Fuel your day the Farmers Market way

Published on June 04, 2025

Chorizo in package, eggs in carton, iced coffees and pastries, hands holding arepa, jar of yogurt with granola, bag of tortillas

Breakfast fans, this one’s for you. Here are seven ways to build a better morning meal with finds from the Lenexa Farmers Market.

Savory street food

Get made-to-order arepas and cachapas from Aris Venezuelan Foods, or take home Beky Food’s pre-cooked, frozen pastelitos and tequeños to reheat later. Don’t skip their addictive green, chipotle or garlic sauces!

Why it works: Somebody else made it for you.

Breakfast burrito

Customize your perfect breakfast burrito with Silva's tortillas (Daniel's Bar-b-q Sauces), chorizo (JET Produce and Meats), eggs (TableTop Farms, JET Produce and Meats, Next to Nature Farm, Hedgewood Farms), onions, potatoes, Hemme Brothers Creamery cheese (JET Produce and Meats), salsa or Mexican sauces (Dipp-iT Salsa, Adelitas Sauces & Stuff, Daniel’s Bar-b-q Sauces)

Why it works: It’s an all-in-one meal. No need for sides.

Yogurt and granola bowl

Layer Half Day Creamery whole-milk yogurt (Next to Nature Farm) with flavored granola (Next to Nature Farm, Yummylicious Cookie Company), strawberries (Fresh Picked Acres of Kansas, Stanberry Community Market), jam (The Bean Patch, Next to Nature Farm, Stanberry Community Market) or honey (Next to Nature Farm).

Why it works: It’s a refreshing and protein-packed start to your day. Creamy and crunchy!

Bread and jam

Slather a slice of toasted sourdough bread or English muffin (The Perfect Crumb by The Wooden Spoon) or French buttermilk loaf (Rock the House Bakery) with butter (JET Produce and Meats) and jam (The Bean Patch, Next to Nature Farm, Stanberry Community Market). Or get locally milled flour and baking mixes (Fyler Farms, JET Produce and Meats, Murphy Generations Farm) and bake your own bread or biscuits.

Why it works: Sweet and tangy spreads complement fresh bread.

Kitchen sink scramble or frittata

Mix together eggs (TableTop Farms, JET Produce and Meats, Next to Nature Farm, Hedgewood Farms) with greens (multiple vendors), mushrooms (Euphoria Farms Fungi), bacon or sausage (TableTop Farms, JET Produce and Meats, Hedgewood Farms), garlic, onions, peppers, tomatoes and Hemme Brothers Creamery cheese (JET Produce and Meats.)

Why it works: Perfect for a veggie scramble or frittata. Endlessly riffable.

Coffee and pastry

Order a fresh coffee or latte (Brew Haha Coffeehouse) or brew an herbal tea blend (Smooth September). Savor your beverage with a croissant, Danish, pastry or cinnamon roll (Brew Haha Coffeehouse, Kukiss Bakery, Yellow Brick Bakery, Rock the House Bakery, The Perfect Crumb by the Wooden Spoon).

Why it works: Makes you feel cool and European.

Smoothie operator

Love to craft a cold smoothie? Try adding Half Day Creamery yogurt (Next to Nature Farm), fresh spinach or kale, freeze-dried microgreens (Boundless KC Microgreens & Urban Farm), strawberries (Fresh Picked Acres of Kansas, Stanberry Community Market), honey (Next to Nature Farm), CBD tincture (Soggy Bottom Hemp), homemade vanilla extract (Miner’s Garden Market). Ramp up the protein content by blending locally grown pecans (Jake Creek Pecans) into pecan butter (Jake Creek)!

Why it works: Blend-and-go nutrition. Very portable.