concoctions from the farmer's market

This is the story about how 4 vegetables we bought at the farmer's market for $8 became the centerpieces of 4 meals (sort of).

Here's what we got this past Saturday:


Two eggplants ($2), 3 large carrots ($2), a bunch of garlic ($2) and a huge head of romaine lettuce ($2).

LETTUCE:
After having washed all the lettuce, the leaves filled three huge tupperware containers, which is enough to make 10 decently-sized caesar salads with homemade croutons and dressing.




GARLIC
With the garlic, I made pesto. I got the basil from our huge stash grown from seed on our terrace and in our front lawn.





EGGPLANT
The other night, I made eggplant parmesan. In addition to the fresh eggplant from a local farm, I used tomatoes grown in our very own garden.

                                       
                                          

CARROTS

With the carrots, I made carrot sticks. I guess that's not a proper meal, but oh well.

All in all, it's way more fun to cook with fresh produce (and if you grow it yourself, that's a bonus). It seems more satisfying for some reason.