Birthday Food

It's my birthday and I am celebrating, as I celebrate most things, with food.

Technically my birthday gift from Dan was the Aerogardens.  But I also told him I wanted to go to a local farmer's market for my birthday.  I've been wanting to check out some farmer's markets for a while but it seems something (dialysis, migraine, etc) always gets in the way.  This morning we were finally able to go to the Cherry Creek Farmer's Market.  It wasn't bad.  I was suprised at how little actual produce was there.  A good portion of the booths were selling prepared foods such as empanadas and sandwiches.  However, we did find lots of good things to sample and buy. 

We picked up a jar of local clover honey.  We also found some delicious jalapeno jelly that I am anxious to try with cream cheese on toast.  A few booths had beautiful loaves of bread.  There is nothing like the smell of freshly baked bread, right?  We bought a lovely loaf of pumpernickel rye with which I plan on making veggie reubens.  Another booth had corn tortillas flavored with various seasonings, and we grabbed a package of the chile flavored ones.  The only produce we bought was some delicious looking California berries.  Being from Michigan, I'm still getting used to the price of berries out here, but these were definitely cheaper than at the grocery store.

The farmer's market was packed with people and many of them brought their dogs.  There was live music and several food trucks.  I want to check out some other farmer's markets and see what sorts of things they have.

This evening we had a birthday dinner at Garcia's, my favorite Tex-Mex place in the area, with my in-laws and our friends Phil and Jenn.  Now, though, I'm back home and hooked up to my dialysis machine.  It might seem strange, but this much activity in one day is just exhausting for me.  I'm going to rest so I hopefully have the energy to use my farmer's market finds in some cooking tomorrow. 

Happy Birthday to me.