My plan this morning - 45 minute spin class followed by a quick trip to the market to pick up a couple dozen apples and three pie pumpkins before all the "Oktoberfesters" were awake and moving about the city.
Things don't always go as planned. The spin class ended up being a 90 minute class, which I normally look forward to, but not this morning. My legs were pretty tired from yesterday's class, I'm fighting a cold, and I still have a pulled muscle in my left leg. Not ideal for a long class!
I made my shower super quick so I could head straight to the market before my poor legs seized up! I was there by 10:00 which was perfect. It was starting to get busy, but since I stuck to the veggies outside and didn't venture inside any of the buildings I was done in about 20 minutes. I managed a few photos before my hands were too full to take any more.
There were peppers all over the place at the market. I didn't buy any, but there were people buying bags of them. Not sure what they are planning to do with them - I should have asked they guy carrying two large bags of red peppers! Not quite sure how I resisted buying them. They all looked so good.
My first purchase...brussel sprouts (oops!). Not exactly on the list or the menu for this week, but they looked so green and fresh (and they roasted up nicely for dinner tonight and went well with my potato and leek soup).
My original plan was to purchase three pie pumpkins and at most two dozen apples, probably MacIntosh and Honey Crisp. I did stick to the three pie pumpkins, but went a bit overboard on the apples. I ended up with a bushel of MacIntosh apples, and about 24 Honey Crisp apples.
The unplanned definitely happened at the market...1 bushel of MacIntosh apples, 24 Honey Crisp apples, a basket of brussel sprouts, 3 pie pumpkins, and 2 butternut squashes that jumped in to my bag.
The rest of my day was spent roasting pumpkin, pumpkin seeds, and brussel sprouts. Jamming apples in to every nook and cranny of my fridge, and hoping that I'll manage to eat them all before they start to go soft.
The plan for tomorrow is to make a pumpkin and pear loaf, wash all the dishes, and makes plans for some of those apples!
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