Be sure to tell your kids that I'm pretty sure that Darth Vader never ate his veggies.
In true DC Spring fashion, yesterday we had "outside tacos & margaritas" weather and today it is 53 degrees and raining.
But I was undeterred, because I missed the market last week, and that wasn't gonna happen two weeks in a row. I'll admit I hauled ass through it, but now we have breads, lettuce, tomatoes, radishes, green onions, cookies, peanut butter truffles, paella, and empanadas! So happy to see *small* bunches of radishes - the smallest I can get in the store is a pound of them - and I have never in my life needed an entire pound of radishes. And there were more tomatoes than space on the plate, so oh no, tomatoes for breakfast!
Oh, and I am feeling so smart about my farmers market gear. Couple years ago, the county started requiring vendors to have compostable grocery bags, which isn't a bad idea at all, and then last fall I heard or read somewhere that vendors didn't know what the bag situation was going to be, if they could get them from the county again or if the county wanted everyone to bring their own and the vendors not have them at all.
Thing is, you do need bags of some sort - even though I have my cheery market tote, I need smaller bags as I don't want to upend a whole basket of lettuce into my tote, or have cherry tomatoes just rolling around. So, hopped on Amazon and got a pack of like 100 of them, and I'm glad I did. County does appear to be providing bags again this year, but they don't have handles, which is no big deal, and they *look* like they're about the same size, but they're not pleated on the sides or bottom, which makes them very damn small. So I'm walking around the market with my properly sized compostable grocery bags LIKE A BOSS. (Yes, I am old that this has me feeling smart.)
Not even 11AM and I had the marketing done, everything put away, the tomatoes washed and ready for drive-by noshing, the radishes chopped up for salads, and the dishwasher running. Go me!
Will I keep this momentum up? Highly unlikely, as I made the critical error of sitting down, LOL. It's also just such a grey and gross day, it seems perfect for curling up on the couch and watching British murder mysteries. And eat tomatoes.
Have a great day.
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