First trip to the Farmer's Market!

So yesterday morning I went to the Athens' Farmer's Market for the first time, and it was amazing! The delicious smells pouring out of all the vendors' stands are intoxicating. Everything for artisan bread, gourmet cheeses, beautiful bouquets, and freshly picked berries are there. I went home with an amazing roll filled with nuts, apricots, and raisons; honey-lavender goat cheese; a gorgeous zucchini; assorted colors of cherry tomatoes; and ripe blueberries! It was heaven on earth! Next time I know not to eat breakfast beforehand so I can have fresh coffee and a yogurt with home-made granola and local honey while browsing the different stands. Here are a few pictures from the trip.

Gorgeous bouquets!

The yellow-green round vegetables in the back are a variety of cucumbers! Can you believe it?! You learn so much from talking to farmers at the market!

The tomatoes I bought.

These zucchinis were so pretty, I had to try one!

These goat cheeses were amazing! Besides the honey, lavender flavor I bought, they had cranberry, peach, Mediterranean, garlic, and many more!

So as promised, I found a way to use up most of my quinoa: Quinoa banana, peanut butter muffins! They were delicious and so easy to make! I was able to make over a dozen, so I'll be freezing them and saving them for breakfasts and pre work-out snacks. Here's the recipe I followed from The Curvy Carrot, a new blog I've found and love!

http://www.thecurvycarrot.com/2013/03/27/peanut-butter-banana-quinoa-muffins/

So glad I've finally found a way to use quinoa! I know there's hundreds of other ways to cook quinoa, so though this may be the first weapon on my belt, I plan to add more to my quinoa arsenal over time. But until then, I plan on making the most of these muffins!