Cape Cod Farmers Market

 The sun, ocean and fresh sea air are a great combination for creating some new recipes and new memories with family.  We went to the cape to visit family. Before we left on our trip I made sure to check out where are the farmers markets were. This is what I found.
 It the Cape there are farm stands every and they did have one farmers market every Tuesday down the street from my Aunt's house.
So I went to go check it out and found that they had a nice size market. I was super excited to see a meat purveyor there. Even though I am a vegetarian it was still nice to see that.
  Okay so we bought some item fresh organic items and started to create :)

Here are some recipes from that weekend:

*Chicken Salad*

- 1 whole or half cooked    chicken (shredded)

- 1/4 cup                 mayonnaise

- 1/2 cup                 mustard (any type in the fridge)

- 3 stalks                 celery (diced)

- 1/2 or less             red onion (diced)

- 1/3 cup or more    sliced almonds (toasted)

- 1/3 cup or more    dried cranberries

- 1 or 2                    Lemons (zest and juice)

-To Taste                Salt and Pepper

Shred chicken and mix everything in a bowl. Sever on toasted whole grain bread.

*Watermelon Salad*

- 1/4 of watermelon (1 inch cubes)

- 1/2 red onion (sliced thin)

- Lemon zest and juice

- Extra virgin olive oil

- Lettuce (any type is fine)

- Feta or Goat cheese

- Sliced almonds (toasted)

- To Taste Salt and pepper

Mix cubed watermelon and sliced onions together with lemon zest, juice and olive oil. Let it sit for a  minute then add lettuce, cheese, almonds, salt and pepper. Toss and sever.

Summer Melon Cocktail

With summer at its peak this month, I started looking for amazing melons at the local farmers markets. From the standard watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew, to the unique like casaba, yellow watermelon and orange watermelon.
 I saw this strange yellow thing with skin that looked like it was setting in the sun for way too long. 
 I started to talking to one of the workers and asking questions like What is this? It looks like it bad, is it? What is this called? and What does this taste like?
He answered: Its a melon (duh) called Casaba. It's not bad, its actually perfect right now. The taste is more like a cucumber and savory.
 So, I bought on and brought it home and stared at it for a while thinking 'What the heck am I going to do with this?' and this is what I came with.

Casaba Melon Cocktail

 Ingredients:

• 1 each                 Casaba Melon
• 2-3shots              Vodka
• 4 cups                  Ice
• 3 each                  Lime(cut into 8 pieces)
• 1/2 bunch             Mint
• 1/4 cup                Sugar (add more or not so such depending how you like it)
• Salt to taste

 Equipment:

• Blender
• Knife
• Cutting board 
• Glasses
• Muddle 

Directions:

Skin and seed the melon.  Cut melon into chucks. Put half of the cut up melon, vodka and ice into blender. Blend. Add some of the sugar and a little salt. Blend. In glass muddle two pieces of lime, sugar and some mint leaves. Add melon vodka mix. Garnish with lime and mint.