Market

It has been a while since my last post, but I've been keeping busy. A few weeks ago I went to a fair in Almonte with some friends, and we had a good time.

I also made a breakfast bowl. I created a smoothie with some fresh strawberries, some basil from my garden, some almond milk and some honey and blended that until smooth. Then I added about 1/4 cup of cooked quinoa, and 2 tbsp of chia seeds. I gave it about 5 mins, then I stirred it, then put it in the fridge. For breakfast I topped it with sliced almonds, and it was really good!

I also spent a weekend with my niece, we did some shopping, watched movies and some shows on HGTV. It was a wonderful weekend!

This weekend has been pretty busy as well. My hubby and I had a date night, we went to Boston Pizza for supper, then we went to the movies to see Jason Bourne, it was good! Yesterday I had a appointment at my hair dressers for 9 am, just got a nice trim, then since I was close to the market, I went into the mall to buy some all natural deodorant. A friend of mine and I had gotten together one day it was pretty hot out so we decided to go in the mall and we found this new store and decided to check it out. The lady told us the deodorant is a huge hit, so I got one to try it out, and it does work well and it really does have all natural ingredients so since I was in the area, I got more. On my way back to the car, I of course had to check out the market.

So many great fruits and vegetables to choose from, and I love how it's all local so you get so much more nutrients, and at amazing prices. There were a lot of people downtown and it was such a beautiful day. The only thing that made me sad is my butcher closed down. I did do a search online and I found another organic, all natural (meaning grass fed beef, and free range chicken) butcher just 10 minutes from my place. I haven't gone yet because we still have enough on hand to last us until we go on holidays for 2 weeks. So here's what I bought for $60

Last time I went to the market they were selling some local wine, one made from blueberries, another from cranberries and one more from ginger. I had the blueberry one, I brought it over when we went to see my mother in law, then we had a few friends over so we had the ginger wine after supper to help digest our supper, which we made beer can chicken with potato salad, garden salad and grilled asparagus. So I bought another ginger wine cause I would love to try cooking with it. The only thing I can think of that would be good is a stir fry. I haven't had any other ideas on what else I can use it for to cook with. So the rest of my buy is sprouts (sunflower, radish and peas), radishes, cucumbers, beets, tomatoes, green onions, peaches, plums, blueberries, raspberries, cherries, and another type of cherry that's wrapped. Not sure what they are called but they do taste similar to a cherry.

So far this weekend I have prepared some guacamole, a coleslaw, which I made sure to add in some chives (which I finally bought some for my garden), and I added some of the radish sprouts, it turned out really good. I also prepared a few salads for my lunch with some salmon, the kale, arugula and swish chard from my garden, as well as some parsley and cilantro, I added cucumber, tomatoes, and steamed beets. My dressing is 1 tsp of honey, 1 tbsp of Dijon, 2 tbsp of apple cider, some fresh rosemary, and 4 tbsp of olive oil. I also prepared an egg salad to make a sandwich for our lunch as well, I boiled up 3 eggs, once cooked I added chives, Dijon, paprika, a touch of salt and some pepper with some mayo. I plan to bake some cookies for something sweet to snack on and we also have plenty of fruits. I did make pancakes this morning with some of the fresh blueberries, it was delicious!

So now for the next while we are going to be busy on emptying out our fridge as much as possible, and getting ready for our 2 weeks off, which we are going to his dad's camp. My hubby's cousin is getting married, so we are starting off our time off with going to the wedding, then enjoying a lot of time at camp. I hope we will have beautiful weather to do a lot of swimming, I'm sure we will go for boat rides and do some fishing, I hope to go for a few runs, and will probably sit back and do some reading, and have a good time and of course lots of great food. So might be a while until my next post.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend and a wonderful summer!