Nutrition educators from the University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program in Fall River offered their final cooking demonstration at the Ruggles Park Farmers' Market on September 28, 2011 with a butternut squash soup recipe made with locally-raised apples and pears. Nutrition educators Lindsey Magan and Jessica Wilcox demonstrated how to cut up the ingredients, cook them and then blend them into a delicious and nutritious soup. The entire demonstration was videotaped by Phil Sabatino for airing on Fall River Government Channel on cable television. Click here for the recipe. Click here for the video of the demonstration. Click here for photos, video and recipes from other farmers' market cooking demonstrations by the UMass Extension nutrition educators.. For more information, contact Pat Bebo at 508-675-7315.

(Top row) University of Massachusetts Extension nutrition educators Lindsey Magan and Jessica Wilcox demonstrates how to prepare the recipe that turns cut up squash, apples, celery, onions and pears into a delicious soup. (Middle row, left) Kristin Langlais of Fall River talks with UMass Extension Nutrition Educator Susan Loughlin about how preparing the soup may make it easier to get her children to try vegetables. (Middle row, right) Jeannette Leger samples some of the soup along with Kristin. (Bottom row) Following the demonstration, Ruggles Farmers' Market shopper Lorraine Tessier asks about how the soup is made, tries a sample and then requests a recipe.