July 31, 2017
In our small town the Farmers Market is open year-round. In the winter it is full of baked goods, hand made gifts and delicious ready-to-eat food. In the summer you can still buy all of those things, but the market doubles in size to bring us fresh fruit and vegetables, all grown locally and organically.
On Saturday July 8, 2017 I set out to support our local farmers and avoid a trip to the grocery store.
Eat Local – Shop The Farmers Market
Here’s What I Bought
3 bags of peas in the shell. Completely worth the hour or so spent shelling them that afternoon. We don’t bother to cook these but eat them raw (often by the handful straight from the container).
Cherry tomatoes. A personal favourite of mine.
English cucumbers. There were field cucumbers available as well, but we prefer the english ones.
Green beans and Yellow beans. These will be lightly sautéed in liquid soy seasoning and served with new potatoes and fish.
New potatoes. We eat these in small chunks that are lightly boiled then topped with butter, Himalayan sea salt and pepper.
Zucchini. We add these to most cooked vegetable dishes in the summer. When I was a kid I hated zucchini, now I get excited when I see them at the market.
New carrots. So much sweeter than anything we can get in the store.
Red bell peppers. There were baskets of them and not a blemish in sight.
Strawberries! The fruit that means summer has arrived in Nova Scotia. We eat these constantly when they are in season.
