I went over to the Santa Monica farmers market yesterday morning at Arizona ave. There were Heirloom tomatoes and citrus everywhere. I love this season. These type of tomatoes are my favorites and also the huge grapefruits, clementines and blood oranges. But first, some flowers.

And some fennel for juicing.

He had lots of good herbs too.

Pretty farmers strawberries.

This is the sunshine state after all. Please, have some citrus!

And look at these tomatoes. Tons and tons of them. So juicy and delicious. I got a bunch. Making a salad with farro, that I found here as well. Home milled organic Farro with 77 % protein. Farro is a whole grain great in salads. I’m gonna throw some walnuts in there too that I got here, and citrus and some other stuff. It makes me hungry!

The Farro.

This market and the one in Malibu on sundays are my favorites.

I ended up at the farmers market this morning. Needed a bunch of citrus fruits and some flowers. I love juicing blood oranges and tangerines for a good C vitamin boost and some sunshine in a glass.

The juice:  Oranges, blood oranges, tangerines, pear and a hint of ginger. Gimme!

Good kale for pizza night. I throw kale on a gluten free crust with some asiago cheese, chili flakes and olive oil. It’s delicious!

Almonds and almond butter in all sorts of flavors, so good.

My new favorite beverage at the moment belongs on the picnic table. It’s so easy to make your own vitamin water just by adding some fresh herbs, fruits and berries. Even veggies can be dropped down the jars. Drinking water with healing herbs and antioxidants from fresh berries is not only nutritious and delicious, it looks nice as well.

Here is the beach picnic recipes I promised. The sandwiches are delicious. All ingredients are picked up at the farmers market in Ojai. Why would I go all the way up there to shop for a picnic? Why not? 🙂 

I also picked up a freshly baked country sourdough for the sandwiches at one of the healthy eateries in town called “farmer and the cook”.  Nothing beats a good farmers market or delicious bread coming straight out of the oven for that matter. Enjoy!

Photo by Martin Löf.

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