Cleaning and preparing vegetables from your CSA box. (2:02)
The process of cleaning and preparing vegetables is a creative time of developing what your menu will look like this week. Instead of pulling out a recipe of what you might make each meal, let your inspiration come from the box of veggies in front of you; let them lead the way. You might not have a plan for everything, but getting the vegetables prepared and processed to some degree will take out so much of the work that bringing the food to the table later in your busy week becomes an enjoyable venture. A good part of your meal is already partly prepared and with that knowledge the rest of the inspiration will follow.
Start slicing, sorting and washing when you have an hour to dedicate getting to know your food.
Just the process of touching and changing the food in your box will have the effect of turning it into creative potential instead of a mass of vegetable matter in the fridge that keeps relentlessly calling.
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Celtuce prep and use (19:45, 21:01)
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