UFO Squash and Other Market Scores

I like to stop at the farmer's market on Sundays and grab some fresh veggies, Okanagan fruit, spelt bread and farm eggs. I also like to look for inspiration for my recipes. I found this cool looking squash and I thought I could make something fun and tasty with it. I paid $2 for the thing, I was impressed. I almost felt like I was stealing it for that price. It is a summer squash so it grows quickly, kind of like zucchini; everyone gardener has a mass amount of them that they are trying to get rid of. I feel less guilty.

I guess you could just cut it up and cook it like zucchini, the seeds are soft so you can leave them in the squash and eat them. I opted for a stuffed squash because I wanted to keep the fun UFO like shape. I was going for presentation.

I am saving this recipe for my October issue of my recipe club but I am sure you creative chefs can figure out how to make something similar.

What I got next was by far the biggest score of the day. I felt like the luckiest person at the market. I got the very last of the apricots. The last box of the year! These apricots are a prize, they are ripe to perfection and have just the right amount of sweetness. I love their golden yellow glow with that little bit of pink tones added in. I got the apricots, plums and the crazy squash from Ambercott Acres, an organic farm in the Okanagan. They have the best apricots ever. They also sun dry apricots, so if you missed out on the fresh ones I recommend the sun dried ones over conventional dried apricots. They attend many Vancouver markets.

I am working on this cake recipe, it came out a little dense because I didn't have any eggs. I am going to try it again and will probably use sun dried apricots. I will put the recipe in a future blog so keep your eyes open and your taste buds ready!