I’m back home in Austin again. I think everything that could have gone wrong at my mom’s new apartment did. Thankfully everything is moved in and fingers crossed there will be no more hassles.
I know it is insane of me to try to do a meal plan considering our Eat Local challenge. But I feel even if I’m really loose with the plan, we do so much better than if we don’t plan at all.
The main issue right now is working through the non-local stuff we have. While I was gone purchases included Doritos, jarred pasta sauce (we still have three jars I canned in the cupboard), apples, milk, Jif, Hamburger Helper, and who-knows-from-where ground beef. At least they ate most of it while I was gone but I’m still perturbed, considering I didn’t leave an empty kitchen. Men. Anyway, we still have many dried goods that aren’t local, but I’m not sure how a few crackers here and there will play into our overall plan. Either way, since I missed the HOPE market today I’ll be heading to the co-op tomorrow to get a few things.
During March I’ll try to list all three meals as well as local sources for things. I’ll be keeping a list of all the local things we use so I can do a comprehensive post at the end of the month.
Monday:
Breakfast: Toast (Texas French Bread) w/homemade apple butter
Lunch: Baby lettuce salad (homegrown) with avocado and citrus (CSA)
Snack: Snickie (Retro Bizzaro)
Dinner: Roast chicken (Yonder Way Farm) and root vegetables (CSA)
Tuesday:
Breakfast: Scrambled egg (Simmons Farm) w/duck bacon (Kocurek Charcuterie)
Lunch: Leftover chicken & veg
Dinner: Homemade tamales
Wednesday:
Breakfast: Toast (Texas French Bread) w/homemade grapefruit marmalade
Lunch: Leftover tamales
Dinner: Chili (meat from Yonder Way Farm)
Thursday:
Breakfast: Scrambled egg (Simmons Farm) w/duck bacon (Kocurek Charcuterie)
Lunch: Leftover chili
Dinner: I will be at Peche for an absinthe tasting (!). Have yet to figure out what the guys will eat.
Friday:
Breakfast: Toast (Texas French Bread) w/homemade apple butter
Lunch: Baby lettuce salad (homegrown)
Dinner: Homemade pizza
Saturday:
Breakfast: At the farmer’s market
Lunch: Something from the market
Dinner: Local ingredient Daring Cook’s challenge
Sunday:
Breakfast: Pancakes, bacon (Kocurek Charcuterie)
Lunch: ?
Dinner: Short ribs (Yonder Way Farm)
What are you eating locally this week?
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What a great challenge! And your menu looks delish! I am doing a 21-Day Vegan Kickoff. But than Orgjunkie posted the Whole Grain Apple Oatmeal pancakes… geesh. going to need to figure out if I can substitute the egg in the recipe. LOL.
Absinthe tasting, huh? You should have fun with that one.
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Money Funk Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
BTW, great job on the Snowballing.
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Strawberries (which are not lasting long). Potatoes, lots and lots of potatoes (last of the season so I bought extra). Onions. Chicken and Gulf Shrimp. Beautiful, beautiful cabbage. Cheese.
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