A Productive Night

One of my regular dumpsters is a fairly reliable spot for produce. It was the first dumpster that I ever dived at, and I've been going pretty regularly ever since. So regularly in fact, that the bus driver recognizes me and knows to expect me every week. For the last few weeks I've been getting mostly apples from this dumpster, which is great, but my vegetable intake suffers when this happens. Only one apple this week, but everything else made up for it.

First off are the less ordinary vegetables: asparagus and daikon radish. Asparagus counts as less ordinary because I would never buy it because it seems so expensive, even now when it's in season. I don't think that I've ever bought daikon radish, and I have no idea what it tastes like or what to do with it, so that should be interesting.



Peppers!! In addition to apples, bell peppers seem to be a regular find. Tonight, however, there were many more than usual. I picked up fifteen peppers, but there was plenty more left that I didn't take. I almost never buy red and yellow peppers because green are always the cheapest, and I generally choose to sacrifice aesthetic over cost. Now I just need a good recipe that uses peppers. Or more likely, I'll just be lazy and roast them and eat them plain.


Group shot for the evening. In addition to what I've already explained I also got a few tomatoes, a red and white onion, two pears, an apple, lemon and a bunch of kiwis. I'm not too fond of pears, but they'll do in lieu of apples. Not pictured is a cantaloupe that I suspect is not in the greatest of shape, but seemed worth a shot.