Blooming Hill Farm

I used to live 10 minutes away from a wonderful organic farm. I went every Saturday to get produce for the week. Now it is a bit more of a trip, but so worth it. I bought organic grape tomatoes and avocado and remembered how amazing orgainc tastes. So, this afternoon, I went out to the farm, packed my goodies into an insulated bag to keep them cool in my car and then went to the gym. I was going to the gym anyway.

This is a picture of everything I got, and I spent $19.50. The bowl has spring onions, red potatoes and mushrooms. They have a grill and they make the most fantastic grilled veggie sandwiches and salads, homemade dressings, etc. I used to get lunch every Sat there, too. They had samples of griled corn they were passing around and it was fantastic. The bag of red leaf lettuce was gigantic. The bananas were the only thing that didn't come from the farm, obviously. But still organic. Here is the link:

http://www.bloominghillfarm.com/index.html

They sell in Union Square and they also provide organic produce to some of NYC's restaurants like Candle Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Angelica Kitchen and Savoy.

They also have farm nights where they serve a vegetarian meal, which I 'd like to go to. It is kinda expensive, they upped it to $60. But it is good to support local organic farming.

As a time saver, I make salad once and eat it all week long. Rather than buy disgusting bagged salad, I rinse and spin the lettuce and tear it all up, cut cucumber, shred carrots and store this in a tupperware container or a ziplock bag. I add organic tomatoes when I eat it, because I find they don't store well. My tomato plant gave me a beautiful one yesterday. Oh, and I LOVE Annie's goddess dressing- yum!