The savior of hot summer days. Every Saturday morning my husband and I travel to the Farmer's Market in Roseville, California to buy freshly picked zucchini, plums, peaches, broccoli, artichokes, tomatoes and strawberries from Ukrainian immigrants and Mexican-American farmers. And watermelon, we buy sweet watermelon. With our refrigerator full of produce, we plan dinners of saut ed vegetables complemented by rice. Our morning cereal is enhanced by sliced fruit.
Lunch is complete with the soft flesh of plum and peach.
In our celebration of fresh fruits and vegetables, we haven't missed our former diet of hamburger, nachos, quesadillas, and pizza - heavy laden with saturated fats from beef and cheese. Our bodies thank us for our choices, slimming in response. Our energy increased. Our minds sharpened. Our moods mellowed.