By now you know that the Nola farmer's market is the place to be.
There's the Tuesday market at Broadway (I heard the St. James Cheese Company sells some meals there!!), the Thursday market in MidCity on the Bayou (sometimes I can get chocolate mousse and chocolate caramel shortbread there), and then the popular Saturday market downtown at Mag and Girod. When we're free we make it to all three of the markets each week. Most of the time it's only the Saturday one. It's important because the produce is way more fresh (and therefore alive/good for you), it supports our local economy, and it's fun. If you haven't been before, go on a Saturday and ask the peach guy to let you try one- it will blow your mind and change your food buying experience forever.
Here's some snapshots (nothin' fancy) of what we picked up this morning at the Saturday market.
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| fresh pears (something new for us) |
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| i got two of these everything bagels!! and super good-looking okra |
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| you can see Creole tomatoes, fresh corn, butternut squash, an everything bagel, and okra |
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| Ben can't live without farmer's-market feta. i like the other cheeses better. |
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| baby potatoes and beans mmmmm |
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| ice coffee in a to-go reusable nola style cup |
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| 9 peaches, a huge zucchini, creole tomatoes, mushrooms, baby potatoes, beans, corn, kalamata olive bread, green peppers, butternut squash, feta, okra, coffee.... |
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| those are some super good peaches |
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| new corn guy cuts the end off so there's no bugs...i can live with that. look how nicely those shrooms are wrapped up! |
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| cute little green peppers and a fresh kalamata olive bread |
What's missing from these photos are the two tamales I ate in the car (one bean and one cheese) ahh they are so good early in the morning. We go through at least 24 eggs a week but they were all sold out by 9am (it opened at 8) so we'll have to do with store bought this week. Also, all of Ben's meats and fishes which he hides away from me when we get home are not in the photos- i think he got beef and fish, but he usually also gets whole chickens. We've been getting fresh beans from the bean guy (love his accent) and next week he promised me fresh red kidney beans!
Our strategy is to each take $20 and split up, buying whatever catches our eye and then meeting back together. I never spend my full $20....but I might have today. Ben is a serious shopper while I chat with everyone we run into, sample the pesto, and buy croissants :)
Here's a link to the CC farmer's market page that shows you what's fresh when. They also have recipes, directions, etc. http://www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org/index.php?page=what-s-fresh
See you there!
