This morning was the dreaded Rent Inspection, so I made like a tree and… left (leaved?) (or as my sister would say, made like a tree and branched… which probably actually works better in this instance), and tottored off in the Environment Destroyer for some breakfast and fruit & veg shopping.
Breakfast was three! pieces of the yummiest fruit toast ever, and a cappuccino, at Simon’s Fusion Cafe on the cappuccino strip in Freo. Yum! I was well impressed. The worst thing ever is ordering fruit toast and being served up two pieces of Tip Top fruit bread, straight from the packet. Simon’s did not disappoint. Sterling coffee too, by the way – bitter, but not too much so. Perfect!
AND THEN I headed over to the markets for a spot of fruit and veg shopping…
Enter Mr Organic. Somehow this was only my second fruit & veg shop this year. As it turns out, buying organic really isn’t that expensive if you never actually go shopping. This little bundle cost me $43, which might seem pricey, but a] it will all get eaten, and b] my food isn’t covered in pesticides, and yours probably is. So there. And if you take out the eggs ($7 for a dozen organic, freerange eggs), and the white thing in the top right corner, which is actually a delicious looking loaf of New Norcia organic sourdough ($6 from the breadshop near the fish monger), it’s only $30, which isn’t that much for food that won’t kill me, or the planet. Isn’t organic food pretty? Much more so than regular store bought food. Maybe it’s just my hip pocket saying that.
My favourite purchase today was the little tomatoes, the smallest of which are still considerably bigger than cherry tomatoes, but red enough and small enough to look like they’re going to have the taste of little bits of awesome. People were carrying huge boxes laden with all sorts of wonderful looking vegies, but unfortunately I only cook for one most of the time these days, so there’s just no need for so much stuff 
Mr Organic (who didn’t seem to be present, incidentally…) stocks a good range of fruit and an impressive range of vegies, including daikon radish, which I don’t think I’ve ever seen in a vegie market before — although in saying that, I’ve never looked for it, either.
Another thing they stock is kale. KALE?!, I hear you ask?
Yes. Kale. I don’t know what it is either. But I bought some. I’ve often seen it on food blogs, especially those originating from the UK, but I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen it in person before. I assumed the lack of kale in the Australian diet was due to it being a cold-climate food, and left it at that. I also kind of thought that cooked kale looked remarkably similar to silverbeet, which – in my humble opinion – tastes like balls. So what is kale? According to Ever Reliable Wikipedia, kale is a form of headless cabbage, and it’s packed full of all sorts of stuff that is good for us. Winner! I just have no idea how to cook it, and it’s a pretty big bunch, so I’d best get researching.
