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Plum tuckerd out.
After seeing this website the other day, I have become obsessed with cooking better for my family. I have a stinking crock pot that just sits on my counter like a lump because I have no room in my cabinets to store it. We’ve been here for 6 months and I have only used it once.
Well, make that twice. I am currently simmering a batch of soup. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
Because of my idea to cook better for the family, Ladybug and I had to go grocery shopping today. Now, I love Whole Foods just as much as the next person, (perhaps not that much), but Dr. D and I discovered a new market near our house this past weekend.
At first glance, Plum Market appears to be just another yuppie organic grocery store. But it’s not. It’s small, but packed with tons of items from local companies. You can buy local produce, local milk, local beer and even local cheeses, breads and coffees. While they do cater to the “organic” crowd, they do carry more mainstream items like coke and lay’s potato chips.
Ladybug and I spent over two hours in there this afternoon. We perused all of the aisles in the middle of the store loading the cart with items to prepare our meals for the next few nights. Then, we hit the perimeter of the store.
The outskirts are where all of the fun is to be had! There are samples galore, as well as tons of educational opportunities. We took our time in the produce department, naming all of the fruits and veggies, learning new ones, finding things that looked like each other, and practicing our colors and counting. She was baffled by the bumpy heirloom tomatoes and their funky texture, but she loved looking at all the containers of the fresh cut fruit. We sampled strawberries, sniffed limes, and studied the funny looking ginger and horseradish.
The highlight of the trip was the pizza counter. They have a true pizza hearth in the store that is quite beautiful. Ladybug was fascinated with the flames that are visible from the front of the counter. Fortunately for us, the chef was preparing a pizza just in time! So she was able to watch the whole process from start to finish.
We really had a good day at the store. Though I didn’t have any coupons to use for this purchase (it was mostly produce anyway), treating the outing as entertainment certainly helped to take the sting out of paying the bill!
Now off to stir my soup.
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Hey! I think you might have been making fun of me in this post!!!
Plum Market sounds cool!
I get to go BACK to Whole Foods tomorrow. I was just there today, but KT left her purse in the cooking school. (sigh)
Karen (Pediascribe)’s last blog post..CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS?