Like last week, we were incredibly busy this week with barely enough time to think let alone cook, but that didn’t keep us from eating local.
In addition to using local ingredients in every meal we cooked this week, we enjoyed a spectacular meal at the market from our concessionaire who–in the spirit of the market–focuses on local ingredients and serves them on compostable plates. This week we enjoyed spinach-feta burgers and potato salad. All major ingredients were local though the spices were not, and it was fantastic. I can’t wait to see what they come up with next week as more and more of Colorado’s fruits and vegetables come into season.
In between the running from booth to booth, answering questions from visitors and watching our toddler, I managed to sneak away for some grocery shopping–sadly missing many items that had already sold out early in the day. Still, I scored some meadow-raised pork, pastured eggs, salad turnips, greens, herbs, cherries, strawberries and other delicious goodies.
I look forward to sitting down and cooking this week. Maybe Independence Day will afford a decent opportunity.
I’ve enjoyed reading your site! I’m also in Colorado in the South Denver Metro area and couldn’t find where exactly in CO you are… Yes, being new to Colorado, I’m enjoying the Farmers Markets, although in this area, some markets seem to be filled more with retail vendors than produce! Maybe it’s just the South Metro area that is like this?! Thanks for your great posts!
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We’re in the heart of the mountains, so quite a distance from your location. I haven’t been to any of the front range markets, so I’m not greatly familiar with what they offer. We try to make it to other markets when we’re in the area. I have heard that the Boulder Farmers Market is phenomenal, but that might be too far to travel for you.
Our market is comprised of about 1/2 food vendors and 1/2 arts & crafts vendors which seems to be a good mix for this area since we often have tourists at our market. Not all of our food vendors are farmers, though, many of them are bankers or provide other specialty foods (like whole foods vegan cuisine).
A few things to keep in mind: it’s still early season in Colorado so a lot of produce might not be available until August and September when the harvest really starts kicking in. A lot of markets use arts and crafts as a way to fill the space until the produce comes around.
Good luck! And thanks for reading.