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From Market to Meal: All About Summer Squash

The weather is perfect for grilling fresh summer vegetables. Summer squash tops the list of easy-to-prepare and good-for-you summer fare. Grilled, sautéed, or baked, it’s all good! A very prolific vegetable, summer squash is a soft-shelled squash with thin edible skins and edible seeds, compared to the hard-shelled winter squash with inedible skin. Available at your farmers’ market now through September, squash is very low in calories, high in vitamins and fiber. Round, long, crooked neck...

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