Produce and meal ideas Sept 26

Santa Cruz River Farmers' Market

I. Love. This. Place. 

I love talking to the vendors, meeting new people, and buying amazing produce. The pic above is $19 worth of produce. Here is what I got in quantities:

Heirloom Swiss Chard - 1 large bunch, $3

Heirloom Tomatoes -6, $2

Heirloom Zucchini (the round little guy by the eggplants) -1, $.50

Eggplant -2, $2

Green Bell Pepper -1, $1

Green Beans 1lb, $2

Red and Yellow Onions -3, $1

Cucumber -2, $1.50

West Indy Gerkins -4, $1

Gala Apples -5lb bag, $5

See why I love it so much?

This will be enough produce for 2-3 people this week. I try to eat a fruit and veggie with every meal (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) and I use grains as my filler to make the produce go further. I also have root veggies and pablano chilies I haven't used up from my last FM trip, and a spaghetti squash. They're pretty hearty things and will last a bit longer, but Ill try to use them this week too. 

Meal ideas:

Green Bean/Pinto Bean Salad

Apple Lentil Concoction (I got a good looking recipe from the food demo table at the FM:)

Some kind of Veggie Stew with Pablano

I've been wanting to make another peanut sauce with noodles lately, maybe Ill stir fry in some eggplant and zucchini

Quiche, with a whole wheat crust. 

Spaghetti Squash with homemade marinara 

Food is fabulous.