Hammerpress Store on Southwest Blvd.

 

I read about Hammerpress in the newspaper and the store is awesome. (It kind of reminds me of a scaled down version of The Paper Source on The Plaza.)

It is located in a cool brick building next to Black Bamboo on Southwest Blvd.

 They custom make invitations for any occasion and make them on site.

 They have unique items for sale.

I was thrilled to find the Fresher than Fresh Snow Pops and picked up a half a dozen or so to bring home to the fellas. (The espresso and cane sugar pop is for me, thank you very much!)

Tip for Peanut Butter

                Do I have a tip for you!!!!

We buy the organic peanut butter that must be stirred because of the oil on the top. Instead of stirring it and getting the oil all over the utensil and yourself, just turn the  jar upside down  for a day or so and the oil will mix it.

Farmer's Fruit and Veggie Stand

We have a terrific resource just miles from our home on Kenneth Road and just North of 143rd Street.

It is the Farmer's Fruit and Veggie Stand that opens in July every year.

The owner does not grow anything, he picks it up from local farmers daily.

He purchases corn, tomatoes, peaches  from farmers in Baldwin, Kansas and Rich Hill, Missouri.

It is always busy...tons of cars in and out of the gravel parking lot!!

FYI- the owner, Bill, is a funny man.

Farm to Market Bread at Wednesday Waldo Farmer's Market

We hit the Wednesday Waldo Farmer's Market and scored some awesome bread from Farm To Market Bread. We purchased three items: pretzel balls, French baguette with "everything", and the sweet Trail Mix loaf (chocolate, cranberries, nuts etc). All three items were awesome.

We sliced the pretzel balls and the baguette and broiled them. On some, we added Alma cheddar cheese curds.

We broiled some with Shatto cheese- LILLY, which we purchased at The Overland Park Farmer's Market last weekend.

http://www.opkansas.org/apps/Things-To-See-And-Do/Farmers-Market/

We even broiled some with feta,basil and fresh tomatoes- lovely! 

Holy Cucumbers~

How about the size of these bad boys! We bought them at the Blue Valley Rec Farmer's Market for $1 a piece!

Impressed? All three over a foot!  For my lunches, I forsee a lot of cucumber sandwiches (bread,  cream cheese, thinly sliced cucumbers, fresh dill, and garlic salt). For the fellas, I predict they will be dipping the cucumber in ranch until they are forty years old, or at least for the next week!