Bountiful Baskets & Carrot Cake Cookies (Whoopie pies)

  Since my mom works at a plant nursery, she is always finding out new things from her fellow co-workers, especially about food. The latest thing she was told about is an organisation called Bountiful Baskets, which is made up of volunteers that buy the best crops from small farms. How it works is, you go online the find out if they have a location near you, you place an order, on Saturday you go, & pick up your food. They meet every week & every two weeks they change their add-ons.

  The first time you participate, you pay a few extra for your main basket of fruits and vegetables (which is about $18 for the first time), then you have  choices to have "add-ons" which you can only get if you purchase a main basket. This past weekend the "add-ons" were 25lb box of tomatoes, 25lb of HUGE carrots,a bag of onions,a bag of oranges & they will usually have a themed add-on like an Italian add-on with things like eggplants, onion, garlic.. Italian themed foods. The add-ons can be anything from $5-20 each, depending on what it is. They also have granola & fresh breads. 

                                                           We spent less than $60 for...