Goodies from the Farmers Market

Made a trip to the East Lansing Famer’s Market and it was awesome. One of the most ‘markety’ type of farmers market in the area. It actually reminded me a lot of the Grand Rapids one I went to with Katie (I miss you and your market Katie!) with lots of food, flowers and even live music!

 

I got in line first thing to get an apple cider slushie. Which was cold, delicious and smelled like fall. I love cider, and this was a new and very tasty way to drink it. Seems everyone else loved it too because I waited in line for 5 minutes before I was able to get a taste. I also picked up a fresh veggie spring roll which tasted amazing as well. I love farmers market food! 

Because it’s a farmers market and because it’s in East Lansing, the prices were a bit high on certain items. But everything looked really good and the booths were well stocked and clean. They had two baked goods booths and my sister bought focaccia bread at one while I picked up dried cherry and walnut bread from the other booth, which turned out to be a home bakery based out of Holt. We chatted for a bit and I tried their sourdough havarti which was insanely good. There was also croissants that were almost a foot long that I wanted to bring home and make a whole meal of, but sadly they only had almond ones left.

 

Of course there was a flower purchase, it seems wrong to come home from a market without it. We also picked up spicy peppers for my brother and oddly enough, light bulbs. The recycling center had a booth where they were giving out CFL bulbs for free so we each grabbed some. They also had pens made from recycled denim but I missed those and despite my begging, my sister refused to give hers up.

Our local market in Holt is heavy on crafts so it’s always a letdown to shop there. The Benjamin Davis market in Lansing is less on the crafty side, but it’s small so the selection is limited. I was very impressed with the number of booths and the diversity of the selection. Everything from goat cheese to smoked whitefish from Sault Ste Marie. They even had a section with staples like flour and sugar. The only things I didn’t see (and could have been there but I missed) were coffee and eggs.  It was a very fun experience and definitely the market where I want to shop from now on.