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Farmer’s Market Bounty

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NOW is the time to enjoy all the fresh goodness of summer!! Last Friday when we stopped by our Farmer’s Market at the Milan Town Hall in upstate NY, we were treated as stars, for talking about their chickens and vegetables in my blog post on July 28th. Milan Farmer's Market Celebrity chickens on Love the secret ingredient blog.
The chickens were celebrities too! Isn’t this so cute?
Second Chance Farm price sign.

Farmer's Market summer bounty.
 Here was some of our bounty last Friday!!
Farmer's Market bounty with blueberries and peaches.

This is the time of year for simple dinners made with super fresh ingredients. Just toss them with a little olive oil, salt and pepper and throw them on the grill and you will have total yumminess!! (Use a grill pan if you don’t have outdoor space.)Grilled broccoli and yellow peppers in a blue and white striped bowl..

Last night we did just that with broccoli and yellow peppers. Just delicious!!

Grilled shisido peppers in an antique blue pottery bowl.

And then last week we grilled Ethel’s shisido sweet frying peppers with just olive oil, salt and pepper. Totally amazing!

Our oldest son and his girlfriend were with us last weekend in the country and she made this most beautiful pie. Peaches and blueberries with a super buttery crust, absolutely made with LOVE. She said her mother always put a heart on top!Peaches and blueberry lattice topped pie with a buttery crust.

So please enjoy the bounty at your local Farmer’s Markets and support them. We need for them to keep bringing us pure, delicious, unadulterated, clean food grown with LOVE and care, to keep us healthy and happy!

 

Nashville!

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Live band in Nashville.

Live music all the time!!

We have been in Nashville for the past four days on business and we’ve really been having a fantastic food time! (Business was great too with a well-accepted Board of Governors presentation!)

So what did we eat in Nashville? Well the highlights were amazing fried oysters on fresh local mesclun greens at Sunset Grill, Redneck pulled pork burritos (awesome) and fried green tomatoes with a chipotle mayonnaise at Puckett’s 5th and Church, hot delicious homemade donut holes with cinnamon sugar and a whipped blueberry peach butter (like it needed it!) at Germantown Café and of course, shrimp and grits at Midtown Cafe. There seems to be a pattern here of fried and richness and I must admit, my tummy is a little upset but you know what? For these few days, it was worth it! Combine the food with the Grand Ole Opry and all the live music in all the Broadway bars at all hours of the day and night, and you realize this is one nice town with lovely people.

In between business, I had one day with my friend Margaret. We started with those large donut holes being served at our brunch of eggs Benedict with crab cakes instead of Canadian bacon, and grits with Jack cheese. We then tried to walk it off at this huge Farmer’s Market they have in Capital Park and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, ending with a cocktail at the historic and gorgeous Union Station Hotel. Quite a lovely “girls day” – in fact – perfect!

A Nashville Farmer’s Market in Capital Park and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.

The Farmer’s Market

Nashville greens in a Farmer's Market in Capital Park and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.

Any kind of greens you want!

Nashville tomatoes in a Farmer's Market in Capital Park and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts

See them cut before you buy!

Nashville yellow squash in a Farmer's Market in Capital Park and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.

That’s a whole lot of yellow squash!

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