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A Trip to the Farmer's Market

Workout: None, but I did run 40 minutes yesterday which is my longest run since September!!!

On this gorgeous February day the girls of the house decided to take a trip to the Tijuana of southwest Florida - Immokalee.  It is a small city out in the middle of nowhere that is made up of mostly migrant workers.  They have the most AMAZING farmer's market every Saturday.  And now if anyone visits I will be sure to take them there.  It's a pretty fun experience, and the fresh fruit and veggies are to die for!!


Okay, sorry about the glare on the first picture.  But check this out - those gigantoid green peppers were only 20 cents a piece!  The strawberries, which were just picked this morning, were only $13 for that entire box.  The perfectly red and gorgeous looking tomatoes - 6 bucks for the entire box.  And Lyla is saying, "One dollar baby!!", about the price of that onion.  We also bought pineapple, butternut squash, garlic, and oranges.  After shopping we got some authentic mexican at a tiny hole in the wall place.  And when we got home we made strawberry muffins.  Lyla lined up the berries we would need for the recipe :)
I had to zoom in on this so you could see the size of these babies!!   Tomorrow we are making strawberry salsa.  YUM!!!  I can't wait to go back!

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  1. jthmasFebruary 19, 2012 at 7:10 AM

    Wow! I think that's the biggest onion I've ever seen!

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