So what is quick and good for you?

Back in Maine I found myself looking forward to my CSA (community supported agriculture) share this week. I do a program for six weeks at a time where I pay 30 dollars a week and get a "share" which is a canvas bag filled with food. Each week it is filled with different local foods. My challenge is to figure out what to create for a meal with this share. Last night I had some wonderful green leafy lettuce (there is a green house project up here and they are coming up with some cool foods during the long winter months). I also had some goat cheese. I had some bread, there is a baker that sells through this collaborative that makes some seriously good all natural breads. So I made a goat cheese, lettuce and sliced apple sandwich on my yummie bread. Now at seven pm last night driving home from my day past at least ten fast food stores including some pretty good little Greek Pizza shops I was thinking.... But when I got home and opened my bag (initially thinking "darn I cannot cook a whole chicken") the end result was really tasty and left me feeling pretty good.

I find that I am learning more about using less. Less condiments and fewer ingredients. I am enjoying the foods as they are. Now I am not always thrilled with the result but in this new relationship to food it also is more about healthy living, creative thinking and learning. It is not about putting large amounts of food into my body all at once. Of course I still eat good amounts of food and I am not getting skinny. But I am finding that more often I now want the healthier stuff.

Tomorrow I will cook my all natural chicken that came in this weeks share and maybe seasoning it with the season mix. I will let you k now how that turns out.