New Items - Farmers Market 2nd Week of September 2

Here are the items that we bought at the second farmers market we went to.

Almond dip. Nutty by Nature, Chipotle. $8. (Gluten free, vegan, paleo)
This is good with veggie sticks or chips.

Taro on the left, apple custard at the top and goya (bitter melon) on the right. $6.60 total
I have never cooked taro. I have to google a recipe. Do you know apple custard? Me neither. Will show you when I eat it. There seem to be two kinds of goya (bitter melon): light green with smooth skin, or dark green with rough surface (this one above). We called this dark green ones "Godzilla". Don't they look like it? lol

Egg fruit on the left, star fruit, garlic chive (nira) and pink guava. $6 total.
Egg fruit is supposed to have an aquired taste. Hoping that we will like it. Garlic chive is very garlicy.  I love to make soup and sauteed with it. And we bought more pink guavas. I cannot get enough of them.

We bought new veggies and fruit that we have never had before. I have to google to find out how to eat / cook them;)


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Farmers Market 1st Week September 2

Hi guys! 

So here is what we bought at two farmers markets this week.

From the top, purple daikon radish. From the left, goya (bitter melon), yellow, orange and purple carrots, broccoli, and purple okra.
Everything except for goya is certified organic. Goya is still pesticide and chemical free, but the vendor is not certified organic. I forgot how much each item was, but with a dozen eggs, it was about 25 dollars all together. Pretty pricey?

We find so many vegetables in purple in Hawaii. Purple colored vegetables contain more antioxidant. So we like to buy purple veggies over regular colored veggies. Also it is more colorful on the plate;)

We also bought star fruit (on the left), apple bananas (in front), and basil.
These were total 5 dollars and all certified organic. I read that a person with kidney problems should not eat star fruit. It is actually pretty bitter, so I can tell the antinutrients that are in it are strong.

Do you know how to pick good bananas? Farmers at the vendor told us that the more round bananas are, the sweeter. You see these bananas in the picture are pretty round, so hopefully they become sweet;) It should take only two days for them to become ripe. I do not normally eat bananas, but apple bananas are awesome! I would like to eat one banana a day here.


We still do not know all the Hawaiian veggies and fruit yet. But slowly exploring. More farmers markets articles are coming;)


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Farmers Market 1st Week September 1

Hi Guys!
Hurricane Lester did not hit the islands hard! It was a beautiful day today. Not too humid, it was a little windy. It actually got kind of cold at night.

I finally figured out how to put pictures on my blog. So I can start putting some pictures here.

We went to two farmers markets this week. One of the organic vendors we bought produces from had lots of star fruit.

 

These are TAROs!! I didn't know they are this big.

We bought mixed drinks from Samsha.

I wasn't able to put more pictures. I will put what we bought in my next entry.

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