The other day we went on a family outing to Queen's Park farmer's market
for the first time. This is a favourite shopping spot for the
up-and-coming Queens Park set - Alexandra Shulman, the editor of British
Vogue, and her trendy media-type neighbours can often be found among the courgette flowers and homemade spelt fettucini.
We actually bought some of that, and had it with some homemade pesto. Who are we.
I loved the farmers market, although at points it was eye-wateringly expensive ("£4.50 for a TINY loaf of bread?" "alright I'll do it for £4"".....great....."), the vegetable stalls were a dream - lovely and muddy, just how I like it. We made a salad....
... With fresh peas picked that morning. Usually if you buy fresh peas
from the supermarket you regret it and wish you'd gone for Birdseye, but
these were super sweet. I threw in some toasted pecans for crunch and protein, along with
some cucumber and celery.
We bought some berries too, and ate them with mint picked from our
garden, which always stays cool and shady even on the hottest days... which are getting cooler by the minute.
The website for Queens Park farmers market is
here, it opens every Sunday in a primary school playground. I think it might've actually been my dad's old primary school - fun fact for ya.
beautiful!
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