Farmers Markets and Pasta Salad

So today my lovely mother and I ventured to the Anderson Township Farmers' Market (http://www.andersonfarmersmarket.org/). I purchased a bunch of tomatoes, a white-ish and purple bell pepper, a marconi pepper, two cucumbers, some gelato (from Dolce Vita Cafe in Dayton, KY), and a mix for creating Vino Slush, a frozen wine slush mix from Cherry Orchard Foods (www.vinoslush.com and www.cherryorchardfoods.com). The gelato is yummy (I got the passion fruit) and the vino slush has been mixed and is sitting in the freezer, so I'm looking forward to trying that out tonight with wonderful Boyfriend. :) At the Lunken farmers' market I purchased a cantaloupe and some peaches. Those also look yummy :)


I also decided to make a pasta salad with all the wonderful veggies I just bought. So I made two boxes of whole wheat pasta, added some Italian salad dressing, and dumped in some tomatoes, cucumbers, the white-ish and purple bell pepper, the marconi pepper, and some olives and voila! Yummy dinner (and probably lunch tomorrow)! I'm excited for dinner but first I must drag myself to the gym since they close in two hours.

Giant bowl of pasta with Italian dressing

Lots of veggies all chopped up and ready to go ...

Veggies thrown on top of pasta ....

The final yummy product! Throw some grated cheese on top and voila! I cooked!

I'm excited for dinner to eat it all up (with some grilled chicken breasts, courtesy of Boyfriend) and drink that Vino Slush! Yum! For a list of the farmers' markets in Cincinnati, check out www.cincinnatifarmersmarkets.com !