There were these bouquets to greet me at the market on Saturday. Plus big tables of good looking green stuff - crispy, crunchy, tasty, all of it looked good.
It's a combination of restraint coupled with taking advantage of what is in season right now that might be fleeting.
My favorite strawberry vendor says she does not know what happened to the crop this year. She just isn't getting much. I spied these few baskets at a table but was too far back in line to score one.
Not her though... she got all the things she wanted, balanced them carefully, and was ready to head out by 7:45. Smart shopper.
Carrot cake was on special this week.
These amazing tender greens are so good. Last week I tried a new (for me) salad dressing. Shallots, dijon mustard, white or rice wine vinegar, salt, pepper, honey, olive oil. Oh boy it's good on tender greens. I made a second (larger) batch this week. There were no shallots at the market so I subbed some tender young onions. Delicious.
One day I want to be bold and wear a darling hat like this to the farmers market.
They win the prize for my favorite couple this week - her hair and basket + his T-shirt = WIN/WIN.
I almost clapped when I saw her bow/headband. With those fabulous curls!!! She was hesitant about the photo but I won her over.
Here is my haul for the week. I might have gone overboard on the lettuce but 2 bags seemed right.
Get a load of the icing carrot complete with fresh green top on the carrot cake.
Finally, here is the bouquet that was selected - mostly for that amazing, beautiful, fragrant, stock.
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