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Welcome to my blog!

As you may or may not know, I started an internship with the Prince George CSA program last week, (more about that later) and as their intern, I found out that I get my own share of fresh veggies each week.  CRAZY COOL, RIGHT?!  Ok, so maybe I'm overreacting, but if you've ever worked in non-profits, you'll know that a stipend of any kind is like manna falling from heaven.  Thank the Lawd, I'm saved!  But then reality set in and I got to thinking, what the eff am I going to do with all these vegetables?!  And more importantly, what the eff are half of these?!  Dandelion greens?  Swiss chard?  Come on, are these even edible?  

And this is what can be daunting to a lot of people about joining a CSA for themselves.  We've all grown up knowing what cucumbers and tomatoes are (what I like to call veggies a la supermarket) and knowing a bit about how to eat them or use them in cooking, but the vegetables you get in CSAs are not always the most familiar.  And that's only half the battle - once you figure out what everything is and what to do with it, you've got to figure out how to make all of these veggies into meals.  And I don't know about you,  but I actually really enjoy eating raw veggies, to the point where I've never bothered to try using them in cooking.  This was definitely not an option with my CSA share giving me enough vegetables to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for a week and whatnot. 

So here I am, writing this blog to document my cooking adventures with the wonderful fresh veggies I get from my CSA share each week.  Basically, I want to spread the word to my dear friends and family on how great CSAs are, and that you don't have to be a skilled chef in the kitchen to know how to make delicious meals out of them.  And if you are a skilled chef, (cough mom cough) CSAs are a great way to expand your horizons and get creative with your cooking.  

And now to my secret confession: while I was searching the web for what in the world to do with dandelion greens, I came across a fantastic Huff Post series of articles entitled, "WTF, CSA?!"  Sounds familiar right?  Yep, I stole it.  But only because it was such an ingenious idea and I could totally relate to it.  So I've taken their idea, but made it into a blog for y'all to experience all my WTF?! moments right along with me!  Are you ready??!