It's my way NOT through LA!

I recently took some time away from the west coast to head back east... the next few posts will be my adventures back in my hometown of Orlando, Florida. Headed away from the land of Disney to the world of Disney, my favorite resort park to visit! Yes, I'm biased I was one of the lucky children who grew up going to disney every week and still do whenever I can!

Winter Park, FL Farmers Market

Now lets get into it... I missed visiting the LA Farmers Markets so when I tried to find a suitable market with more than one produce stand and failed, my mother and I decided to start our own little garden.

We started with a bed of red leaf lettuce, arugula, and romaine. All three grew so rapidly we were unable to eat or share it before it became too bitter. First success!

Next we tried cauliflower, brussel sprouts, kale, tomatoes, and green beans. Brussel sprouts take forever to grow! Only thing ready to try within a week or two was the cauliflower and oh boy was it very tasty, picking the cauliflower from the garden made the taste extremely fresh and flavorful. We made mash-cauliflower and cauliflower pizza, both were delicious!

While waiting for the rest to grow we decided to bop over to the Winter Park Farmer's Market, where my mother would take me as child. We would usually go when she needed to find caterpillars for her kindergarten class.



This market has a huge area filled with plants and trees to purchase. The rest of the market is made up of three produce stands, Florida orange stands, prepared locally food stands and an inside area that has fresh cheeses, baked breads, morning coffees and bagels.

As I have mentioned before, every farmers market offers something unique... Central Florida's markets may not have a wide variety of produce stands but the vibrance of the community and sense of gathering for whatever the state has in season makes it a great one!

         

xoxo Enjoy!!