How a Bread Machine/Avocado & Tomato Season Made Me Excited for Lunch Again

I've been trying to make some healthy changes for our family this summer. In an effort to eat more fruits and vegetables, cook at home, and eliminate processed foods, I signed us up for a CSA, planted a small garden, and bought a bread machine. We are now eating more organic, whole foods, spending less on eating out and groceries, and being good to the environment. There is nothing like a BLTA made with homemade bread, heirloom tomatoes from the backyard, and lettuce from a local farm. I've got a LONG way to go in learning how to prepare and consume all those vegetables (parsley root anyone???) but it's a good change for us.

If you are wondering what a CSA is, it stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Basically you buy into shares of a local farm, that goes on to deliver fresh organic fruits, vegetables, and flowers to you once a week. It supports small local farmers and eliminates environmental damage from pesticides and the energy it takes to transport out of season produce around the world. It's a small thing that we can do to help and it encourages healthier eating on the part of our family.