One thing I have
loved and that has brought my Joy during the last few months is a focus on
Fresh food for our family.
Back in 2015, when
we were doing IVF and had finished our first round and waiting on results, we
decided to switch to getting an organic fruit and vegetable box delivered to us
plus installed a water filter - where we focused on doing something different,
improving our health, to improve our chances.
We were blessed that our darling boy was born after doing just one round
of IVF. We have kept up the water filter
yet after a while we stopped getting our fruit and vegetable box.
When
we started homeschooling, we were blessed that my daughter’s school delivered a
box of fruit and vegetables. This was
very generous and a wonderful surprise.
It was so great having the home filled with fruit and vegetables as
normally my hubby just shops a few times a week and so the house is not
normally overflowing with so much goodness, as we would normally buy and then
cook or use the goods within a day or two.
We
then decided to order the Fresh fruit and vegetable box each week and we love
it - specifically I love it. When I
arrive and I hear the knock on the door I am very excited and I put it on the
kitchen floor and can’t wait to open it and see what surprises await me.
I
love that the contents of the box are different each week. It is such good value at just $40 per week
and I can’t believe how much we get in the box.
I love having two fruit bowls full with fruit always on hand for a
healthy snack. I love the fridge full of
vegetables. I love that I can give some
of the produce to my neighbour where I gave her some bananas ready for baking
and my neighbour made muffins and gave some to us. I have also made soup and vegetable dishes
and shared with my lovely neighbour too or when I have had too many beans or
lettuce I didn’t get to use that week, my neighbour is always happy to be
gifted with the vegetables. It gives me
such Joy to give and be generous to others.
I
also love knowing that the fruit and vegetables are Fresh from the markets that
day. I love knowing that we are getting
fruit and vegetables that are in Season and not being stored in fridges at the
major retailers. I really love
experimenting and creating recipes with the ingredients of the box. I have made a lot of different soups and it is
great that they are Fresh and homemade.
I also have made a few frittatas which my hubby and I enjoyed and where
it was great to make some for my Parents too.
It has been wonderful that there is so much produce that I can make food
for my Parents and neighbour and have plenty for us too.
It
has also been very exciting and Joyful getting Fresh eggs from our
neighbour. This all started on Anzac Day
when our other neighbour saw us out the front on our driveway paying our
respects. He then came over and offered
us Fresh eggs and told us they have chickens.
Since homeschooling my daughter I was keen to learn how to make poached
eggs and so we were excited to have Fresh eggs and my girl and I enjoyed
poached eggs with avocado toast and feta cheese - this brought us Joy.
From
then on we have been buying Fresh eggs from our across the road
neighbours. We even got excited by the
idea of buying our own pet chickens - we were all excited and were thinking of
names and how good it would be to have Fresh eggs. We then visited our neighbours who introduced
us to their chickens which was really exciting except we realised that the
chickens eat all of the grass so we decided to put on hold having our own pet
chickens, decided to plan to buy a dog, and to just buy eggs from our
neighbours. And we do love our Fresh
eggs - so fresh there is hay and chicken droppings on the eggs when we buy them
and bring them home.
We
have also been enjoyed Fresh salmon and I am happy to be giving my family Fresh
fish rather than frozen fish. Although
now I am keen to learn more about wild fish and the best fish for the
environment as well - I plan to do some research.
I
am also happy to have found a butcher that buys direct from the farmers and is
free range. I don’t eat chicken or red
meat yet like buying good quality meat for my family.
I
am also happy to be making Fresh snacks for my family - today my girl and I
made banana and apple muffins and tomorrow we are going to make bliss
balls.
I
believe that Fresh is best and so I am glad that I am focused on healthy Fresh
food for my family - this brings me Joy.
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