The Good: We have started getting the goods from our CSA! Our pick ups started about a month ago. At first, I think due to all the rain and unseasonably cool weather, perhaps, the pickin’s seemed pretty slim. But lately there has been more variety and a larger bounty. Last week is was zucchini, crookneck squash, cucumbers, beets, kale, lettuce, and blueberries. We got the unexpected surprise of fresh garlic with our haul the week before. Fresh garlic is basically like regular garlic, but with moisture-rich fresh skins and membranes separating the cloves, rather than the familiar papery skins. It also tastes a little less strong than “aged” garlic. To the left is picture of a salad we made from an early pick up. I look forward to tomatoes and stone fruit later in the summer!
The Bad: I have been recently diagnosed with gestational diabetes. This severely limits my diet, which was previously pretty carb-heavy (I didn’t realize how carb-heavy until I had to quit them!). The newest wrench thrown into my diet (on top of the usual pregnancy restrictions), is in part why I have not posted much of late (another reason is that I have been incredibly busy at work–working late an unusual amount–and have just been too exhausted to blog once I get home). This all means, no more pasta, no (or not much) more rice. I can’t even eat my old cereal any more. Desserts are out. I never had much of a sweet tooth, but now that I can’t have sweets of any kind, I can’t tell you how I miss them! I can’t eat fruit in the morning or on its own–only with meals. Even beans, my beloved beans, must be restricted. Sigh! So, not much I have been eating lately has been blog-worthy. As I get used to it, though, I am trying to become more inventive, so keep checking in. Luckily, most everything we get through our CSA is on the table!
The Ugly: Me, bereft of pasta, potatoes, fresh summer corn, bread, beans, and sweets!
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July 19th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
After baby comes, we will get you anything you want to eat.
August 19th, 2009 at 9:52 am
hey, erin. been out of town a lot, but just checked your blog. i do love reading it (and it always, always makes me hungry). anyway, i just wanted to say: gestational diabetes! shock and horror! what a bitch, man! ack! i am feeling for you. and, you have my utmost and total respect. hang in there, lady.