Day 2

Went to the little downtown of the town I live in to check out the organic/local foods market. It is extremely small, but one plus is that they have a great selection of organic, grass-fed meats, just about anything you might want. This is a big relief, I was afraid I was going to be making regular trips to the closest natural food store in the closest city, which is about a 45 minute to one hour drive. I bought more buffalo, it was just under $8 a pound this time, I will be keeping it the freezer to use another day.

Best part is that I also got a whole organic chicken, was a little less than $3 a pound. It was frozen, so once it defrosts, I'm really looking forward to cooking it in the small counter-top rotisserie oven my boyfriend just received for his birthday. I have an excellent recipe for baking a whole chicken: rub the outside with salt, pepper, and lemon juice, and then bake the chicken with lemons stuffed on the inside. That's it and it's fantastic!

And I'm also really looking forward to making a big ol' salad with the local produce I bought today - some tomatoes and the most gorgeous looking cucumber I have ever seen, it is the most beautiful shade of light green. Okay, so it's not a shamrock or kelly green - but it's darn close - and if tastes anything like the cucumbers we grew in our (sort of) failed attempt at a vegetable garden last summer, it's gonna be amazing!

So here's the finished product, salad with the veggies I bought today, plus the buffalo meat sauce and penne I made last night.