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Category: Recipes

Recipes from June 5 Cooking Day

Posted on June 3, 2026June 10, 2026 by IFM

Omelets with greens and cheese. It’s important to have all your ingredients ready before starting. We sauted the kale from Fishel Farm and then removed the moisture by draining and[…]

Posted in Events, Food, How to, Market Day, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged chicken, honey, recipes, salad, taco Leave a comment

Schedule for June

Posted on May 25, 2026May 25, 2026 by IFM

In case you missed the last email, here’s the schedule for June again. Join us Friday June 5th for our “First Friday Cooking Day” with Chef Jen.  We are thrilled to have[…]

Posted in Events, Food, Kids, Market Day, Recipes, Town Park, Uncategorized Tagged 4th Friday Evening Market, free, healthy kids bucks, kids activities, recipes, Twin County Community Foundation, vegetables Leave a comment

Schedule for June

Posted on May 20, 2026May 20, 2026 by IFM

Join us Friday June 5th for our “First Friday Cooking Day” with Chef Jen.  We are thrilled to have Jen back to lead our cooking program.  She’ll be cooking with[…]

Posted in Events, Food, How to, Kids, Market Day, Recipes, Town Park, Uncategorized Tagged 4th Friday Evening Market, cooking day, healthy kids bucks, IFM Kids Bucks, kids day, samples, Twin County Community Foundation Leave a comment

Recipes from May 1st Cooking Day

Posted on April 29, 2026May 12, 2026 by IFM

Our guest chefs, Dean, Loren and Niki, were kind enough to send me their recipes ahead of time. Our Cooking Days are the First Friday of the month. We provide[…]

Posted in Events, Food, How to, Market Day, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged cooking, cooking day, donations welcome, free samples, herbs, local food, recipes

IFM opens THIS Friday, May 1

Posted on April 29, 2026April 29, 2026 by IFM

Don’t miss the Independence Farmers Market Grand opening THIS Friday from 9am to 1 pm, May 1st, at Town Park. We will feature our Mother’s Day Craft Fair AND Cooking[…]

Posted in Events, Food, Kids, Market Day, Recipes, Town Park, Uncategorized Tagged cooking, Fresh MAtch Plus, IFM Kids Bucks, samples, Virginia Fresh Match

Need an idea for dinner?

Posted on January 7, 2026January 7, 2026 by IFM

Sometimes I have a hard time thinking of what to cook. This is great resource from the NY Dept of Health that has healthy recipes in both English and Spanish![…]

Posted in Food, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged cook, easy, greens, produce, recipes

Cooking Day-Squashtober

Posted on October 3, 2025October 24, 2025 by IFM

Guest Chefs Loren and Dean cooked an array of squash focused recipes including Italian Pork Squash Wells, Delicata squash medallions, Squash soup, squash fritters and sauteed squash and cheese. Italian[…]

Posted in Events, Food, Fundraiser, How to, Market Day, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged cooking, free, recipes, squash

Garlic Day Recipes

Posted on September 10, 2025September 10, 2025 by IFM

  Garlic Piperade Soup  Adapted from Jane Brody’s Good Food book 40 cloves, or ~250 grams of fresh garlic cloves 2 cups of sliced yellow onion 4 cups of sliced[…]

Posted in Events, Food, How to, Market Day, Recipes, Town Park Tagged cooking day, food, garlic, Garlic Fest, Independence Farmers Market

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