What is it all about?

Have you ever seen an offer at your local farm to sign up for weekly box of fruits and vegetables? Well I did. As tempting as it looks, I had my concerns:

- Does it worth the money I am paying for the program?
- What will I get? What if I don't like something?
- Will I get enough?
- Will I get too much?
And many many others.

My farm was not able to tell what exactly I will be getting each week. "Whatever is in the season this week". Well, that doesn't help...

On another hand, my sister (who lives in a different country) did this one year. The most memorable comment she had back then was "You have to challenge yourself every week. Because you get something you never tried or it doesn't match other veggies in a dish you know".

This could be an interesting discovery along the way! So I accepted the challenge.

This blog was created to capture what I receive and maybe challenges that come along.

#farm ,#ontario ,#farmersmarket,#healthyfood #fruit ,#vegies, #farmbox#ontariofarm, #ontariofarmers#ontariogrown,#ontariofarms,#yam,#local

week 20

Our last #farmbox this year. As a goodbye gift we got #fall #flowers #pumpkin,#farm ,#ontario ,#farmersmarket ,#healthyfood #fruit ,#vegies, #ontariofarm, #ontariofarmers #ontariogrown,#ontariofarms,#yam,#local,#fall #healthylifestyle #eatclean #eathealthy,#fatloss #diet#fruit #fitfam #lifestyle #cleaneats #cleaneating #lean #salad #nutrition #healthychoices

A photo posted by Nadinka (@nadinka_photo) on Oct 21, 2016 at 1:18pm PDT

Here is what we received this week

	gr	other unit	UOM
Apples	770	5	ea
Beets roots	370	2	ea
Butter cup squash	1250	1	ea
Carrot	270	3	ea
eggplant	355	1	ea
Hot banana pepper	200	3	ea
Parsley	100	1	bunch
Red onion	325	3	ea
Roma tomatoes	400	7	ea
Sweet potato	570	1	ea
Broccoli	300	1	bunch
Endive leaves	723	1	bunch

week 19

#pumpkin,#farm ,#ontario ,#farmersmarket ,#healthyfood #fruit ,#vegies, #farmbox #ontariofarm, #ontariofarmers #ontariogrown,#ontariofarms,#yam,#local,#fall #healthylifestyle #eatclean #eathealthy,#fatloss #diet#fruit #fitfam #lifestyle #cleaneats #cleaneating #lean #salad #nutrition #healthychoices

A photo posted by Nadinka (@nadinka_photo) on Oct 14, 2016 at 6:18pm PDT

We even got pie this time! And a huge pumpkin, just in time for Halloween decorations

Here is what received this time:

	gr	other unit	UOM
Acorn Squash	890	1	ea
Apples	663	5	ea
Carrot	400	3	ea
Cauliflower	2000	1	ea
Celery	1000	1	bunch
Cherry tomatoes	500
Garlic	65	1	ea
Golden Berries	100
Leek	280	1	ea
Pie pumpkin	5600	1	ea
Radish	210	4	ea
Red potatoes	710	6	ea
White onion	470	1	ea
Pie	800	1	ea

week 18

#pumpkin,#farm ,#ontario ,#farmersmarket ,#healthyfood #fruit ,#vegies, #farmbox #ontariofarm, #ontariofarmers #ontariogrown,#ontariofarms,#yam,#local,#fall #healthylifestyle #eatclean #eathealthy,#fatloss #diet#fruit #fitfam #lifestyle #cleaneats #cleaneating #lean #salad #nutrition #healthychoices

A photo posted by Nadinka (@nadinka_photo) on Oct 7, 2016 at 1:11pm PDT

This week we received:

	gr	other unit	UOM
Cabbage	2000	1	ea
Carrot	470	5	ea
Celery	1000	1	bunch
Cherry tomatoes	380
Corn	2600	6	ea
Garlic	76	1	ea
Golden Berries	100
Heirloom Tomatoes	795	2	ea
Jalapeno Hot Peppers	70	5	ea
Kale	168
Leek	285	1	ea
Pie pumpkin	2400	1	ea
Red Lettuce	240	1	bunch
Red onion	480	5	ea
Red potatoes	500	5	ea
Tomatoes	320	1	ea
White onion	135	1	ea
Zucchini	170	1	ea
Bull bleed beets	140	3	ea
Ginger apples	540	5	ea

week 17

Surprise! Surprise! It's #pumpkin season! #farm ,#ontario ,#farmersmarket ,#healthyfood #fruit ,#vegies, #farmbox #ontariofarm, #ontariofarmers #ontariogrown,#ontariofarms,#yam,#local,#fall

A photo posted by Nadinka (@nadinka_photo) on Sep 30, 2016 at 1:24pm PDT

I am so saving thins bright orange #pumpkin !Next week I should have one more and we will do some October crafts with it!

The black berries are Aronia - surprise of this week. They are not easy to eat as is, but extremely good for you! It can help with blood pressure, great any-oxidant and full of vitamins! I am more familiar with its orange sister - berries from mountain-ash. And these lose it's bitter taste if picked after the first frost, not sure about Aronia berries. Either way, I mad jam with apples.

	gr	other unit	UOM
Aronia berries	280
Beets roots	500	4	ea
Bell pepper	515	2	ea
Cabbage	1500	1	ea
Carrot	620	6	ea
Celery	1150	1	bunch
Cherry tomatoes	580
Corn	3000	6	ea
eggplant	440	1	ea
Green beans	340
Kale	140
Peaches	620	9	ea
Pie pumpkin	1000	1	ea
Potatoes	830	5	ea
Shepherd pepper	210	1	ea
Tomatoes	730	4	ea
Yellow plum tomatoes	600

Week 16

The fall is here! So is the fall nature's gifts.

My discovery of this week is  Daikon (the white "carrot" in my basket), Which is somewhat similar to radishes and you can use it the same way. But we just sliced it very-very thin, seasoned with salt and sunflower oil. It was very good!

Here is what we received this week:

	gr	other unit	UOM
Buttercup squash	1500	1	eaches
Carrot	485	4	eaches
Corn	2400	6	eaches
Cucumber	567	2	eaches
Daikon	500	2	eaches
Green beans	165
Green onions	111	1	eaches
Jalapeno Hot Peppers	120
Macintosh Apples	751	6	eaches
Peaches	820
Potatoes purple	930
Radish	370	5	eaches
Red Lettuce	380	1	bunch
Red onion	153	2	eaches
Tomatoes	520	3	eaches
White onion	230	1	eaches
Yellow onion	300	1	eaches
Yellow plum tomatoes	530

#farm ,#ontario ,#farmersmarket,#healthyfood #fruit ,#vegies, #farmbox#ontariofarm, #ontariofarmers#ontariogrown,#ontariofarms,#yam,#local,#fall

Week 15

#farm ,#ontario ,#farmersmarket ,#healthyfood #fruit ,#vegies, #farmbox #ontariofarm, #ontariofarmers #ontariogrown,#ontariofarms,#yam,#local

A photo posted by Nadinka (@nadinka_photo) on Sep 16, 2016 at 5:39pm PDT

	gr	other unit	UOM
Acorn Squash	915	1	eaches
Beets roots	240	2	eaches
Carrot	420	6	eaches
Cauliflower	700	1	eaches
Celery	1000	1	bunch
Corn	2200	6	eaches
Cucumber	440	2	eaches
Gala Apples	770	6	eaches
Garlic	80	1	eaches
Heirloom Tomatoes	540	2	eaches
Jalapeno Hot Peppers	100	9	eaches
Leek	300	1	eaches
Peaches	700	7	eaches
Potatoes purple	740
Red Lettuce	230	1	eaches
red onion	540	5	eaches
Roma tomatoes	680	8	eaches
Shepherd pepper	280	1	eaches

#farm ,#ontario ,#farmersmarket,#healthyfood #fruit ,#vegies, #farmbox#ontariofarm, #ontariofarmers#ontariogrown,#ontariofarms,#yam,#local