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Simple Grilled Asparagus
Three ingredients : fresh asparagus, sea salt, olive oil
Take the asparagus coat with olive oil and sprinkle sea salt. You can, grill, bake, or broil these. Just cook until they look a little dehydrated and the ends are crispy. They are great with BBQ or add them to you favorite dish like quiche. Note: Fresh Green Beans are great this way too!
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Living fresh at your local farmers market
We all live handmade lives when it comes to one aspect of our lives, that is food of course. We all have to eat, some of us create recipes from scratch, while other just follow the directions on the package. As we American have become aware of our obesity problem and somewhat embraced a health food movement we are starting to look at our European neighbors for their sense of eating and living. One trend that is popping up all over the US is the Farmers market.Here is a brief list of August fresh produce. There are many ways of finding what is fresh and your local area. Here is one site that goes by state is the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)
- cucumber
- corn
- eggplant
- tomatoes
- summer squash
- green beans
- lettuce
- watermelon
- strawberries
- cantaloupe
- blueberries
- peaches
- apricots
- kiwi
- raspberries
- plums
So take a stroll to your local farmer market buy a few ingredients and make a meal for friends, or famiy, while supporting your local community. Then relish in the fact that you made something handmade.