This morning was such a lovely morning to be outside. I pulled a few things from my garden after tending to the chickens. We've had a bumper crop of yellow squash and zucchini, and also cherry/grape tomatoes. I am starting to get a few eggplants and I am excited about that. I bought the plants from an organic farmer from our farmers market. I realized once I got them home that they had mites. I separated them from the rest of my plants and treated them with an organic spray. The plants were sad looking at first and now they are doing great! The variety is called "Fairy Tale" and are picked fairly young and small. I plan on grilling these up today along with some squash, onion and green peppers.
I think Charlie and I are going to a blueberry farm today to get some berries. I've been freezing fruit lately to add to smoothies. This week I had healthy smoothies twice a day (made with spinach, sprouts, fruit, ground flax seed and sometimes non-fat yogurt). The frozen fruit makes the smoothie cold and it covers the flavor of the veggies and flax. I have a bunch of reasons for doing this -- but what it all boils down to is HEALTH. Although I am a vegetarian, I still have some bad eating habits. I'm trying to make some positive changes right now and start to take better care of myself. The smoothies definitely make it easier to get a bunch of healthy stuff packed into one meal.
