Farmers Market Adventures

Over the past few weeks I’ve heard rumours of a Farmers Market in Musquodoboit Harbour.  The communities along the Eastern Shore seem to be finally getting on the local/organic bandwagon which makes me SO happy!  Of course, I just had to check it out and promptly got J out of bed at 730am this morning to do just that! ;) 

It’s about a 10 minute drive to “The Harbour.” (As we say around here.) I didn’t have anything to eat before we left so I rummaged around in my purse for a quick bite… I always seem to have a Larabar when in need!  Shared with with hubby.

Made a quick stop at Dobbit Bake House for a cup of my fav Just Us dark roast.  Mmm, totally hit the spot!


I felt very summery today in my cute dress and new sandals.  Too bad the weather the weather was pretty grey.

I have to admit I was pretty excited to see what my community had to offer and they did NOT disappoint!

 
I snagged tons of fresh produce including spinach, red swiss chard, beet greens, radish & rhubarb! Mmm, I tried to pick up beet greens earlier in the week but they were all out when I got to the store.  Can’t wait to have them for supper tonight!

Great Start to the Weekend!

I was so impressed and will be going back, just a little earlier next time to avoid the crowds. Check out my loot, all this for only $50.00!


Loaded up on green onions, fresh chives, beets, mushrooms, 2 types of zucchini, huge bag of spinach, peas, cucumber, new potatoes, a sweet potato, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, yellow & green & purple (!!!) beans, cherries, fresh whole wheat bread and cheese - herb & garlic gouda & feta from Fox Hill.

After we plowed through all the cash on hand, we head over to Cora’s for some yummy brunch & a gab session. ;) I enjoyed the Asparagus & Swiss Cheese Eggs Benedict. (Hollandaise sauce on the side.)



Mmm, totally hit the spot! I left most of the fruit because the eggs were so filling. Apparently we arrived for brunch at the perfect time because the line up to get in was out the door and on to the street when we left.

We browsed around Lululemon for my reward for breaking out of the 190’s. I tried on sooo many things; would you believe a size 10 fit me? LMAO. Anyways, they fit but I wasn’t that pleased with my overall comfort level wearing the clothes (I felt really self-conscious) so I decided to not make any huge purchases today. Instead, I rewarded myself with an awesome new H20 Bottle (these are the new ones made by SIGG and hold 1L!) and a black Slipless Headband.

New Look!

Our fridge has a decent amount of veggies already but I still stocked up on some fresh blueberries,plums, sweet tomatoes (like the ones I had at Jaime’s on Friday night!) organic garlic,chives, cantaloupe, squash and some cool looking mini squash & zucchini. :)


I couldn’t resist sampling the fresh scallops for lunch. Cooked up half a pound in a bit of becel. How delicious do these look?! Mmm mmm!


Used the sweet juicy tomatoes in a side salad as well.


I spent most of the afternoon baking and now have a freezer full of lunch stuff including peanut butter oatcakes, peanut butter granola bars & rolls. I also tried out a new recipe for oatmeal blueberry lemon muffins. Made a few modifications – used almond breeze instead of milk, 1 whole egg instead of 2 egg whites, 1tbsp of oil instead of 2 and I omitted the topping. Ended up having 2 of these yummy guys for breaky this morning.


The best part about yesterday was that I went out for a run as planned! :) I’ve definitely decided against re-doing C25K again, instead I did 10:1 intervals as Amy suggested. All went well, I wasn’t gasping for breath. So glad that I haven’t lost the ability to run, I really was afraid of that. My new plan now is to increase by one set each week, so this week I will be doing 3x10:1 for a total of 3 days. Should work out perfectly to start Half training mid-October!


So, I’m off to clean, clean, clean. Opps and I was supposed to mow the lawn. Eck! We have quite a busy week coming up, only a 3 day work week. Both of us took Friday off to help Holly & Dean with the final wedding errands and then Saturday is the big day! I’m really excited!!

Anyways, that’s all for now!