Today J and I went to the Farmer's Market for the first time. I knew this place was hardcore, seeing as they are open every day of the year, with the exception of Christmas. I heard it was huge. I heard it was great. But seeing was believing.... and DAMN. I didn't bring my camera, but there was one giant building of all NC produce, and another building with meats, wares, jams, honey, and some more produce. There were little restaurants all around.. it was insane. We didn't go into the restaurants, but we definitely visited the 2 buildings. They were open air buildings, and the heat index today was 112, but that didn't deter me. Even when I got home and had to wring my soaking wet dress out, I was happy we went. Everything we bought, (with the exception of strawberries and cherries,) was local. The meat is local, free range, organic, etc. And CHEAP. Let's talk about a huge bunch of kale for 80 cents.
The finds
Blurry Cherries
Blurry Strawberries
Meat for J
Flowers for fun and because they looked pretty :)
Dinner last night was Carraba's with my friend Lindsay. I asked the waiter if I could bring some of the spices home that they bring with the bread because I am totally obsessed, and he was able to hook it up. So tonight, I added those to some pasta with a chopped zucchini and olive oil, and a little fresh grated parmesan cheese. The fresh zucchini was SO GOOD. I had forgotten how good fresh produce is, and even though I get organic and all that from the store, it still is probably at least a week old. This was probably a day old, and there was a huge difference in flavor.
Tomorrow I have to finish up what little grocery shopping I have left, and J and I are going to church. I always hated church growing up, it was the longest hour of my entire week. But as an adult, I want to give it another try so we have narrowed it down to 3 to try, and tomorrow is number one. Wish me luck! I hope you all are having a great weekend :)
5 comments:
Good haul on the produce! I'd recomend not rushing the Church thing, there's more flavours than Baskin Robbins, and if you're in that frame of mind, the Hare Krishna's have a great vegetarian feast after their service. (I mentioned a little of my Church history in my Soundtrack post last week).
Will- I'm not rushing into church. I have been wanting to go for a few months now, but my Target schedule had prevented me from going. I did the research a while ago, it's just now I have the time to actually go and check them out :)
Will- I'm not rushing into church. I have been wanting to go for a few months now, but my Target schedule had prevented me from going. I did the research a while ago, it's just now I have the time to actually go and check them out :)
Score on the Farmer's Market. We're fixing to join a food co-op here for some of the locally grown/organic aspect of things.
Good luck with church. I haven't found the heart to give it another try. My mother, the uber-Christian, judgy old witch keeps reminding me why I can't bring myself to do it.
Candance: Is it like CSA? Where they deliver the produce to you? I would totally love to do that but I am the only one who really eats fruits and veggies. J isn't so into them, so a lot of them would probably go bad.
I grew up in a really dry church. It took me this long to go back... its been at least 8 years. The one I found is so different, and I really like it. You definitely need to be ready to go though, or else it's going to feel forced no matter what.
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