that could occupy our weekends for a lifetime.
Anyone I've spoken with lately can tell you that since I have taken over the tasks of finance-management, I think like an entirely different creature. I see our money as a medium with which we demonstrate our priorities, a finite sum we are given the privilege of stewarding. It has been so difficult to curb my appetite for fine things and to apply wisdom to our situation. As part of this effort, we are on our second week of Farm Fresh Express-- a small local company committed to bringing healthy and economically conscienable food to people. You choose from an ever-changing selection of fresh food grown and made by local farmers and artisans. It is rooted in the "no impact" idea, like it's cool if people want to have bananas driven in trucks from California but not on my account. All the food is produced locally and then delivered to your home. I received my first delivery and it was like Christmas. I waited around until this slight, middle-aged woman pulled up in a Prius and muscled two coolers up to my porch. I have to say, the food was amazing-- brown egss with golden yolks, Metropolitan bread with an M stenciled onto the top, the most phenomenal salt you've ever touched/tasted. Anyway, when I cut the broccoli to steam for dinner, you can bet that I cut every last stalk and leaf into the pot. We are not paying $4/lb just for florets, my friend!
Just reading that, I can see how that would look like an inconsistency. But we want to be committed to wise use of resources-- the fuel used to bring food to our stores, the time it takes me to bring kids in and out of the market, and then make those sorts of sacrifices to live out of those convictions. Anyway, we are just trying this out, trying to be a work in progress. We'll see how it goes, but I have to tell you that receiving Lolla Rossa lettuce at your door, it having been picked that day, is just amazing.
Anyone I've spoken with lately can tell you that since I have taken over the tasks of finance-management, I think like an entirely different creature. I see our money as a medium with which we demonstrate our priorities, a finite sum we are given the privilege of stewarding. It has been so difficult to curb my appetite for fine things and to apply wisdom to our situation. As part of this effort, we are on our second week of Farm Fresh Express-- a small local company committed to bringing healthy and economically conscienable food to people. You choose from an ever-changing selection of fresh food grown and made by local farmers and artisans. It is rooted in the "no impact" idea, like it's cool if people want to have bananas driven in trucks from California but not on my account. All the food is produced locally and then delivered to your home. I received my first delivery and it was like Christmas. I waited around until this slight, middle-aged woman pulled up in a Prius and muscled two coolers up to my porch. I have to say, the food was amazing-- brown egss with golden yolks, Metropolitan bread with an M stenciled onto the top, the most phenomenal salt you've ever touched/tasted. Anyway, when I cut the broccoli to steam for dinner, you can bet that I cut every last stalk and leaf into the pot. We are not paying $4/lb just for florets, my friend!
Just reading that, I can see how that would look like an inconsistency. But we want to be committed to wise use of resources-- the fuel used to bring food to our stores, the time it takes me to bring kids in and out of the market, and then make those sorts of sacrifices to live out of those convictions. Anyway, we are just trying this out, trying to be a work in progress. We'll see how it goes, but I have to tell you that receiving Lolla Rossa lettuce at your door, it having been picked that day, is just amazing.
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