I Love Going To The Farmer's Market

It's been one heck of a long day. We woke up at the crack of dawn to head on over to the local county farmer's market. If it didn't involve getting up at the crack of dawn every Saturday morning, I think we would go every week.

I finally fell asleep around 5 this morning, and we were up and out the door by 8. Okay, so it wasn't qctually the crack of dawn, but when you've only had 3 hours sleep and you can hardly see out of your eyeballs, it sure feels like it.

This week we bought some fresh blueberries (so the wife can make blueberry jam for kid #3, it's one of his favorites), some tomatoes (since ours are not doing too well this year), some wildflower and tupelo honey, and my personal favorite, fresh garlic.

Not just any garlic either. It's some of the best tasting fresh garlic around these parts, and I only buy it from the folks at Red Hott Tomatoes Farm. As a garlic lover, I have tried all of the different garlic for sale at the market, but the bulbs that come from Red Hott Tomatoes is definitely the best in the area.

Within minutes of getting home, I had the oven pre-heating and had trimmed three large heads of garlic for roasting. If there is one thing I love more than garlic, it's roasted garlic. In fact, after it was done roasting, I made some more of my delicious guacamole, but this time I added roasted garlic.

It.Was.To.Die.For. I ate the whole bowl. Here is that easy gucamole recipe (with the roasted garlic change):

Ingredients:

One Haas avocado
Two spring onions
One Roma tomato
1-2 cloves roasted garlic
salt & pepper to taste

Preparation:

Dice onions and tomatoes. The smaller the better.
Use the flat of a knife to make a paste out of the roasted garlic.
Remove skin and seed from avocado, any way you want, just toss the avocado (in big chunks if you want) into the bowl.
Add roasted garlic paste, salt, and pepper.

Smash the avocado with the spoon as you mix it. If you want a chunkier guacamole, don't mash so much, if you want it smooth and mushy, smash the heck out of the thing.
Serve with chips, taquitos, or whatever else you want to serve it with.

Now, I am off to relax for the evening. I think I will have a nice hot cup of tea with some tupelo honey.

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