In years past we have allotted some of my coaching stipend towards a CSA at one of the farms just down the road from us. Unlike me, Andy is not overly thrilled with going because he can never figure out what needs to go in the basket and we always end up with way too many potatoes. As a result of his dislike of the farm share and my need for vegetables in the winter, and to try things we would not ordinarily eat we decided to instead to put the money towards bi-weekly visits to the indoor farmer's market in Burlington. Today was the first one of the season, so off we went to explore and pick out a few foods for the week.
Our first mistake of the day was bringing a hungry four year old to the farmer's market (he had just come from hockey practice). He was not going to settle until he had something in his tummy. While we tried to get him to try bacon soft pretzels, he had his mind set on his usual favorite: The Samosa Man! Once little man's belly was full we were free to explore.
Believe it or not, we did actually have a few planned items on our shopping list like garlic and cauliflower, but at the farmers market you can have fun with even your planned-out items. Rather than the boring white cauliflower, we settled on purple and we picked golden beets instead of the same old boring red ones.
While Andy spent a significant amount of time talking to the woman serving up Maple Vodka made from maple sap, little man and I hung out at the Nutty Vermonter table. After sampling some delicious nut butter varieties, we settled on the Maple Cinnamon one which was immediately pulled out and snacked on when we arrived home. Our other interesting buy of the day was lamb snack sticks. Having set a certain amount aside for the farmers market, let us play around a bit with purchases; it was great and we already have a few things picked out for our next visit in two weeks. Ok, maybe Andy was right, the farmers market would be a lot more fun.
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