Today's Rescued Food Haul

Today ION was rather busy when we stopped by to pickup what the owner had set aside for us. There also wasn't as much "blemished", unsuited for sale food as we have been getting in weeks past. This was actually a good thing since we have been accumulating more than we can cook! We welcomed the light load and can hopefully use a lot of what we are storing in the church freezer this Sunday.

Check out this great selection:

Spiralized veggies! The butternut squash and sweet potato smelled too funky to save but all of the zucchini was good to go...

Look at these beauties. Awesome colorful little potatoes which Mary, our resident vegan chef volunteer 😊 suggested we roast and toss in these great fresh herbs. Had she not mentioned this, I might have threw the herbs in the oven too and burnt the flavor right out! Added benefit of being a FNB volunteer: the opportunity to learn and perfect some cooking skills 👍

And finally, some fresh fruit for a fruit platter. (Oh! And more mushrooms.) We've noticed fruit is well received when we get to Main Street and I bet that will continue into the summer months. Who doesn't love a piece of fruit on a hot summer day.

The weather is iffy for Sunday so we will be playing it by ear. We're totally down to tough out getting wet if its sprinkling here and there, but if it looks like steady rain, we probably wont be able to share on the street.

Watch the Facebook page for updates about Sunday's cooking and sharing event- hopefully the weather will cooperate and we'll see you in the kitchen or in front of The Buttonwood Tree!

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