Casa Walsh

I put out the empty organic produce box this morning. Last week’s produce was the perfect amount for a week. Here’s the breakdown of consumption. Oh, this is scintillating blogging.

Wednesday night: Apple

Thursday: Orange

Friday: Potatoes, Broccoli

Saturday: Orange, Strawberries

Sunday: Orange

Monday: Grapefruit, Lettuce, Green Pepper

Tuesday: Kale, Lettuce, Avocado

Remaining: 1 pear (unripe), 1 apple

So, how do I feel after a week of organic food? Energized? Enlightened? Regular?

Nah, mostly I feel pleased for not allowing anything to rot in my refrigerator.

Something funky’s happening with last week’s pictures. I’ll reload them when I get home. [All set now. ] 

What’s Casa Walsh without pictures?

Here’s the birthday cake I made for Elias on Saturday. I’d never made a Boston cream pie before. I followed a recipe from Nigella Lawson’s How to Be a Domestic Goddess. Last week I made her strawberry shortcake – the buiscuit/scone recipe is wonderful – so I had high hopes for this cake. The recipe makes too much ganache and not nearly enough pastry cream (I had to bolster it with whipped cream and blackberries – otherwise it wouldn’t have been much of a filling). The sponge cake was a bit too dense although nicely flavorful. And yes, the strawberries are organic. Aren’t they pretty?

Something funky’s happening with last week’s pictures. I’ll reload them when I get home. [All set now. ] 

What’s Casa Walsh without pictures?

Here’s the birthday cake I made for Elias on Saturday. I’d never made a Boston cream pie before. I followed a recipe from Nigella Lawson’s How to Be a Domestic Goddess. Last week I made her strawberry shortcake – the buiscuit/scone recipe is wonderful – so I had high hopes for this cake. The recipe makes too much ganache and not nearly enough pastry cream (I had to bolster it with whipped cream and blackberries – otherwise it wouldn’t have been much of a filling). The sponge cake was a bit too dense although nicely flavorful. And yes, the strawberries are organic. Aren’t they pretty?

Last week I signed up for organic produce delivery through Boston Organics. I chose the $25 50/50 box delivered weekly, on Wednesdays. Since last Wednesday, when I received my confirmation email, I’ve been counting down the days until the first delivery. I considered skipping my class so I could race right home and rescue the box from the porch.

As soon I was released from class I called Elias to check on “the box”. He couldn’t find it. No box. I nearly cried. Elias called back a few minutes later to say that he found the box on our upstairs neighbor’s landing. I would have been more surprised by this mix-up if I hadn’t introduced myself to our neighbor just a few days ago. Yes, we’ve been living a ceiling apart for almost six months, but I’ve never run into any of the three guys that live above us. Last week was the first street cleaning of the year and as the freaky pre-recorded bullhorn cruised down our street announcing “street cleaning – all cars on the even numbered side will be tagged and towed – street cleaning…” and at 7:30 am I managed to remember that DEB 100 was indeed on the even-numbered side of the street. Elias is even more useless at 7:30 am than I am, so I got up to move the car. And I ran into (literally) my neighbor putting out his trash. Rob introduced himself. “I’m Amanda,” I said. “Oh, I know your name,” he replied. “The mailman leaves your mail in our mailbox all the time.” Huh. I guess we’ll have to put #1 on our door and mailbox.

Moving on. I know I’m the guinea pig in this organic delivery service experiment, so for all of you dying to know what’s in the box, here you go:

2 apples, 3 oranges, 2 pears, 1 avocado, 1 pint of strawberries, 1 grapefruit, 1 green pepper, 1 bunch of brocolli and spring kale, 1 head of lettuce, and 9 potatoes. An impressive variety of produce.

My camera was out of batteries, so I asked Elias to snap the pictures. That explains this shot:

I’m just so excited. Yay.

Last week I signed up for organic produce delivery through Boston Organics. I chose the $25 50/50 box delivered weekly, on Wednesdays. Since last Wednesday, when I received my confirmation email, I’ve been counting down the days until the first delivery. I considered skipping my class so I could race right home and rescue the box from the porch.

As soon I was released from class I called Elias to check on “the box”. He couldn’t find it. No box. I nearly cried. Elias called back a few minutes later to say that he found the box on our upstairs neighbor’s landing. I would have been more surprised by this mix-up if I hadn’t introduced myself to our neighbor just a few days ago. Yes, we’ve been living a ceiling apart for almost six months, but I’ve never run into any of the three guys that live above us. Last week was the first street cleaning of the year and as the freaky pre-recorded bullhorn cruised down our street announcing “street cleaning – all cars on the even numbered side will be tagged and towed – street cleaning…” and at 7:30 am I managed to remember that DEB 100 was indeed on the even-numbered side of the street. Elias is even more useless at 7:30 am than I am, so I got up to move the car. And I ran into (literally) my neighbor putting out his trash. Rob introduced himself. “I’m Amanda,” I said. “Oh, I know your name,” he replied. “The mailman leaves your mail in our mailbox all the time.” Huh. I guess we’ll have to put #1 on our door and mailbox.

Moving on. I know I’m the guinea pig in this organic delivery service experiment, so for all of you dying to know what’s in the box, here you go:

2 apples, 3 oranges, 2 pears, 1 avocado, 1 pint of strawberries, 1 grapefruit, 1 green pepper, 1 bunch of brocolli and spring kale, 1 head of lettuce, and 9 potatoes. An impressive variety of produce.

My camera was out of batteries, so I asked Elias to snap the pictures. That explains this shot:

I’m just so excited. Yay.