Saturday, September 8, 2007

Downtown Riverside Farmer's Market

The best tomatoes! The market opens at 8:00am every Saturday. Flower stand at Riverside's Downtown Farmer's Market Live plants for sale along with fresh flowers. We also have a Farmer's Market on Friday's at the Sear's parking lot but I like the downtown one best.
Most of the stands have organic fruits and vegetables. And did I mention live music? This morning DH decided he was strong enough for a little more walking so we went to our downtown Farmer's Market for a few things. One stand has the absolute best cilantro hummus, tzaziki (non-fat yogurt, persian cucumbers, dill and lots of garlic), fresh tabule and a cucmber salad with minced cucumbers, tomatoes, green onions, & spices. And of course pita pockets. Delicious! Also bought a loaf of Country Harvest bread from my favorite bread stand. It is a round loaf with carrots, raisins, rye flour, whole wheat and walnuts - so good you don't need to put anything on it. Then we got a few tomatoes, squash, peaches and plums. And to feed our soul? Flowers. A big bouquet of mixed flowers.

DH still tires easily so we didn't stay too long. He had some blood tests done after the surgery and we learned he is a little anemic. The doctor told us to get some iron pills at the pharmacy which we've done and that will help with his energy levels. A good day.

2 comments:

rosemary said...

I am a bad Idahoan....I have yet to go to our Farmer's Market this summer...it will be over soon. Sniff.

Sandy said...

I like the whole atmosphere of our markets - the farmers showing off their fruits and vegetables like they're family members. And I'm bringing bags from home to carry our purchases in - reminds me of my activist days. What memories.