Fresh to Death - Why You Should Visit Your Farmers Market

Top 3 Reasons to Visit Your Farmers Market

Every city has a local farmers market, is most cases they offer the freshest fruits and veggies at the best prices. For years living in Cincy I never fully took advantage of our Findlay Market located downtown. I treated it as a tourist location that I had to plan my whole day around instead of seeing it for what it really was, the freshest grocery store the city has to offer!

1. SHOP LOCAL
I can't scream this loud enough!! It's so incredibly important to support your local small businesses, not just at the farmers market but clothing stores, food trucks, local services (dry cleaning, boutiques, etc). These people are our friends and family and help to invigorate our local communities one purchase at a time, as well as driving our economic freedom as small biz owners.

White Castle + Chicken and Waffles = Hol' up...Slider?

Yes... it's true y'all White Castle (what you crave) now offers a Belgium Waffle w/ Chicken Slider and den a breakfast slider and den a strawberry and cream dessert slider. I could only eat so many sliders in a row so I started off with the Chicken and Waffle.

Prior to ordering the Chick and Waff I wondered how big the slider would actually be? Should I go with 2 for $5 or just get one for $2.69, I went with one and also got a veggie slider, but that's a whole different post! Back to the Chick and Waff... let me start off by saying they were delicious!! Not at all what I expected, I thought it was going to be like those bland funny tasting waffles you get at continental breakfast.

Ray's All Purpose Smoky Spice Rub!

Ray’s All Purpose Smoke Rub

This rub goes perfect on just about anything! I typically use it on chicken or pork chops because they tend to dry out more when you bake them.

(Side Note: I don’t use oil or butter to keep my white meat juicy, I wrap it in 2 layers of aluminum foil. This way the meat cooks evenly and it creates it’s own steam and juices to keep it nice and moist! Best part is nearly all the fat renders down when you cook it this way instead of you eating it all greasy YUCK. Plus, I don’t have a gallbladder so I stay away from grease as much as possible!)

Authentic Belgiums Waffles @ Home!!

I LOVE legit Belgium waffles and Taste of Belgium here is Cincy, it's so authentic, heart warming, and revitalizes the community it' in. I recommend the Chicken and Waffle, it's better than any other Chick and Waff I've ever had! Plus get a side of Goetta Frites with the egg on top.



Since I would about 60 hours a week I cannot always go to their restaurant, so for months I researched and tried to find how I needed to make them and what kind of sugar I needed etc. I thought I had to purchase the sugar online which was such a hassle for me, I need instant gratification. I was able to find Belgium sugar crystals from Sur La Table and is the Lars Brand, the box was only $5.99.

These babies were soft, crunchy, gooey, sweet, a tad bit of salty, and absolutely delicious. This recipe made far more than I needed so half of it got frozen, this will make it super easy to thaw and cook on another day!
 
So I found a recipe that as way to labor intensive so I made my own. This creation turned out to be the bee's knee's especially with the whipped cream I made to throw on top! Can you say "winning", here's how I made them:

Baked Cinnamon Donuts

This recipe only happened because I love donuts but I couldn't stand frying them. Plus I have big hair and I didn't want to smell like fried food all day. You big haired girls know what I'm talking about!!