Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Eating Local


I love the Farmer's Market.  That's all there is to it.  I love an excuse to be out on a Saturday morning with my daughter.  I love walking around and seeing all the fresh vegetables, plants and fruit.  I love talking to the farmers and getting gardening tips for my garden.  I love that the food is freshly picked and was grown either in the same county or neighboring county as to where I live.  I love that most, if not all of the produce is organically grown.  You get the point?

This is the loot I brought home this week.

Oh, one more: I love coming home and trying to figure out what to do with it all.  This week my sweet cousin, T., was coming over for lunch so I wanted to make something new and fun.  Cause she is a foodie like me.  This is what I came up with:

Zoodle and tomato salad:

2 zucchini julienned with a julienne peeler
15 cherry tomatoes halved
1 cup fresh basil chiffonade (from my garden)
1 cup chopped black forest ham

Dressing:

2 oz. olive oil
1 oz. balsamic vinegar
1/2 tsp. minced garlic (from a jar)
salt and pepper to taste

I wish I could've captured a picture of it before we gobbled it up, but that did not happen.  Don't worry, this was good enough that I am sure I will be making it again sometime in the near future and I will post a picture then.   

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