This morning has been busy so far. I stopped at another round of Market On the Move. Below the potato photo's is my photo's of the weeks round up. Wasn't quite as much as other trips but I think they've been coming up short in their hunt for produce as of recently so what they get divides to smaller portions. We still get the 60lbs of goodies though, I just think in previous weeks they've had a surplus and have been able to give a little more. This weeks amount is certainly enough to get us through the month.
After that we hit up a farmers market I used to go to for eggs. I was pretty surprised at how small it was. No vendors of produce/breads/coffees/or prepared foods. Was mostly just plants and then crafted goods. I did hit up the local honey vendor and then across from him was a mid eastern vendor with dates and spices. I bought some dates and a jar of spice she formulated for rice foods. She gave me a little bottle of meat spice for my purchase. I'm looking forward to both. They smell very smilar to garam masala but not with that cinammon sweetness. I"m excited to test them out. She also gave a good tip for cooking rice. Add Salt and oil when cooking the rice. I used to just cook bland with water or toss some chicken boullion in. I will now try adding salt and oil. Yummy.
Now we are about to head out for an acupuncture/shiatsu session for Mannix. He enjoys getting it so I'm going to start booking him monthly appointments again.
To the end the busy day we will hit up the grocery for some lunch snacks and some staples we are out of.
I had to do something with the potatoes the MoM trip weeks ago. I realized how much I like having the onions diced, frozen and ready to grab from the freezer on busy nights so I decided to do the same with the potatoes.
They have to be blanched prior to freezing, this also allows them cook up quicker. Especially the russet potatoes. Those take forever to cook through.
Then I put them on a cookie sheet and flash froze them. This was round 2. I had a big gallon freezer bag plus half another in the end. Once the flash freezing is done you scrape them off the sheet and put them in a baggy. This allows for loose potatoes to grab from the bag for a meal. I kinda overcooked these so I will only add them to a dish that is mostly finished as they will soften to much otherwise.
My freezer is getting so full. I have shredded zucchini, diced broccoli, diced oions, diced celecry, diced potatoes and then some fresh corn a friend gave me from a big corn haul they did.
The goodies form MoM this week.
The juice I put into Popsicle molds for my son to enjoy on hot days. I'm excited about the yogurts because after the antibiotics I had to be on i've been ensuring i'm getting probiotics in my tummy again. The red potatoes i diced up right away and made a potato/onion/veggie hash with eggs on the side for breakfast this morning.
Yummy local honey. Dates and mid east spices.
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