Empty Produce Drawers!

Oh, no!  My produce drawers in my refrigerator are basically empty, except for some onions and peppers and a stray carrot or two.  Time to make a produce trip!  I just don't enjoy planning my meals if I don't have a refrigerator stocked with fresh veggies and fruit.  I mean, canned or frozen veggies just don't do it for me.

Last week I bought something different, beets.  Well, I buy fresh  beets occasionally and have even grown my own in the garden, but these were not red beets.  They were yellow.  I forgot to take a picture of them, but I plan on getting another bag today if the produce place has them.  So next time, picture!  Anyway, I sliced them up last night and roasted them with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper.  Delicious!

We also went through a "boat load" of fresh strawberries this week.  When I bought the big box last week, my husband thought it was a waste.  Nope!  That was my dessert most nights this week, just a great big bowl of fresh strawberries, a drizzle of Agave and two tablespoons (okay, maybe three) of fat-free Cool Whip.

We also went through all of the broccoli, swiss chard, salad, spinach, and sweet potatoes, a big spagetti squash and a butternut squash.   I'm also out of bananas and celery.  The apples and pears are almost gone.  Geez, going to spend half my grocery money this week at the produce place!

I do still have a big head of cabbage that I planned to use for stuffed cabbage.  Maybe this weekend, although it's a little time consuming and I've got a lot going on this weekend.  So maybe I'll just buy a ham and use it for ham and cabbage.

Our Aerogarden is once again up and running, and we've got little salad greens growing, along with a few herbs, globe basil and dill.  Spring is right around the corner.  Time to start planning this year's veggie garden.  Yeah!