Summer meals

On these hot summer days, we go to the old market early while it is still fairly cool.  The vendors are just arranging their wares, as hand carts transfer loads of produce from from heavily laden farm-trucks, through narrow lanes to the wooden stalls of the labyrinthine market. The freshness of the produce is always evident: blossoms on the zucchini, fresh leaves on the oranges. Normally, produce is sold by the kilo (or half-kilo), but since our refrigerator is small, we can only select a few of each vegetable (see photo above). We gather a variety in a black plastic basin provided by the vendor, he weighs it using a set of ancient cast-iron weights, and quotes us a price which is always reasonable (sometimes in Darija, frequently in French). All the vegetables in the photo came to $1.25.  The bread is from one of the many bakeries in the neighborhood.  They make a wonderful whole wheat "beldi" loaf, but today had only a white version... fresh from the oven.