With guests in town and no CSA delivery, I never made one complete SOLE meal this week. We did have many bits and pieces throughout the week - roasted sweet potatoes, roasted acorn squash, Christmas breakfast with local eggs, cheese, and milk, apple cider, apple donuts. While not one complete meal, I'm glad to see more items in our pantry that are SOLE.
This morning I went to the Raleigh farmer's market with one of my boys Nate. The Cary farmers markets are closed from December through March, and the Raleigh farmer's market is a 20 minute drive from our house so we have always found a lot of excuses not to go. This challenge inspired me to stop procrastinating and go!
Even in winter, I was impressed with the farmer's market. The outdoor produce stands had quite a bit of variety and I was able to pick up lots of root vegetables and kale. At the indoor stands, I hit the jackpot. I found a seller with a large variety of dried beans and picked up some dried chickpeas, navy beans, black beans, and of course black eyed peas. I also found an awesome natural meats seller who sells SOLE pork, beef, eggs, milk, butter, and cheese. She had samples and told me quite a bit about the farms. Nate and I loved the sausage sample we tried and I now have an easy way to compliment our vegetable and fruit CSA with more SOLE items.
So... no meal pictures but this is my most exciting Dark Days week! And note to self, it is much easier to ask farmers questions when you don't bring along a 3 year old to manhandle their produce.
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