{"id":379,"date":"2011-02-28T09:40:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T16:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/?p=379"},"modified":"2011-02-28T09:40:20","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T16:40:20","slug":"my-first-basket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/?p=379","title":{"rendered":"My First Basket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF00944.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-384 alignleft\" title=\"First basket\" src=\"http:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF00944-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF00944-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF00944-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I ordered my first basket last Monday.\u00a0 Saturday finally arrived.\u00a0 We packed the kids up and drove the short distance to the designated pick up spot.\u00a0 It was really simple.\u00a0 We brought our own basket to put the food in and stood in line for a short time.\u00a0 They were well organized and kept the line moving quickly.\u00a0 I was surprised with how many people were showing up.\u00a0 We took the basket home and lined everything up to take inventory.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF0097.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-386\" title=\"Fruits and Veggies\" src=\"http:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF0097-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF0097-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSCF0097-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>7 Bananas \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 2 Mangoes \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2 Bundles of Asparagus<\/p>\n<p>5 Roma Tomatoes \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 Coconut \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 1 Carton of Strawberries<\/p>\n<p>1 Cantaloupe \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 6 Forelle Pears\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 Head Romain Lettuce<\/p>\n<p>3 lb bag of Butter Gold Potatoes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 2 Bundles of Broccoli<\/p>\n<p>After weighing everything and putting it away we made a trip to the grocery store.\u00a0 You&#8217;re probably thinking, why the grocery store?\u00a0 Didn&#8217;t you just get a bunch of food?\u00a0 Well I wanted to go to the grocery store to calculate how much all this food would cost me if I had bought it there.\u00a0 The basket cost $15.\u00a0 I also had a one time basket fee of $3. There is also a handling fee of $1.50.\u00a0 So all together it cost me $19.50.\u00a0 On my trip to the grocery store the only item I had trouble with were the pears.\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t find that exact pear so I had to estimate according what was there.\u00a0 All together if I had bought all this at the grocery store it would have cost me about $26 + tax.\u00a0 So far the value is great.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a little concerned about eating everything before it goes bad.\u00a0 We don&#8217;t get coconut very often and I&#8217;m not sure what to do with that.\u00a0 My next dilemma, do I buy another basket for this Saturday or wait a week.\u00a0 I have so much in my refrigerator it&#8217;s really hard to tell what I&#8217;ll need next week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ordered my first basket last Monday.\u00a0 Saturday finally arrived.\u00a0 We packed the kids up and drove the short distance to the designated pick up spot.\u00a0 It was really simple.\u00a0 We brought our own basket to put the food in and stood in line for a short time.\u00a0 They were well organized and kept the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[28,25,27],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-fruits","tag-health","tag-vegetables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403,"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions\/403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}