Last Saturday Annie and I headed down into the city to meet a fellow foodie friend at the Green City Market. If you live in Chicagoland and have never been, you must simply try it out! The market is full of the most beautiful organic produce you've ever seen. Plus a variety of cheese, honey, salsas, baked goods, sandwiches and meats! It's a food lovers dream, plus the kids love it because there are a ton of samples and live music.
As we were checking out the vendors we stumbled upon one of Annie's favorite fruits... the ground cherry. Last summer she ate them by the pint-ful! We picked a pint and while we were paying Annie was jumping up and down asking for some. The farmer laughed and said he'd never seen anyone so excited over a ground cherry. But I actually think your kids might be too!
A ground cherry comes "wrapped" in its own little paper shell (on left in picture) and then when you peel it back, you can pop out the tiny marble sized fruit (right). Both of my kids absolutely loved them. I think because it's kind of fun to unwrap them, but they also taste great... sort of like if a pineapple and a tomato had a baby. Nice and sweet and so fun to eat!
So head to the Green City Market next Saturday and grab some... or at least to your local farmer's market. It with be one healthy snack you won't have to fight your kids to eat!
