Tuesdays with the Farmers’ Market

Yesterday morning I went back to the Lincoln Square farmers’ market. The farmers’ market is fun for everyone. In the photo above: spot the hipster, spot the kids, the elderly, the middle-aged. My bag felt extra heavy so I weighed it when I got home. 13 pounds! Ouch. Good thing I took the bus.

I wanted to note that these are my favorite vendors:
Seedling Fruit, South Haven, MI :: Great fruit, esp. berries
River Valley Kitchen, Burlington, WI :: All sorts of mushrooms
– Lange’s Farm, Elwood, IL :: Excellent variety of high-quality vegetables
– Dotson’s Farm, Linwood, IL :: Good selection of herb plants

This is what I bought at the farmers’ market:
– cherries
– raspberries
– blueberries
– 5 ears of corn
– 2 cucumbers
– 4 beets (A lady saw my beets and asked me how to prepare them. I said “I don’t know! I have to go home and look it up online!”)
– green beans
– tomatoes
– 4 portobello tops (I want to make these)
portobello salsa with cilantro & key lime
– 4 free cta rides courtesy of Swedish Covenant Hospital (they were handing them out at the nearby Western Brown Line stop and just kept giving me more)