Market Finds and salad frenzy!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Phew! It's another hot one here today. At 7AM it was 19 degrees! Yet, you know how cool and crisp the summer mornings are? I really love this time - for running, working out, reflection, whatever really. I think there is something about the morning freshness that makes me feel empowered (especially knowing I better get moving because in a couple of hours I'm going to be a sweaty mess LOL).

I mentioned yesterday that I was going to check out my local market, and I did!! It's pretty small but it still had some great vendors.

I bought a lot of produce from this vendor. The farm is essentially a coop. You pay (a lot) and become a member/part owner of the farm and you get all the veggies you could eat.

Organic beets, organic carrots, cucumbers, mini-bell peppers (hothouse),

tomatoes, local clover honey

Mmmm raw honey:)

And these two organically grown plant babies. Some more kale because apparently 12 plants isn't enough for this household!! And chamomile because I love adding different herbs to the garden. I want to make chamomile tea and maybe some beauty products!

Not bad for $20! I found some of the vendors were a bit unrealistic in their pricing. Especially when a vendor just down the way had the same produce for a lower price. Oh well, their loss I guess. I did talk to a few raspberry vendors and one said to call to see about bulk pricing. I called her when I got home and she said that she would call me if there were some left from the market. In the mean time, I created 3 salads for dinner.

I heard so much great stuff about the massaged kale salad that I decided to give it a go. I went with Gena's recipe as I did it on the fly and her recipe came up on my google search. I know she is a trusted resource for yumminess:)

Baby kale from the garden:)

This salad was pretty good. It needed something though and I'm not sure

if it was more avocado or more spice!

What is your go-to massaged kale salad?

Next up is one of my favorite salads, especially when its scorching outside.

Tomato, cucumber, onion, and sprouts (optional) drizzled with some EVOO and vinegar (I used rice) and topped off with some sea salt and pepper. Mmmm!!

The third salad you have seen already but its so good that I thought I should put it the spotlight again!

Tabouli!! I just love this salad. It is summer in a bowl!

After eating up all this fresh goodness, I got the call saying there were some berries left if I was still interested. Well, I jumped in my car lickedy-split and headed over to their farm (5 minutes away) and scooped up 5 lbs of raspberries and 5lbs of blueberries. I'm in HEAVEN!! I love fresh berries so much:)

Bloobs!

They are so delish and not sprayed!! Wahoo! I plan on getting a ton more for freezing over the winter. Why not? They are literally in my back door and cheaper than buying the frozen stuff every week!

Have a wonderful rest of your day!! I'm going to the okanagan for a weekend of digging my feet in the sand and soaking up the rays. Hope you have a wonderful sunny weekend! I may be back to post tomorrow, if not I'll talk to you all on Monday!

XOXOXO

I'm still here and Happy Birthday Mom!

Hey all,

Sorry for the lack of posting but I wanted to soak up my visiting time with my mutti (mom is Mennonite German). My mom is from Paraguay and she speaks a lower dialect of German which is cool! I can understand words but I can't speak back, unfortunately. Anyways, we are having a grand time hanging out and walking all around Nelson. We ate some fabulous food at my favorite restaurant here called The Full Circle. We also drank lots of dandelion tea (Mom had a dandelion latte with rice milk, YUM) and played many rounds of Skip-Bo. I also got a late Christmas present, a mini-trampoline! I'm so excited to bound away on it and give my lymphatic system a boost. I introduced mom to Cesar Millan and his show The Dog Whisperer. Ry and I are truly mesmerized by his abilities to calm down crazy dogs! We are trying to learn his ways so when we get our dog, eventually, we will be in a calm, submissive state! Also, as yesterday was Mom's birthday we stayed in and made dinner and dessert, and sipped on Organic wine. I started the feast off with raw tomato basil soup from Heathy and topped it with some cashew cream, YUM! Then mom was intent on making a recipe she brought from home , so we had a lovely, light pasta dish. We finished off the night with the raw raspberry ganache fudge cake from the lovely, Ani Phyo . All in all, a fabulous night of eating! I will do a more extensive post later with lots of pictures but I have to run now as we are meeting my good friend Synje for tea and I haven't finished my green smoothie yet!

Have a great day and I'll be back on Wednesday with the longest blog post ever!