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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

Squashtober

Posted on September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 by independencefarmersmarket

October at the Farmers Market opens with Squashtober on October 7 during regular Market hours, 9am to 1pm. Market vendors will prepare their favorite squash and it will be available[…]

Posted in Events, Food, Market Day Tagged squash, tasting

Squashtober-October 7

Join us Friday October 7 for Squashtober.  Vendors will prepare a wide array of squash for tasting.

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Cooking with Chef Jen-Squashtober

Posted on October 17, 2018 by independencefarmersmarket

In addition to Cooking day, we also had a winter squash tasting.  We cooked them very simply to let the flavor of the squash come out.  The basic recipe is[…]

Posted in Recipes Tagged Chef Jen, cooking day, cooking demonstrations, mushrooms, squash

Hasselback squash from the November 2016 issue of Bon Appetit

Posted on October 3, 2018 by independencefarmersmarket

This wonderful recipe is from the Thanksgiving issue of Bon Appetit, https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/hasselback-butternut-squash-with-bay-leaves INGREDIENTS 1 large fairy buttercup squash or other sweet moist squash (about 3 pounds total) 1 tablespoon olive[…]

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Cooking with Chef Jen THIS Friday!

Posted on October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 by independencefarmersmarket

Be sure to come out for the last cooking day with Chef Jen this season!  Recipes from the last cooking day are here We are highlighting squash for Squashtober but she’ll[…]

Posted in Events, Market Day Tagged Chef Jen, cooking day, cooking demonstrations, squash, tasting

Recipes from Cooking Day-September 7

Posted on September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 by independencefarmersmarket

Jen and Suzanne started the day by spiralizing squash.  Spiralized squash makes a really delicious pasta substitute.  We tried it out on Kim Moxley’s culinary arts students and they were[…]

Posted in Recipes Tagged cooking day, peppers, recipes, squash, tomatoes 1 Comment

Cooking Day and Squashtober

This is the last Cooking Day for the season.  We’ll be cooking winter squash today for Squashtober. There are so many different varieties and they are great keepers so you[…]

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