To see what was crossed off the bucket list first, watch the video below....
This morning Landen, Kellan and I decided we would tackle #88 on the bucket list! I was really surprised at how much fun we actually ended up having. I went online and found this great place that rather than just picking vegetables, fruit and so on in a normal field...we actually were able to go to a hydroponic farm that allows you to pick year round.
The place was down in Ruskin but well worth the trip! I'm actually really excited about this because not only did we get to accomplish a goal today and have a lot of fun doing it BUT it was really educational and healthy as well. Apparently the cold weather the other night froze a lot of crops and the strawberries were almost all wiped out. The owner of the farm let us go look for strawberries anyway so it ended up being fun while we hunted for the ones that made it through the freeze.
The farmer was right there answering questions and showing us how to clip kale, lettuce, arugula, broccoli and a lot more. Kellan was in heaven going up and down the aisles picking strawberries and running around the farm. Landen on the other hand really bonded with the woman who owned the farm, and was busy helping her pick vegetables that we would use shortly after to make a few recipes.
The picture on the top left is of the kale chips we made which the kids both devoured, top center is the cooking demonstration where she let them get involved and showed them how to properly clean everything and prepare it for each recipe. We ended up also making fresh pesto and turning that into an arugula pesto cream cheese dip which was DELICIOUS! She also gave us all the recipes.
Kellan fell asleep before we left the parking lot...
#88 is a wrap!
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