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RE: Fruits & Veggies Monday--Farmers Market Spotlight {Curried Vegetable Lentil Pasta}
Those yellow/orange(?) zucchinis are so cute, I've never seen them before! You truly are lucky to be able to find all these gems from a local farmers' market! And your creations, wow! Such colorful plates full of delicious food, yum! Some people even say vegan food is boring... Definitely not! 😋
Most of my stuff is fairly simple, but definitely no boredom around here. :) I don't think I realized how many different summer squashes there are! Last week I got the white zucchini and then this week the golden ones just popped out of the basket waiting for me to buy them. So much fun to shop and then create!
This made me think about one thing. I don't have children, but I could imagine that going to farmers' market and buying all those fun, colorful veggies could be a great way to get picky children eat their vegetables! If we as adults get this excited, I can only imagine how thrilled little children would be, haha!
Btw, summer squash isn't something I use all the time in the kitchen. I had no idea either that it can come in some many different colors, shapes and sizes!
Oh I know! I need to start getting my sister to bring my niece for a trip so she can start learning where food comes from. I have a friend who brings her nephew on occasion (I think he's 7?). She usually tells him he can pick out one thing that he wants to get. Not too long ago we were shopping the market together with him along and she thought he would opt for berries or something sweet. Nope, he wanted pearl onions and proceeded to eat them raw as we walked along! Too funny.
I have not always been a summer squash fan in years past, but I am learning more and more ways to incorporate it. It grows like weeds in my part of the world, so we kind of have to use it or waste all that abundance. :)
Haha, that's so funny! Actually I liked to eat raw onions as a child as well! Always when my mom was cooking and chopping an onion, she shouted my name, and I ran to the kitchen to have some pieces of raw onion, haha.
It's always lovely to see and hear that people are exploit local produce! :)