This past weekend was the opening weekend for the Overland Park Farmer's Market! I love love love going out there to get fresh produce and see what all the vendors have to offer. To keep the kiddos confined and not running around like crazies we loaded up the wagon to tote them around. I have yet to get around to buying a double stroller and at this point it just seems too late to do so. It was a pretty chilly morning but we put on our coats and boots and headed on out.
We started out hungry so luckily enough we came upon this amazing little gem, the Weiner Wagon, before we shopped. I got their breakfast sausage which came on a fresh bun topped with bacon gravy and a fried egg. OMG it was freaking amazing. Really anything that you put a fried egg on becomes instantly awesome but this was mind blowing. So much so that I immediately devoured it before thinking to take a picture of it. However, I am pretty sure I will be back there, like in 5 days, and will stop by there again. I grabbed the kids some coffee cake muffins to eat while we shopped because apparently Paxton has the appetite of an adult male these past three days. Seriously, I cannot keep up with the amount of food he is consuming, it's mind boggling.
With the lack of rain the vendors are about a month behind on produce. Therefore there was not a huge selection but we still brought home some really amazing items.
We came away with all locally grown produce. Romaine lettuce, a head of broccoli, a full sack of spinach, 3 cloves of garlic, 2 green bell peppers and a carton of eggs.
^^ This has nothing to do with anything we got at the Farmer's Market but how cute & cool is this? I chopped off the bottom of celery, put it in a coffee mug, filled with water and voila, its growing back! I change out the water every few days and its growing back. I doubt we will actually eat it but hey, it's a fun little happy peek of green life in our kitchen!
Tonight we are going to be utilizing our spinach, romaine and garlic cloves in a salad to go with some mahi mahi we grabbed at the store. My mom gave me the recipe for her homemade salad dressing that I am obsessed with!
Balsalmic Dressing
1/4 cup oil (your preference of oil)
1/4 cup balsalmic
1 smashed clove of garlic
1 tbsp honey/agave
1 tbsp mustard (I use stone ground)
Pinch of Salt
A few turns of pepper
*add it all to a jar/container and shake well. Leave the garlic clove in there and it will become more and more flavorful the longer it sits. Keep in fridge for about a week. Enjoy!!
The longer it sets in the refrigerator the yummier it gets. If you don't eat it all on salads during the week you can also use it as a marinade! You're welcome =)
Last but not least this bread. Oh this bread is a must when we go to OPFM. I get the cheddar garlic and J picks up the cheddar jalapeno. It is so moist and flavorful and delicious! As you can see 1/2 of my loaf is already gone =).
And I had to document a picture of my refrigerator. It's so colorful and crazy clean after I took it apart and scrubbed the crap out of it this morning! Ahhhhhh clean things make me oh so happy!
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