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So what did I get from Aussie Farmers Direct for my $35AU this week? Lots and lots of my fav. foods thats what.
4 x Pears
3 x Sundowner Apples
3 x Golden Delicious Apples
5 x Bananas
4 x Carrots
1 x Avocado - my most fav. fruit in the whole entire world.
2.5kg bag Chat Potato
2 x Broccoli
3 x Brown Onions
3 x Murcott Mandarins
1 x Baby Bok Choy (Shanghai)
1 x Cos baby leaves punnet
4 x Oranges
1 x Lemon
1 x Sweet Potato
3 x Zucchini Green
1 x Asparagus Bunch
1 x Tomato Cherry Punnet
Now for confession time.
Wow! I have nothing to confess this week 
:: Happy Dance :: we used everything. The celery got chopped up and put into little bags in the freezer to add to meals. Pear got turned into more apple and pear butter. Everything else was eaten during the week. Now that is awesome.
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Heidi was very excited when the doorbell rang at 5.50pm on Thursday afternoon, she ran to look out the window and started yelling out to me “Is farmers direx”, “You get the box mummy”, “Is my farmers direx”. Awww. Nothing like a little indoctrination. Then she did a happy dance while I opened the box. 
So what did I get from Aussie Farmers Direct for my $35AU this week? I couldn’t find the list of what was in the box so hopefully I’ve got it all, I’m typing this up as I put it all away.
4 x Pears
3 x Sundowner Apples
3 x Granny Smith Apples
4 x Bananas
1 x Lemon
1 x bunch Asparagus (mine mine all mine!)
1 x massive bunch of Celery (Mel can I interest you?)
4 x Carrots
2.5kg bag Red Washed Potato
2 x Broccoli
3 x Brown Onions
3 x Murcott Mandarins
1 x Red Onion
1 x 100g salad mix leaves
4 x Navel Oranges
4 x Tomatoes
1 x Rockmelom
1 x Red Capsicum (Bell Pepper)
Now for confession time.
I’ve thrown out the iceberg lettuce, it is not going to get eaten here at all.
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So what did I get from Aussie Farmers Direct for my $35AU this week?
4 x Pears Apple & Pear Butter coming soon
3 x Sundowner Apples
3 x Golden Delicious Apples
4 x Bananas
4 x Carrots
2 x Corn
8 x Brushed Potato
2 x Broccoli
3 x Brown Onions
2 x Zucchini
3 x Murcott Mandarins
1 x Red Onion
1 x Iceberg Lettuce
4 x Oranges
2 x Sweet Potato
1 x Cherry Tomato Punnet
1 x Strawberry Punnet
2 x Tomatoes
Now for confession time.
We still have the Honey Dew Melon, Broccolli, Cauliflower, Carrots, Potatos and Onions (and some stuff I’ve forgotten) from the previous week. Being in hospital with Heidi for much of the week means food at home really didn’t get eaten. I’m working on using it all up but have not had time to post about it.
I did have to throw out some of the roasted and mashed pumpkin because I didn’t get it into the freezer in time and it was going mouldy in our fridge by the time I noticed it yesterday.
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So what did I get from Aussie Farmers Direct for my $35AU this week?
5 x Pears :: sigh :: I’m thinking pear butter maybe?
4 x Sundowner Apples
3 x Golden Delicious Apples
3 x Bananas
4 x Carrots
1 x Cauliflower
10 x Brushed Potato
2 x Broccoli
3 x Brown Onions
3 x Zucchini (the list in the box said I should have gotten 2, seems I scored an extra one)
3 x Murcott Mandarins
1 x Red Onion
5 x Roma Tomatoes
4 x Oranges
1 x Capsicum
6 x Beetroot (the list said 3, but I got 6, they are fairly small so perhaps that is why)
1 x Eggplant
1 x Honey Dew Melon
I’ve got some great recipe ideas percolating, can’t wait to get cooking. Ratatouille would seem to be a must this week, but I will have a look in my recipe books before I make a final decision. Probably not beetroot ice-cream though
Now for confession time.
I ended up throwing out a couple of stalks of celery from the box two weeks ago, it was all limp and yukky. I gave away the pineapple and the mandarins to my sister in law, the mandarins from this weeks box have been given away also.
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This was sitting on my doorstep Thursday evening when the girls and I got home from Fathers Evening at PreSchool. My box of fruity (and veggie) goodness.
More interesting than the outside of the box is the contents:
How scrummy does that look! And all fresh from the farm, real dirt and all.
So what did I get for my $35AU?
4 x Pears
3 x Sundowner Apples
3 x Granny Smith Apples
3 x Bananas
3 x Carrots
1 x Pineapple Gold
6 x Brushed Potato (big ‘uns)
1 x Broccoli
3 x Brown Onions
1/2 Cabbage (in the plastic bag)
3 x Murcott Mandarins
1 x Red Onion
4 x Tomatoes
3 x Oranges
1 x Strawberry Punnet
1 x Sweet Potato
1 x Japanese Pumpkin
I’ve got some great recipe ideas percolating, can’t wait to get cooking.
Now for confession time.
Today I threw out 2 pears from last weeks box. They had not been eaten and disintegrated into mush in our fruit bowl. 
Still have half a bunch of celery from last weeks box to use and some potato but that is no problem.
