Another beautiful week begins with a fresh 😉 Monday and with a new round of #fruitsandveggiesmonday initiated and hosted by our lovable friend @lenasveganliving. We appreciate the work that you do a lot! 😘
Today I would love to take you to my newly (since last April) favorite shop in my hometown. It is UNVERPACKT, my local zero waste shop just around the corner where I live. It is so close I could literally go there in pajamas and slippers.
Ususally these kind of shops sell a lot of dry foods like grains and legumes, noodles and spices and stuff like this. Mine also sells soaps, toothbrushes, detergents, compostable lunchboxes made of a the wastes from the sugar industry (sugar beets) and and and ...
Why it fits into the #fruitsandveggiesmonday challenge? Susanne - that's the owner - also sells fresh fruits and vegetables. They are not only regional - oranges and lemons are no typical fruits in Germany! 😜 But if possible, the veggies are from organic farmers close to Würzburg and certified with the demeter Siegel, one of the strictest organic seal in Germany.
Because she only has on stock what her partner farmers can offer her, it is always a little bit thrilling and a surprise, what sorts of fruits and vegetables are available today... I don't go there with a list of fresh stuff that I need but with the intention: "I go and check what Susanne has. But yes, we need onions and a lemon!" (That's available most of the time). I go and let me inspire by the current offer. Sometimes I the even find things that are new to me, for example Postelein, a leaf vegetable that can be eaten in salads. It's very delicious! Or this huge stem of brussel sprouts she sold in September or so was really impressive!
Lets see what she has today:
bioland apples and hokaido pumpkins
apples, fair trade bananas, spanish - no, greek! - no, italian! lemons and spanish oranges
Red potatoes from a village called Gülchsheim
This is my Postelein and chinese cabbage
different sorts french nuts
Topinambur (jerusalem artichokes)
Onions of course!
When you look out of the shop you see into my little alley. I live exactly opposite the yellow house, second floor - just in case anyone would love to stop by for a cup of coffee (Which is from Susanne's shop as well. She sells different sorts of coffee beans and has a coffee grinder). ☕️
Have a colorful week my fruitsandveggiesmonday friends and don't forget to eat your vegetables! 😘
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