My adorable little home town has a great farmers market on Wednesday nights in the warm months. I love visiting the market, and especially love my favorite vendors there from Goose Creek Gardens (visit there website here to find out what other markets you may be able to catch them at www.goosecreekgardens.com). They have a great selection of fresh herbs and greens for an incredibly low price. You can get a really generous sized bag of herbs for only $1. I know, I know, it’s an incredible deal! They charge 1/3 of the prize for 1/3 more than what you get at a grocery store.
Tonight I enjoyed a caprese salad with the first cutting of their home grown basil. It was delish! It is a perfect and healthy meal when I’m just cooking (or in this case cutting tomatoes and cheese, which I don’t think can actually constitute as cooking!) during the warm months. All I do is cut the tomatoes in slices, cut some mozzarella cheese in slices and top with basil. I then drizzle Italian dressing over top. You could also do nice extra virgin olive oil or balsamic vinegar over the salad.
Voila! A delicious salad course for entertaining or a whole course if you’re like me and use 2 tomatoes and don’t feel like making anything! Ok, ok, ok. I’ll admit it. I followed the healthy salad with a glass of wine and a piece of tiramisu from a cute little restaurant downstairs while I typed this post 😉
Hang Onto your fork 