CSA is Back!



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It has been a long winter and I am hungry for greens. Thankfully our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)  will be starting up again on Saturday! This wild coastal area continues to shape the way I eat. During the winter abundant vegetables are hard to come by and expensive. A lot of vegan goodies that are available in the cities are not available here. In fact, we find ourselves ordering hard to find food and sundries online. Eventually, I hope to be able to grow much of my own vegetables.
Overall, I feel the process has been a good one for me. My diet has been simplified to very basic and nutritious food. As for eating out at restaurants, I have yet to find anything that is equal or better to what I can make at home. Finding vegan, and now gluten free, continues to be a challenge.
Time to cook can also be a challenge! In addition to vegan and gluten free, I strive to eat a high raw diet. I live in a very cold and damp climate and find it challenging to stay warm on a 100% raw diet. I find it easier to eat mostly raw. I am a busy artist and find the extra planning and organizing to eat nutritiously a challenge. With that in mind I decided to set aside some time to organize a series of menus and shopping lists. I am planning to publish some of that here on this blog which has not been very active to this point. Hopefully others will find the information useful. It will be an interesting adventure to develop the menus and will help me out time-wise.
If anyone has any thoughts on that topic, please do leave a comment. I would love to hear ideas and requests at this point.
More to come soon! -Renee