Hold on to your hats! Boy do I have a fun surprise for you :-) Our friends at Papa Spud's enjoyed our little experiment so much that they have offered YOU $15 OFF! Yup, FREE enrollment and $5 OFF your first order.
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Trust me, you'll love it! I still get excited to see a new box sitting on the porch on Wednesday :-)
Enjoy!
-Jennifer
In case you missed it the first time around, check out the fun I had during The Papa Spud's Experiment:
The Papa Spud’s Experiment: Week 1
The Papa Spud's Experiment: Week 1
A while back I was asked if I would be interested in teaming with Papa Spud’s, a farm to fork delivery service connecting over 50 local farmers and artisans with tons of lucky Triangle residents. I of course said yes because I’ve often toyed with the idea of signing up for such a service but I’ve never pulled the trigger. So here goes!
I will warn you that you should not expect anything earth shattering in my next few Papa Spud’s, just a busy Chick’s tips to work more fresh local produce onto my family’s plates. And yes, you’ll learn lots of fun facts about my lack of knowledge about a few, ok a lot, of veggies :-)
Week 1 was quite exciting – getting to pick the contents of our box and then the excitement of the delivery of the first box. Honestly, it was ridiculously exciting. I will admit it was also a little daunting. I love to cook, but with our busy schedules I do not get the chance too nearly as much as I’d like to so the pressure of using all of these fabulous veggies before they go bad is not to be underestimated.
The beautiful box
Here are the beautifully lush contents of said first box:
My first Papa Spud's box 'o yumminess
Step one on Wednesday night was of course to figure out what was what. Seriously. I had to look a couple of things up…
Step two, chop some veggies. It is much easier to grab a healthy snack if it is prepped and ready to go so the first task I tackled was chopping up some carrots and cucumbers:
My exceptional chopping skills on display ;-)
The carrot sticks and cucumbers were perfect for my work lunches and with all of that baby bok choy I knew the chopped carrots would be perfect for stir fry.
Friday night was the first time I cooked with any of the veggies. I made two super simple side dishes:
Roasted red potatoes (cubed and roasted with olive oil, garlic and rosemary)
My favorite and easiest side dish - roasted red potatoes
Sautéed spinach (sautéed with olive oil and garlic)
Sautéing like a champ
On Sunday night I hade the most fun, I decided to tackle the baby bok choy. While I love bok choy, I have never purchased nor cooked it before so I was of course nervous. I started easy and worked it into a simple stir fry:
My new favorite stir fry
Bok Choy Pad Thai Stir Fry (baby bok choy and carrots sautéed with olive oil, garlic, and pad thai sauce, served over rice)
You can very easily add chicken, beef, shrimp or really anything you like.
The leftovers then became lunch for work on Monday :-) :
Leftovers - time and $ saver
I think that’s a pretty darn good start for my first 5 days! If you have any fun recipes you want me to try, send them my way: info@cluelesschick.com
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The Papa Spud’s Experiment - Weeks 2 & 3
Ok folks, are you ready for TWO weeks of Papa Spud’s updates?!?! That’s right, this sneaky Chick did some strategic ordering to stretch out two weeks worth of Papa Spud’sover the holidays to feed the whole crew and then some. Plus this is the week that you are all starting new diets, vowing to be healthier in 2015, etc. etc. etc. so it’s easier to get your attention ;-) Don’t worry, you’ll thank me for my sneakiness.
First off, in Week 2 of The Papa Spud’s Experiment TWO boxes arrived!
It turns out I just ordered bulky foods, but still it was ridiculously exciting. And yes, when only one box arrived for Week 3 of The Papa Spud’s Experiment it was a bit of a bummer, until I opened it up that is.
Week 3 was the first time I included meat as part of my box which is such a cool and unique benefit of using Papa Spuds. The meat arrived fully frozen so I happily popped it into the freezer for future use.
What were my favorite things about Weeks 2 & 3? Well, I’m glad you asked. I was able to spice up the ordinary, strategically stretch my boxes over multiple weeks and make a few amazing dishes for Christmas dinner!
When I selected my first Papa Spud’s box I made the mistake of thinking only of what I could make it that week. With the holidays around the corner, I knew that most of my meal planning would revolve around Christmas dinner. I realize this will sound a bit silly but until that point it hadn’t occurred to me that much of what I ordered would last for more than just a few days and thus began my strategery!
Sweet Potatoes
Spicing up the Ordinary
The good old fashion tuna sandwich which was in fact fabulous:
And the piece de resistance, the day after Christmas leftover turkey and cranberry sauce sandwich:
Speaking of cranberry sauce, which too was made even better this Christmas thanks to some awesome oranges from my Papa Spud’s box:
The makings of the perfect cranberry sauce
The actual cranberry sauce yumminess!
An Even Better Ordinary
My boys also insisted that I share some of their favorite parts of the Papa Spud’s boxes from the past two weeks.
The little man has be loving his cute little tangerines because he can peel them himself:
Little one-friendly tangerines from Papa Spud's
The big guy has also been loving the fresh apple he finds in his lunch box every day:
A Papa Spud's Apple - perfect for school lunches!
AND I still have some red potatoes that we’ll be diving into this week in addition to some fun new party cooking!
Ok folks, are you ready for TWO weeks of Papa Spud’s updates?!?! That’s right, this sneaky Chick did some strategic ordering to stretch out two weeks worth of Papa Spud’sover the holidays to feed the whole crew and then some. Plus this is the week that you are all starting new diets, vowing to be healthier in 2015, etc. etc. etc. so it’s easier to get your attention ;-) Don’t worry, you’ll thank me for my sneakiness.
First off, in Week 2 of The Papa Spud’s Experiment TWO boxes arrived!
It turns out I just ordered bulky foods, but still it was ridiculously exciting. And yes, when only one box arrived for Week 3 of The Papa Spud’s Experiment it was a bit of a bummer, until I opened it up that is.
Week 3 was the first time I included meat as part of my box which is such a cool and unique benefit of using Papa Spuds. The meat arrived fully frozen so I happily popped it into the freezer for future use.
Honestly, I’m overthinking the meat a bit. I am so sure that it is going to be fabulous I don’t want to waste it on the wrong recipe. Ridiculous? Yes. Surprising? No.
What were my favorite things about Weeks 2 & 3? Well, I’m glad you asked. I was able to spice up the ordinary, strategically stretch my boxes over multiple weeks and make a few amazing dishes for Christmas dinner!
When I selected my first Papa Spud’s box I made the mistake of thinking only of what I could make it that week. With the holidays around the corner, I knew that most of my meal planning would revolve around Christmas dinner. I realize this will sound a bit silly but until that point it hadn’t occurred to me that much of what I ordered would last for more than just a few days and thus began my strategery!
Sweet Potatoes
One of my favorite side dishes at Thanksgiving and Christmas is Sweet Potato Casserole and I knew that it would be even better with fresh local Sweet Potatoes and boy was I right. Since I would be feeding the whole crew for Christmas dinner, I ordered sweet potatoes in my Week 2 and Week 3 boxes to ensure that I had plenty. The results were nothing short of scrumptious:
Spicing up the Ordinary
Another fun thing about new fresh fruits and veggies delivered to your door every week is that you can not only try something new, but you can re-experience the ordinary. For me, it is the little things that make the biggest difference, like the amazing lettuce I have gotten which has gotten me excited about sandwiches, yes sandwiches. There was the traditional Turkey sandwich:
The good old fashion tuna sandwich which was in fact fabulous:
And the piece de resistance, the day after Christmas leftover turkey and cranberry sauce sandwich:
Speaking of cranberry sauce, which too was made even better this Christmas thanks to some awesome oranges from my Papa Spud’s box:
The makings of the perfect cranberry sauce
The actual cranberry sauce yumminess!
An Even Better Ordinary
My boys also insisted that I share some of their favorite parts of the Papa Spud’s boxes from the past two weeks.
The little man has be loving his cute little tangerines because he can peel them himself:
Little one-friendly tangerines from Papa Spud's
The big guy has also been loving the fresh apple he finds in his lunch box every day:
A Papa Spud's Apple - perfect for school lunches!
AND I still have some red potatoes that we’ll be diving into this week in addition to some fun new party cooking!
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The Papa Spud’s Experiment - Weeks 4
Believe it or not, it’s time for Week 4 of my fabulously fun Papa Spud’s Experiment. I’ve got to tell you, this has been more fun than I expected. From the excitement of fresh fruits and veggies sitting on the doorstep every Wednesday afternoon to the fun food experiments and general yumminess.
I only wish I had more time to cook. If there were more hours in the day or days in the week I would have tried 50 new recipes! One day…. For now I will just have to share with you the fun that was had this week – a yummy fresh favorite and a party must have.
Yummy Fresh Favorite
Roasted red potatoes are one of my favorite easy side dishes for an easy weeknight dinner. It doesn’t get much easier than:
- Wash
- Chop
- Cover in olive oil, garlic and salt & pepper
- Roast for 15-20 min
If you haven’t ever tried it, I highly recommend it.
This week I again planned ahead (woo hoo!) and ordered a few extra items for a party over the weekend. I was planning to make margaritas and you can’t have an awesome margaritas without fresh lemons and limes so I stocked up!
BUT, it did not simply squeeze these beautiful fruits into my margaritas, I had them do double duty, well triple duty really. The night before the party I sliced all of the lemons and limes:
Once they were sliced, I put them all into a freezer bag and popped them into the freezer:
Why would I freeze them? I’m so glad you asked! Frozen lemons and limes are the party trifecta:
- Add fresh lemon and lime flavor
- Make your margarita look extra festive
- Keep your margarita cold without watering it down
Does it get any better?
So, over the past few weeks we have learned that having a Papa Spud’s box delivered to your door can:
· Turn your favorites extra yummy
· Master the margarita trifecta
Happy Papa Spud’s-ing :-)
Until next time,
aka Chick #1
P.S. Another HUGE Clueless Chick thank you to the lovely ladies at Clairemont Communications for connecting us :-)
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