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Eat Local Challenge begins

Here's just some of our Farmer's Market haul.  This is most of the vegetables plus some dried fruits and nuts for snacks this week. I also bought some navel oranges, apples, and strawberries, two loaves of locally-made whole grain bread (the ingredients are one of my exemptions), artichokes, eggs, local butter, olive oil, and wine (not pictured). I haven't bought any meat, poultry, or seafood yet, and so far, I spent about $70.

I'm still thinking over this week's menu and am too tired to post anything now.  I do know that tomorrow we'll have toasted bread with butter and jam and maybe some orange juice.

More tomorrow.
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April 22, 2007 in Farmer's Market |

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foodiemama

nothing more beautiful than fresh produce...that looks like our bounty for 3 days, haha.

Posted by: foodiemama | April 23, 2007 at 08:44 AM

Kat

Look at that beautiful head of cauliflower! Our farmers markets do not start to produce actual produce until mid-June. (Another drawback of living on the East Coast.) Your bounty looks delightful.

Posted by: Kat | April 23, 2007 at 08:56 AM

Shannon

No fair! All we've got in Illinois right now is some baby spinach. Not even enough for a CSA delivery yet.

Posted by: Shannon | April 23, 2007 at 07:24 PM

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