Road Trippin to White Sands

Hey friends, well, it has been quite a long time. Probably no one who ever read this blog in the past is still around. But I got inspired today to check back in and see if it was even still here and lo and behold here we are again!

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!!!