Torbay Farmers Market

Today I went to the Torbay Farmers Market with my family to buy vegetables. It was a beautiful sunny day. When we got there I saw a farmer with vegetables that were in baskets and plastic bins. Before we bought the veggies we had some fun.

We went inside and looked around. Mom and dad sampled the sweet and sour turnip & carrot relish. They liked it and bought a jar. I waited until we got home to taste it. It smelled sour. I tasted it and it was too, too sour! I think they put too much vinegar and not enough sugar. Look at my face it looks sour just like the relish. I look funny.

While we were still at the market we went and had some lunch. We ate healthy all week and today I had a treat. The men had a little food trailer with pizza cones, chips, and candy bars. It had a microwave and speakers too. I had a BBQ chicken pizza cone. It was cool! The pizza dough was shaped as an ice cream cone. They stuffed BBQ chicken, cheese and sauce into the cone. They heated it in the microwave. I found out they put spicy in the sauce, but it was still good. Here is a picture of me with the pizza cone. I think I will try to make this myself on my youtube video, but I will not have it spicy.

I also had cupcake on a stick. It was a mini chocolate cupcake with blue icing and sprinkles and one M&M on top. It smelled awesome and looked delicious! I gobbled it up in two bites. There was no sour in this cupcake so that was good. It was all sweet.

Here is me and my brother, Alexander. He was tired and fussy so he wouldn't smile for the picture.

Before we left we went back to the farmer and bought kale and I picked out a bunch of beet. I wonder what we can make with it. I will talk to my dad to see what I can make with the beet. I hope he will let me use the stove for the first time.

Comments

What is a healthy breakfast?

Ok so I have to admit that breakfast at our household during school days had been very rushed and not so healthy. I would always let Christian pick out the oh so common cereal box that we all see advertised on TV. I'd pour a heap of sugary cereal with 2% milk into a bowl and set it on the table. I've obviously been slacking and taking the easy, unhealthy way out. Breakfast is referred to as the most important meal of the day, but somehow I don't think that a bowl full of sugar is what they are talking about. Breakfast is supposed to refuel my child and help boost his brain power for a busy day at school. Recently I've been making a better attempt to start Christian's day out with a healthier meal. I am keeping on my track of incorporating more fruits and because we have a super-sized box of cornflakes in the pantry I figured we'd have to use them up first. At a closer look at the labeling though I realized that the cornflakes aren't so bad compared to...

Greek Pita

Keeping up with healthy eating is not an easy task. We have been eating reasonably well, but it is tough to break old habits. I caved once in the past bit and grabbed Burger King for dinner for the family. This past Friday evening was beautiful and I really didn't feel like attempting some big meal. I had already had thaw ed some boneless, skinless chicken breast and thought that some sort of sandwich would be ideal. We had all the fixin's for a Greek Pita so that's what I did. I love my Wolfgang Puck Panini Maker and use it for almost everything including to grill chicken. I didn't add any seasoning... just threw them on two at a time. I got together all of the ingredients: Whole Wheat Pita Pockets, diced onion & tomato, sliced black olives, feta cheese and lettuce. For lettuce I always use my lettuce spinner that I bought at Costco some time ago. Christian absolutely loves when I call him to spin the lettuce out. It's like a toy to him. I also used...

Mango-Avocado Salsa with BBQ Chicken

One of my favorite foods in the whole wide world is avocado. It's a great thing to love because they have nearly 20 essential nutrients, including fiber, potassium, Vitamin E, B-vitamins, and folic acid. The only thing that I need to be careful with is that they are loaded with calories as well. One whole medium sized avocado is a whooping 250 calories! I was recipe searching back in April and came upon a mango-avocado salsa that I just had to try. We've had mango salsa many times before, but adding avocado was a whole new ball game. It was quite simple... cubed avocado, mango (I used frozen), and tomato, plus some diced red onion. Mix it all up and there you go. I served it over BBQ grilled chicken. Usually we have our chicken smothered with BBQ sauce, but this time I only marinaded it in some Budwiser brand BBQ sauce. Millard put it on the grill and held off on the extra sauce. It was a good choice. Our sides were sauteed a mix of fresh and frozen peas and asparagus.

Healthy Family Hangout

Search This Blog