As you can probably see from my last posts I was living in the beautiful city of Amsterdam for quite a while. It was fantastic and I had lots of adventures. Now I am on a new adventure - you might have gotten a clue from the title of this post. Yes, I'm on a huge road trip!
Well, this blog is about food and health so let's keep to the subject shall we? I was thinking I might share some of my road trip meals with y'all. What do you think?
I still love to hit local farmer's markets and find good eats. I still like to share my ponderings about the latest in scientific discoveries about health. So, perhaps I will start sharing them here again!
Alright, enough blah blah about the past. Let's talk about now!
Yesterday I hit up the small but nice Wednesday farmers market in Silver City, New Mexico. I was just passing through town but I read online that there was a fellow selling grass-fed meats. I picked up some ground beef because the small and simple package would easily fit in my cooler. Did I mention I am on a road trip? Yeah, I'm traveling in a car so I dont have a fridge on a daily basis. I do have a cheap crappy cooler that I bought at a thrift store somewhere in Utah I think... and some blue ice type things that I got at Walmart somewhere. It works to keep things cool for a day or so.
Along with the charming and friendly beef farmer Wendell, there was also a stand with farm fresh eggs. I purchased a dozen. Now I don't know about you, but when I buy eggs at the store I ALWAYS open the box to check the eggs and make sure none are cracked. I did not check these eggs and I wish I had. No, none of them were cracked. But look how gorgeous they are! I didn't look at them until the next day. I wish I had opened them in front of the seller so I could compliment her on how pretty they look!
In addition to my protein purchases I bought some stunning giant purple asparagus from another farmer. And now my cooler is full and I am on my way.
The next afternoon I cooked up a yummy meal at the picnic shelters at White Sands National Monument. Eggs and asparagus with a generous helping of wind blown sand.
Have you been to White Sands National Monument? If not, GO! It is absolutely stunning!!!
