Simply in Seaon

A goal our house has this year is to not only eat healthy, but to also eat locally and to eat whats in season. Monday night I made our meal almost completely out of local produce. I made sweet potato/apple casserole from potatoes from the farm and pecans from the Martinez' house. The green beans and eggplant came from the farm also. We picked lettuce and peppers from the Martinez/Alterna garden and a neighbor gave us tomatoes from her garden. The meal just seemed to be better knowing where everything came from.

Eating seasonally can be a chore. We have had soooo many peppers, eggplants, okra, and green beans lately. It can get borning to eat the same things over and over. But this is where you have to get creative. We have a wonderful cookbook called Simply in Season which gives a variety of recipes using what in season. You should definitely check this cookbook out.