I missed the market last week, but after I picked my younger daughter up from school, we headed out to shop.
Our first stop was for pork spring rolls from J’s Kitchen. Since we were there a little later to the market this week, she didn’t have enough for a full order (12 pieces), so she substituted in pork wontons, which I hadn’t tried before. They were great, along with the spring rolls. We also had 2 bottles of water, making our total here $6.
While we were waiting for our food, we stopped and got kettle corn from Tata Ruben’s Kettle Corn. He gave us a sample first, which convinced me to get the big bag over the little bag (which was $3). The big bag was $6.
Next, we headed into the vendors.
First stop was Gabe the Bread Man. He greeted us with a smile on his face, happy to tell us how much joy baking brings him. I think that’s his secret ingredient to his delicious bread; he bakes it with joy in his heart. This week, I got one of his new breads to try, Butter Top Italian bread. You can see I tried some before taking this picture. It’s delicious, fluffy, moist, and a nice buttery taste without having to add any extra butter spread. I will enjoy eating this a lot. His loaves are $6 each.
Next, I picked up a 3 lb bag of organic jonalicious apples from English Apple Orchard/Arizona Apple Cider. They always have free samples to try the variety before you buy, and this is the one we picked today. This was $5.
We stopped next at the Elfrida Community Garden stand. I got 1 pound of lemon cucumbers, something I haven’t had in a while. I had one as a snack tonight, and it was perfect. It was $1.50 for the pound.
Then, we stopped for truffles at The Sanctuary stand. We picked Mocha flavor, and got 2, one for me, one for my daughter. They were $1 each, so $2 for both.
The next stop was something I had wanted to try for a while, so we stopped to try SAS-Z Nuts pistachios. I tried the salted and roasted variety, and decided to buy the 1 pound bag for $10. He has other sizes available as well.
Finally, I got 1 pound of organic peaches from Grammy’s stand that were from Briggs & Eggers orchard. I haven’t tried them yet, but I’m sure they will be great like the ones in my FarmBox.
It was a hot one today, so we headed home after we’d made our round. I have some ideas of what to try the next time we make it.
The Sierra Vista Farmer’s Market is held every Thursday from 10am – 2pm at Veteran’s Memorial Park. To learn more, you can visit their website here or their Facebook page. Every week they publish a newsletter with upcoming events and vendors they are expecting at the market that week.
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