Market Mondays

Lots of goodies this week.. carrots, eggs, onions, peaches, corn, tomatoes, greens, bratwurst, cheese (from the nice cheese lady - not the meany butt baret wearin cheese lady), honey and strawberry rhubarb jam. (we still have a mega freezer full of meats from Kevin working on the farm)

Yes, there is a story (quite a few actually) about a mean cheese lady. But I'll be nice and not go into details.

The weekend was also spent coming up with some new soap ideas for the fall. Designing a logo and making individual peach pies. Holy mother! Are they amazing. Stop back tomorrow for the recipe and mouth drooling photos!

And just so you know..I'm popping up all over the internets.

You can stop by here to get in on the action of winning my Son of a Bee balm and you can swing by here to read a awesome write up about my soaps and grab a discount code that is good until the end of August.

It's a VERY short week for me this week. Only working on Monday and Tuesday and then I have the rest of the week off. We are also going to be starting another farmer's market this week! Every Thursday we (well the mister) will be the Clinton, NY farmer's market from 10-4. So exciting!!

Happy Monday all! 

Market Mondays..weekend roundup

This weeks loot; corn on the cob, peppers, lemons, zucchini, plums, apricots, and cinnamon raisin bread. I forgot to take a picture of all the meat the mister brought home last week from him working on the farm. But we got five chickens, steaks, hamburg, bacon, sausage, and other random cuts of met that I've never heard of. It was A LOT of meat. We will be set for a few weeks. It's awesome because he will continue to get more and we will be able to fill our freezers. 

After the market we came home and I put together a basket of goodies for our friends wedding.

We actually ended up adding a couple more clay soaps to the basket as well. I was pretty happy with how it came out. I had crocheted the wash cloths and a towel from organic yarn, I cannot even explain how awesome and soft they were. 

The wedding was gorgeous and the food was completely amazing. (Buffet style - take what you want - lamb, beef, pork, homemade sauces, carrots, potatoes, beets, salad, and slaws. All the food was from their farm and other local farms. The cupcakes and cake were made by another farmers market vendor and friend, Martine. I don't even have words for how delicious those cupcakes were, a surprise of blueberry and rhubarb compote in the centers!

Hands down the best wedding we have gone to. And of course, who couldn't love Silas in his little tux onesie!?

Market Mondays

Another great weekend at the market and some spoils from a combination of the mister's hard work on the farm, bartering, and buying.

This week we came away with tomatoes, pickling cucumbers, plums, butter, hamburg, sausage, steaks, cookies..and more cookies.

We found out that one of the local "cheese ladies" apparently makes amazing cookies, so the mister wanted to test them out. He's already tried them and said they were definitely delicious. He didn't realize that we were going to do a soap barter - but one can never have too many cookies!

We played it low key this weekend. Relaxing around the house and taking the girls on walks. Polly is so out of shape we thought she was going to die. So we've said we will start walking with them every night to get them (and us) in shape. 

I was bad, I had plans to get my kitchen grit soap in the shop, as well as my Son of a Bee balm. I promise to do that over the next few days. I made the labels for the kitchen grit and it was a hot seller on Saturday at the market. So those updates will be up soon.

And lastly, we have a winner from last week's giveaway! Thanks all who entered and congratulations Filipa! 

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market mondays..

The market was another good weekend for us. While it was hot and humid, were our spot is located it is awesome because we are shaded by some trees (and of course our tent). But these hot weekends I splurge on hand squeezed lemonade that is so delicious.

We didn't get too much food because Adam and Kelly are going to be giving Kevin a "cooler full" of food on Tuesday when he goes out to their farm. So we only picked up some cherries (stop in tomorrow to check out that yummy post!!), peppers, and bread.

A band set up right behind our booth and were playing music for a couple hours. It's so fun when bands set up or people sit and bring  guitar. The market is really large, over 100 vendors each week. I tried to take a short video, but it was extremely hard to hear the music on it. Here's just a little snippet of the market at out area of the park. There are roughly 100 vendors, lots to see. Maybe one of these weekends I'll walk the entire market and take a video.

After the market we went to our favorite shop, Hamilton Whole Foods (not to be confused with 'Whole Foods Market' massive chain shops). Hamilton Whole Foods sells real yummy organic, vegan, vegetarian and local foods and goodies. They have a small area up front for people to drink coffee and an area in the back to sit and have lunch and dinners that they cook up. We always talk about having lunch there but never do...until this past weekend. 

My sandwich was a grilled panini 'nature/vegan' patty, with tomatoes, onions, lettuce, and vegan mayo (they make their own condiments). They also usually put cheese and an herb dressing on it as well, I passed on both - but next time might have them give me the herb dressing on the side. It was delicious!!!

The mister had a falafel wrap, full of lots of veggies (not sure exactly everything that was in there) He scarfed his right down and then helped me finish my sandwich, so I'm assuming his was tasty too! 

(sorry for the bad pictures, my iphone didn't want to focus apparently - it was too hungry)

So we have decided that every weekend will be our little treat to have lunch at the market after. 

Do you have a local spot you have special lunches at?