Dear Foodies,
These are a few photos I took with my phone while walking around the
Saturday morning market in Little Italy. This is one of the larger farmer's markets in San Diego county with a great selection of fresh and artisanal products. Just sampling the produce and snacks ends up being my brunch for the day :) I went back home with a bunch of these carrots and roasted them whole with some salt and pepper. Finished it off with squeeze of lemon and enjoyed them over tart sorrel greens and slivered almonds. I was surprised by how substantial the carrots felt and they tasted great. I was tasting sorrel for the first time and liked the tartness in them, they reminded me of some other green, may be chintha chiguru - tamarind leaves.
See the colorful cauliflower in the background ? Stunning, right. I have a recipe with them coming up soon.
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| Fresh Onions |
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| Rainbow Chard |
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| A multitude of colored beets |
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| Berry nice! and of course there were a lot of fresh strawberries too |
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| Chamomile tea anyone ? |
8 thoughts:
Nice colours and clicks.
Wow! Priya, what beautiful clicks. Little Italy Uh! enjoy. I miss SD. I think there is this guy who sells honey at the market. It is supposed to help with allergies.
lovely clicks.
wow..these vegetables are looking freshly buying from farmers directly!!!
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Beautiful and you make me feel jealous with your CA goodness as always.
Aren't sorrel leaves similar to our Gongura?
Srimathi, you should come visit soon! I bought some of the local honey just a few weeks back, tastes yumm. The oddest thing I saw being sold was gourmet bread crumbs.
Raju,yes, it was hard to pass up such fresh, seasonal produce.
Indo, I expected them to be more like gongura but they look and taste different. The actual leaves look like arugula or dandelion greens with no ridges. I ate them raw in a salad and the flavor was less pungent compared to gongura. It was tender with a mild sour/tangy flavor. It sort of replaced lemon juice in my salad. I'll be going back to get more of it to experiment :)
This post is just a visual treat! Loved all the colours and could almost feel the freshness of the crisp veggies :)
Oh wow! These pictures are so lovely! The colors are beautiful!
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