On any given Sunday I head to the farmer's market in Dupont Circle. Lately, though, I've been traveling for work and busy with tedious chores, plus I had a debilitating case of the flu (No, it wasn't H1N1, but thanks, EVERYONE, for asking), so it's been a few weeks since I filled my market bag. This week, as I headed for Dupont, I practically skipped down Connecticut Ave. It was a beautiful morning. The air was clean, cool, crisp; just the way I love it. The annual introduction to fall made me want to stand on the sidewalk, take a deep breath, raise my hands slowly above my head, and greedily suck it all in. You know the move you complete at the end of an intense aerobics class with Richard Simmons? Yes, that's the move I'm talking about.
The market is changing with the weather. Peaches skipped town a long time ago. Only a few tomatoes remain. Enter green leaf bunches and root vegetables. Also, apples. There are always apples in the fall. This week I set a $25.00 budget. With that I bought kale, a bunch of carrots, 2 thin leeks, red potatoes (3 small ones), honey crisp apples, and some herb de provence cheese from Keswick Creamery. Oh, and I bought basil and olive bread too. It took careful planning to stay under budget, but I did it.
I stood in front of this stunning ginger for a while and pondered the price tag. It's on my shopping list for next week, if it makes an appearance.
And before I knew it, I was done shopping. Which brings me to my favorite part of Sunday: the sandwich. I always make a sandwich immediately after I unpack my groceries. There's nothing like fresh bread from Atwater's.
This week I had some left over turkey and swiss. I opened a fresh jar of Inglehoffer orange-n-honey mustard, a flavor I've never tried from my favorite brand of mustard. If you haven't tried Inglehoffer, you should. You can buy it at Safeway for about $1.69 for a 4 ounce jar.
Inglehoffer comes in different flavors: stone ground, honey mustard, creamy horseradish, wasabi, creamy dill, hot dijon, and many more. The orange-n-honey I tried this week, was good, but not my favorite. I'm partial to the regular honey mustard and the hot dijon. If your local supermarket doesn't carry Inglehoffer, you can buy it online, but it's a little more expensive.
{Note to the FTC: no free mustard was eaten during the writing of this post.}
