Delicious Farmer's Market Fare

I would have taken a photo of the "before" separate ingredients, but . . .  well, to be honest, I forgot. But this is what our dinner looked like after I fixed it and before everyone dived in, and it was really good!

My daughter and I rode bikes to the Farmer's Market yesterday afternoon.  Being on the bikes limited our purchases (no eggs!).  But we picked up some green beans, grape tomatoes and fresh artisan bread made with sun-dried tomatoes and parmesan. Yum. Okay, so for photo purposes keeping it in the orange bowl wasn't the best choice. But everyone was hungry so I was lucky to even get to take THIS photo!

Flank Steak with Famer's Market Fare

Flank Steak
2 tsp olive oil, separated
Green Beans
Grape or Cherry Tomatoes
1 tsp sesame oil
1 Tbs + 2 tsp soy sauce
1 clove garlic, minced

Start salted water to boiling.

Trim the flank steak a bit -- not completely as you'll want some fat for flavor.  Rub 1 tsp of olive oil on one side of the steak.  Generously sprinkle salt and freshly ground pepper on it. Repeat on the other side. Grill the steak for 3-4 minutes per side. Do not over cook.  Let sit on the carving board while you do the rest.

Trim the green beans to your taste (size, etc.) and cut the tomatoes in half.  Add the green beans to the boiling salted water, cook about 2-3 minutes; drain and rinse with cold water.

Mix the sesame oil, soy sauce and garlic with a whisk.

With a VERY sharp knife, slice the flank steak across the grain into thin slices.  Add it, and any juices that accumulated while it was resting, to a big serving bowl.  Add the green beans and sauce and mix well. Finally, add the tomatoes.

IF there are any leftovers, they're great the next day.  And very low cal.

GORGEOUS BLOOMS AT THE MARKET

Do You Geo?

Have you heard of geocaching?  It's the high tech game of taking a walk with a purpose. If you have a GPS device or a smart phone, you can do this!

The easiest place to start is www.geocaching.com and read the stuff there.  Put in your address and it will show you all the hidden treasures in your area. It's up to you to read the description and hints and figure it out.

We've been doing this since 2004 but really slowed down after the first year. Our GPS device was clunky and the kids got very involved in other things. Then I got a smart phone and we're back on the trail.  In the last few weeks, I've used my bike to get to the locations and try to find the stuff!

It's a game of physical and intellectual curiosity, and you can do as much or as little as you want. There's no cost for the basic entry to the website, and gets you outside! You see places and things you might never have known were there -- like the park the other day where I found the bunny and the snake!  And yesterday morning my friend and I went all over the small town next to ours, following a history clue/cache. We even had to do some math to get where we were going!

Yesterday afternoon after caching in the morning, I went to the Farmer's Market, so here are three photos to make your mouth water!