Final Project: Farm Market

           If you ask me to buy ingredients for a specific meal I will head to the Gristedes super market across the street but instead I was asked to go to a specific market which I'v never heard of, called the farmers market. The farmers market gives the opportunity to small family farms to promote there farms and to directly sell fresh products to consumers. The farmers market is much more than just a stand with fresh products but more of a cultural event. Many people attend these special daily events to get the best nutrition possible. Every product is naturally grown and even some given to you still with roots, such products like cilantro, tomatoes, broccoli and many fruits are sold along with eggs, milk and bread. My visit to the farmers market was a great first experience I attended with my girlfriend, Sherlyn Olivo. It was her first time visiting as well and she was also very impressed with how big of an event it is an the amount of attendees it attracts. At first I didn't know what meal to make because I have never really cooked a full meal other then breakfast or some rice so I had to find a way to bring all the products together and make a simple yet healthy meal. I walked my way up from 14th st. and broadway towards 17th st. I got to see many different farmer stands selling flowers, fishes, bread, vegetables, fruits dairy products even hunny. My girlfriend helped me think of the idea in making a vegetable omelet since all the ingredients were being sold in the farmers market. I worked my way down the stands picking up cilantro from one stand then tomatoes a bit further down along with onions and then went down towards the egg section. I notice many of these products cost a bit more then it will regularly cost at a supermarket and I believe its because of the fresh products we are obtaining also it takes quite some time and labor to get the products from the farms into the city. But i believe it was all worth every penny, you can smell how fresh these vegetables smelled. I noticed an abundance amount of slim people attended the market making it quite obvious that they eat extremely healthy and keep a good physique. I finished my shopping by spending about $25 and headed home to make my meal. I chopped my tomatoes, onions, and cilantro with the help of my girlfriend and then poured into a bowl with the organic eggs and cooked it on a pan. I wasn't able to eat it because I had just finished eating a meal so instead left it for my mom to eat on the next morning. Her opinion was that the omelet came out delicious and believes it was because of the fresh vegetables in it.