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Meatless Day Challenge #8 – Summer vegetables

It has been really hectic with Chinese New Year just round the corner. This whole weekend was dedicated to CNY cookies and tarts. So there is no recipe this week. What I have is a tribute to the beautiful fresh vegetables that I bought from Veg out at St. Kilda farmers market. Some may say I am silly but I do get excited when I see a nice piece of meat. And I do get excited when I see lovely vegetables. Especially summer vegetables. They are so bright, colourful and cheery.

Pasta with pan fried sardines & asparagus

Pasta is one of my favourite things to cook. I like to keep it simple but punchy. Many of my friends have heard me spoken of this beautiful bowl of pasta that I had when I was in Florence. I can still taste it in my mouth while I’m writing this post. Most people that we met recommended that we checked out Nerbone in the San Lorenzo Market. This is where I had the best bowl of pasta. It was just olives, tomato, celery & a good dose of olive oil. The pasta was al dente. The taste was clean but packed with flavour. Every bite was a delight. I remembered that I could not stop smiling

St. Kilda Farmers market

I’ve been enoying the trips to farmers market every Saturday lately. It is such a change from Victoria & Footscray market were most stall holders are too busy to have a chat and seems to be in a rush all the time.

St. Kilda farmers market (Peanut Farm Reserve, Chaucer St, St. Kilda) happens every 1st week of the month. As usual, it will be good to early. It has a really strong sense of community vibe. Toddlers running around, parents relaxing on the chairs and tables spread out in the middle of the market and the buzz of excited punters like me.

Slowfood farmers market

We did wake up early but Henry had to take a call so did not get there as early as we wanted. I only managed to take one photo as the battery went flat! Was really pissed off with myself. Anyway, it was a lovely morning. And I was not going to allow this setback to dampen my happy mood. Off we went with our empty bags and rumbling tummies.

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