Just joined an organic food co-op called Purple Dragon. I picked up my first food share last night in Maplewood, and then drove the long, dark, windy road through Irvington to get home. Not such a nice neighborhood, for those of you who don’t know. When I got home and had a chance to happily paw through the loot, this is what we had gotten:

• a bag of fresh blueberries (Dahlia was VERY happy about this one)
• a bunch of carrots
• 3 fresh red onions, greens and all
• some green kale
• a bunch of dark green lettuce
• 4 ears of corn
• peaches!
• a small cantaloupe that promises to be sweet
• a bunch of fresh flowering herbs that I have yet to identify. Possibly oregano? marjoram?

***UPDATE***

The mystery herb has been identified as Thai Basil!

• abag of green beans
• 3 tomatoes
• some small yellow and green squash
• one funky looking cucumber
• a bunch of bananas

So now I really have to get cookin’!