Making my 1st Green Smoothie!

Our local Certified Farmers Market moved INDOORS for the summer!
I had to go check it out and say HI to a few friends-



So my goal was to find Swiss Chard- you know, that brightly colored stalk with big green leaves?
And Kale. For my Green Smoothies.

I found it! I felt pretty excited I knew it by sight!

I had a hard time not bringing one of everything home.

Found a new food- Lemon Cucumber! (The roundish prickly green/yellow colored things)

Washing up and going to make a Green Smoothie...



Now to taste it.....Verdict: Surprisingly good! It went down smooth, and had a kick to it. It tingles the tongue for awhile and I really enjoyed it. I did notice it helped suppress my appetite all day. (Quite a feat for me)

*Update: I had a second glass today (just refrigerated the blender container) at breakfast and could not finish my egg sandwich. Humm..... will keep posting noticeable results. LOL

Goodbye Farmers Market.... (sniff sniff)

Sadly, Saturday was the last Certified Organic Farmers Market until September.

You see, Palm Springs just gets too hot for most people...and growing food!

Here are some of the yummy foods I brought back from my trip with Nikki-

(And I for sure have to THANK Kim and Wendy for letting me have their 'box of food' they pick up once a week, since they both were on vacation! I love you two!)

Yummy yellow nectarines and peaches!















I really have NO IDEA what these were- do you?















You have not tasted a carrot until it was organically grown, period.















Strawberries were to die for!















Leeks, green onions, garlic and broccoli- all ready for preparing dishes!




















And thanks to my secret sister Alyssa, my new compost pail got all the leftovers!

So Saturday night we had Nikki and her family come over and we had teriyaki chicken and veggies on bamboo skewers, with white rice, and a fruit salad. We had a wonderful time!
Who will you invite over this week?