Last week, I received a flyer in the mail for an online local, organic grocery delivery service called spud!. In an effort to try and feed my family healthier produce, as well as support local growers, I decided to give it a try.
I placed my online order on Monday. I decided that I'd only get produce this time around, just to see how I liked it. Delivery to my area was scheduled for Thursday (today).
I arrived home after driving carpool today to find a large blue Rubbermaid tote on my front porch. I brought it inside, opened it up, and felt as though I'd been transported to a farm.
The fruits and vegetables inside looked as though they'd just been picked. Seriously, they still had that "fresh-from-the-earth-dirty" smell. As I pulled item after item out of the bin, I just wanted to wash and eat it right then and there. Carrots with the long green tops still attached. Heirloom tomatoes that had that yummy tomato-vine smell. The sweetest cucumbers you can imagine. Beautiful broccoli, vibrant green beans, bright red radishes...is your mouth watering yet?
I proceeded to make an awesome salad, which I'll eat for lunch and dinner for the next several days. I cut up some of the fresh fruit for the kids for dinner tonight. It tasted unbelievable.
I don't have a green thumb, or the burning desire (read: time) to acquire one. But I do love the taste and idea of home grown veggies. I've tried to make it to local farmer's markets, but most of them fall on Sunday morning, right when we're at church. So this seems like a great compromise for me. The prices seemed reasonable enough - not much more than what I pay for mediocre produce at the grocery store. And they're delivered to my front porch, for free. I'm already plotting my choices for my bin of goods next Thursday!
6 comments:
I got the same flyer and was going to try it out! I'm off to do my order now!!
Wow that's cool. If only I liked veggies. I wish they had a service like that for Diet Coke and oreos.
I completely agree with Ashley!
No, I do love fresh veggies and I love homegrown stuff. Tomatoes from the vine beat ANYTHING you could ever find at any supermarket. I love that it comes right to your door. I'll have to check it out!
Those look amazing! I hate vegetables, but I would actually probably eat those (I actually hate veggies becuase they come from the store and are bland, but when they come from our garden I actually don't mind them at all).
I have used the SPUD delivery service for over half a year now, and it is really super! Not only higher quality produce, but all sorts of other groceries too, plus you can track how many kms your food has travelled to get to you, find info on the actual farm the produce came from, and it is convenient, time saving, user-friendly, & good customer service. You can check out the website using just your postal code. If you sign up, please use promo code CR5-100002393 to get $25 off over your 1st 4 deliveries, and I will get a small gift for referring you. There are other good organic delivery services out there too, such as organics@home but SPUD has been the easiest for us to use.
Oops - I shouldn't have put in my promo-code for SPUD - Alyson should get the credit for referring anyone on this blog to SPUD. sorry.
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