A Reminder

I've already told you all, but it's worth saying again:

Eat your fruits and vegetables. You need the antioxidants, not to mention the fiber.

This afternoon, we made our annual strawberry picking trek. We picked about 12 pounds. When five of us are going at it, we get a lot of strawberries very quickly. We'll give some away to friends, eat some on their own, make some strawberry shortcake, put some in spinach salad (very tasty), and make jam out of the rest.

We also went to the Spring Glen Farmers Market this afternoon. It's about six blocks from our house, so we walked and bought some nice locally grown spinach (for our strawberry spinach salad -- seriously, it's really good), squash, cherries, peas, plus some locally made salsa and blue tortilla chips, and a fresh baguette from a local bakery.

We actually have two farmers markets in our town, one on Tuesdays within walking distance, one on Fridays within biking distance, so we'll have local produce for the next four or five months. Find out more, you CT residents, at BuyCTGrown. For you out-of-towners, find a farmers market near you and eat your fruits and veggies. Nature's best cancer preventers, plus you'll help your local economy.