Sorry it's been a while! This past weekend was pretty low-key for us (the previous weekend we spent camping!). We went to the Coleman outlet to purchase some new camping gear (sleeping bags, a new chair, and a nifty lantern) on Saturday, and I made a yummy PW (The Pioneer Woman - check out her blog!) recipe for dinner - zucchini and pasta with a light creamy sauce. We got the zucchini from a friend's garden. Our zucchini plants are definitely happy and growing, but blossoms yet. Our eggplant and 2 tomato plants are doing much better - several fruits are ripening on each!
We seem to have finally reached prime produce season here in Colorado. I know most of the rest of the country has had yummy local stuff since April, but our growing season is just a lot later here (we were still having frequent snow in April and freezing temps into May). We visited the farmers market Sunday and it finally looks full like we remembered it from last summer/fall. We bought (all local):
-apricots
-a peach (early still)
-a tomato
-pickling cucumbers
-a yummy melon that's a cross between honeydew and cantaloupe. I think it's called Rocky Ford (or that may just be the name of the farm!).
In addition to that, our local grocery stores have several local produce items also - I rounded out our week's purchases with:
-local romaine lettuce (2 heads - we've been doing a lot of salads this summer)
-local broccoli
-local mushrooms
-2 local zucchinis
-local green onions
-non-local eggplant
-non-local (california probably) avocados
-non-local blueberries and cherries
Jon and I are stil trying to do the local foods thing this summer, but it's hard to pass up good deals on berries/cherries! Now we just have to figure out some recipes for all this good stuff - any suggestions:? Especially for the eggplant - Jon makes a good eggplant parm, but I'd love a lighter recipe for the summer.
We'll be back soon to post pics from our camping trip and Jon's family's trip up to Colorado!
