Dinner from the Farmers Market

Mike and I have been frequenting the Green City Market in Lincoln Park on Saturday mornings. Given how much of my time I have spent reading about the horrors of industrial agriculture between last year's debate topic and my new job, I am excited to get to shop for local and organic produce. This particular farmers market does not require all of its vendors to be organic... yet. They have set 2012 as the date their vendors have to make the transition. So you have to wander around a bit and talk to the farmers about what they are selling.

I do a lot of cooking with onions and garlic, so these were natural pickups... I was psyched to buy my very own green garlic that has been popping up in recipes this season (and to try to cook something more delicious with it than the green garlic soup I had at Blackbird- fail).



We got there late two weekends ago, and all the meat vendors were out of beef. That was OK with me because I have been craving lamb. We got 2 chops each, which we seasoned with garlic. (I apologize for the way this picture looks. It came out of the camera looking funny, and it still looks wrong after my attempt to doctor it up)



Here is the final product, with fried rice made by Mike... also with local garlic and onions...



I was a little apprehensive about how the chops would turn out since we didn't have any cumin or other lamb-friendly spice (sigh, the tiny kitchen)... but the Natures Seasonings did the trick. Obviously, I don't know why I doubted it.