Vail Fun at the Farmers Market

On Sundays during the summer there's a farmers market that had more booths than I could count.  There were so many wonderful things to pick from!  From clothes and jewelry to food you eat right on the spot and food to take home.  There were several vendors with the traditional farmers market veggies and fruits as well as what I was looking for... a salsa booth.  We walked away with some salsa and queso to enjoy from home on another day and ate our lunch from the food vendors.

My half quickie pita

This was my lunch of choice from Nicky's Quickie featuring Greek Gyros.  It was very good.  The gyro meat and onions are sauteed together and served on a grilled pita with lettuce, feta, tomatoes, kalamata olives and of course you can't be without the tzatziki sauce.  I especially loved this sauce because sometimes it feels like places go overboard with chunks of cucumber and this one didn't.  There was a hint of it and it was perfect!  Of course you can't forget to add a couple banana peppers to the mix.

Oh my goodness this paella...

I've had good paella a couple times before but there was something about this one that was really special.  Maybe it was because they called it Authentic Spanish Paella and it looked the part.  Maybe it was my appreciation of the efforts and time behind the dish as one of the people making it described the process that took a couple hours.  It was being cooked on a wok over a grill that looked 3 feet in diameter.  Yes- I saw the start of the process and made a point to come back and try it once it was ready!

The Rocky Mountain Elk, Buffalo, All Natural Chicken were cooked first.  Once cooked the meat was pushed to the side so the direct heat of the wok would go to sauteing the onions and peppers.  Once sauteed nicely together the rice cooked and simmered in all the delicious goodness less behind with the meat covered by foil.  I missed the point where the peas were added but I would anticipate it would have been in the last 20-30 minutes if they were fresh and maybe just before the shrimp if they were frozen.  The shrimp was added at the end (last 10 minutes or so) to steam on top of the meat and rice with the foil laid back over the wok.

Awww... there's another M & M.  

Mark found this on a tree on night as we were heading back to the Lodge after dinner.  

It was a wonderful trip.  We absolutely couldn't beat the weather.  Such a nice get-a-way to have time to hangout with my husband.  Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day!