Papa Spuds

Durham, North Carolina and all the surrounding areas offer a variety of fresh produce. Durham has a farmer's market. Raleigh has multiple farmer's markets. Other towns around the area have them as well. However, Shawn isn't a big fan of farmer's markets. He will go, but he doesn't particularly enjoy weaving through the crowds of people to pick out a loaf of bread or a bunch of grapes. I do like the idea of buying local produce though. So I did a little research and learned about Papa Spuds.

Papa Spuds is an organization in the Triangle that allows you to place an order online for the local and even organic produce you want for the week and then delivers it to your house. They work with a variety of local vendors to provide everything from acorn squash to kale to peaches and zucchini. I decided to try them out a few weeks ago, and have been pleasantly surprised. For about twenty dollars a week I get at least one box of produce, sometimes my order requires two boxes. My typical order consists of green peppers, red peppers, peaches, cucumbers, another thing of peaches (I love the peaches that they offer!), some sort of squash and then at least one, sometimes two, "new" items. These "new" items aren't new to most people, but there are new to me. I am trying to broaden Shawn's and my vegetable knowledge. For example, one week I got kale. Another week I got spaghetti squash. This week I am giving acorn squash and eggplant a try. We will see how I do.

Overall, it's a really convenient system that bring me great, fresh produce every week!