FYI

Last week, I let you all in on my plan to increasingly buy more healthy foods from our local farmers market, and I did make good on my promise when I went back to the market this past weekend. My awesome friend and farmer Deb from Merciful Hearts Farm had emailed me and chatted with me all week about a recipe to help introduce me to cabbage. I was so nervous and let her know right off the bat that cabbage scared me....and then she said "how do you feel about beets?"......and I literally made a face as I read the word "beets" because oh my dear beets are scary!Somehow Deb, with all her wit and charm, had me walking away from the market with a head of cabbage and the most beautiful beets you have ever seen. I was armed with recipes and instructions on how to cook everything {how awesome is that?!}. Overall, the fresh roasted beets were not bad......they were actually sweet and tasted nothing like I had imagined they would... but I think I enjoyed photographing them more than I really enjoyed eating them......and cabbage just may be on my "can't do" list still.I am confident however that with the help of my friends and so many delicious fruits and veggies available at the market that I will definitely continue to be adventurous and try new things...I ate {and photographed} everything you see in these pictures....AND.....it was not half bad! {Also, I may have just created a new paint color frenzy for myself due to all of the amazing colors in these fruits and veggies!}xo,Barb