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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Recipe: Baked Summer Squash and Tomatoes

Ello!  I hope y'all enjoyed your extra long Memorial Day weekend.  Long weekends are the best, but going back to work after one of them is the worst.  Am I right or am I right?  However, the good news is that we now have a short work week, so yay to that.  

My cousin drove to Dallas from Houston Saturday morning and stayed with me this weekend.  Saturday we went to the lake, Sunday we took it easy and yesterday after brunch I insisted we go to my local Farmer's Market because it's been on my "to-do" list forever. 

Here are pictures from the market and a recipe for Baked Summer Squash and Tomatoes, which I made yesterday evening for dinner.  So fresh, so good and so easy. 
My cousin Sierra is in the white pants although you can barely see her.
The tomatoes were enormous, a gorge deep red and perfectly ripe.  There is no way I would ever find that kind of produce at my local grocery store.

blackberries, peppers and strawberries

I didn't even notice the wall of coffee beans and tea until I went to check out.  The clerk ringing me up said the Country Special Blend variety was their best seller and so I got half a pound of it.  I brewed a cup of it this morning and the flavors were magical.  

Call me crazy, but there is something fun about taking your produce home in a box.  I left with a cucumber, corn, avocados, new potatoes, eight ball squash, jam, coffee and those jumbo tomatoes.

Sitting pretty in my kitchen. 

I knew I wanted to bake the squash, so I took to Google. I combined a few ideas I found online to make the recipe I'm sharing below.  I loved it so much, I will be making it again this week and all summer long for that matter.  I used eight ball squash, but you could make this with the longer, Italian squash as well.  







Do you visit your local farmer's market?  What's your favorite way to cook squash?
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29 comments:

  1. haha when I saw your tweet about going to georgia's farmer's market, I was like "Bargain Blonde came to Georgia?!" alas I was wrong.

    looks like you got some great produce though!

    -Elissa

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  2. Everything about this post makes me happy! I love farmers markets and those veggies look to die for. How fun!

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  3. Looks really good! Looks like you have a great farmer's market!
    Xoxo

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  4. Yup. Gonna have to make these! Thanks! ;)

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  5. Oooh I wanna go! That looks so fun and fresh! I'd kill for some of those strawberries and that coffee, yum!

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  6. That looks totally delicious and I've never cooked squash that way. Usually I buy yellow summer crookneck squash, chop it up, chop up some sweet onions, and saute them together in a wok until they're mostly cooked. Then I put them in a casserole dish with lots of sharp cheddar, some breadcrumbs on top, and drizzled with butter (we southerners sure know how to make vegetables unhealthy!) and bake it for 30-45 mins. MOST YUMMY SQUASH CASSEROLE.

    I like tomatoes absolutely any way, but I think my favorite is just sliced with burrata cheese. OMG.

    I go to the farmers' market in my hood almost every Sunday--I can walk there from my house!

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  7. That looks yummy! And I agree, the day after a long weekend is horrible!

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  8. I LOVE fried green tomatoes (the food and the movie ;) but have never made them before. Looks like I have something to make for dinner tonight!

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  9. LOVE farmers markets! I actually went to one on Saturday too and left with most of the same things!
    And that recipe looks heavenly! Making it very, very soon :)

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  10. OMG this looks amazing!! I love getting fresh veggies from the farmer's markets so I will have to try these recipe. Thanks for sharing :)

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  11. You're killing me!! That tomato and ohhh, the blackberries!! Yumm!

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  12. I'm with you on being hard to get back into work after a long weekend. But I'm glad my butt wasn't at work on Monday! :)
    The recipe looks really yummy!

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  13. Love this market!Always good selection and lovely people! Must try this recipe.

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  14. I have never been to a Farmers Market before, but it looks like fun! I think I might have to look up a local one here in Dallas to check it out. If the produce really looks like the pictures then I need to head out there because what I am finding in the grocery store is not so great :(

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  15. i love farmers markets! it is all i have going for me here in norway because grocery stores are like super nasty. but asian shops and farmers markets are where its at!

    and i love squash. i prefer it best on the grill...or marinated on pizza :)

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  16. those look delicious, i'll definitely be making this too!

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  17. Food looks incredible! I've never made squash before! I can't wait to visit our Farmers Market!

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  18. YUM I am going to have to try this recipe!!! Thank you for sharing!

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  19. I love recipes like this! We just planted our garden last weekend with tomatoes, peppers, etc. I am bummed we didn't plant squash or cucumbers this year (as they took OVER last year!), but fresh grown tomatoes cannot be beat!
    Have a great night, doll!

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  20. Linda... and a farmers market... on a Sunday Morning? I'm confused. You know they sell fruit & veggies there, right? Not wine? mmkay. Needed to clear that one up. Love you, B.
    PS- you have not been making good on your promise to make me write 1 posts per week. Thats changing. Now. :))))

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  21. yuuu-hhummm! I can't wait to try! My farmer husband grows a garden..it's like our very own farmer's market. Pretty ecstatic for fresh veggies soon!

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  22. What a wonderful market! The recipe looks delicious.

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  23. yumm!! I made Zucchini kind of like this and posted on my blog .. I gotta try tomatos!

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  24. Oh gosh that looks good!! I may have to try making this over the weekend. Thank you for sharing!

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  25. I AM SOOOOO GOING TO THE FARMERS MARKET! I NEED SOME MAGICAL COFFEE!

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  26. I am obsessed with farmers markets in the summer. They are the best, right?! That squash and tomotoes looks delish! Have you done the baked zucchini? so good and easy, too! mmm.. k, I'm hungry. Lunchtime!

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  27. Oh my world. Yum! All those veggies look absolutely delish! Our farmer's market just moved to an area directly in the middle of town right by my house. I love driving by and seeing all the colorful fruits & veggies. I need to go get in on that ASAP!

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