Saturday mornings have become a time for both of us to spend by ourselves, doing whatever we want. For me, that means I go on my long runs, enjoying an hour or two of running around Seattle. Just me and my running shoes. And recently for Todd, Saturday morning means he goes and hangs out with other car lovers, drooling over rare and exotic cars.
He has lots more pictures of shiny Ferraris and Lamborghinis, etc. that I’ll let him share about whenever he feels like blogging. But I had to post this picture he took of my dream car (and also b/c it will make my Mustang loving family happy).
We usually convene back at our apartment around noon, have a late breakfast (nothing fancy—Cheerios for him, and cereal and scrambled eggs for me), then go about our day walking around the city.
This past Saturday I was excited to walk down to Pike Place Market for our first spring visit. I knew it would be crowded with tourists but I wanted to get some fresh local food to make for dinner that night—we had invited Ryan over for dinner since Aubrey was out of town. And I figured this was my chance to make fish since Todd would be the non-fish loving minority. 
The Market was busy, but not crazy busy like during summer, and we were on a mission to get what we needed and get out of there. Ok, well maybe I lollygagged just a bit to take some pictures and enjoy being out amongst the crowd…..I just love it there and am never in a hurry to go home.
To appease Todd, we made the necessary stop to get a treat for him
And here are the goodies that I filled my bag with:
Asparagus, 3 tilapia filets, 2 monstrous potatoes, and juicy blackberries. I took $20 to get dinner fixins’ for the 3 of us, and I came home with $3 and change.
Wish I would’ve taken a picture of the final product, but I was so excited to eat it all, that I didn’t think of taking the time to photograph it. Ryan brought some beer and wine (thanks!!) and I made roasted asparagus, baked tilapia, pan fried cheesy potatoes and a blackberry apple crumble for dessert. Nothing was left over, so I’ll call it a tasty dinner success.
We’ve always talked about wanting to do more of our grocery shopping at the market and help out the local farmers, but we usually only make it down there on Saturdays when it’s packed with tourists (not so fun when you’re actually trying to buy stuff while everyone else is standing around in throngs waiting for the fish to fly). So this season, I’d like to continue our $20 Market meal plan as we both pick out what sounds good for dinner and do that instead of eating out at a restaurant for twice that cost (or more).
Besides, we’re so blessed to have such an abundance of fresh, local food available, why not take full advantage of it? Hopefully I’ll have lots of future posts and pictures for you of our seasonal meals. I was really eyeballing the rhubarb and strawberries….Mom, maybe when you come visit you can teach me how to make your scrumptious pie? :)