Worthington Farmers Market
- Feb 23
- 4 min read

Start Your Day with a Market Breakfast. Girl Scout Cookies! Try John V's Delicata Recipe.

Winter market hours are 9:00am to Noon

The Worthington Farmers Market is INDOORS, November 2022 through March 2023, at The Shops at Worthington Place, 7227 N High St, Worthington, located on the northwest corner of US23/High St. and W. Wilson Bridge Road, near the I-270 interchange.

This Week's Participating Vendors

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Veggie Spy & Versatile Vegan

Get Your Breakfast at the Market!

Even if you’re a breakfast traditionalist, you will find the Market has a remarkable variety of local, tasty items to get your day get off to an amazing start!

To start with, what could be more basic than cereal? Supermarket breakfast aisles are full of cereals with long ingredient lists and loads of sugar. Local cereal options at the Market include Maple Puffed Spelt from Pleiades Maple Products and Puffed Corn with Honey from Mud Run Farm. Both have a mere three ingredients, all of which are pronounceable!

Waffle fans may do a little waffling themselves when they struggle to decide which one of the Waffle Hub’s delicious Liège Belgian waffles to enjoy. Or try the Sourdough Einkorn waffles from Mud Run Farm. If you’re more of a toast person, get one of Yawning Bear’s artisan loaves and top it off with apple butter from Sippel Family Farm! Speaking of apple butter, the Versatile Vegan loves these Oatmeal Apple Butter Bars.

No breakfast is complete without coffee and you can get fresh-brewed, whole beans, and ground from Silverbridge & Ramble Coffee. And enjoy that hot coffee with coffee cake from Shepard Baking! Also, a wide selection of teas can be found at Blue Owl and Foraged & Sown. A wonderful complement to your tea is JNA Bakery’s breakfast bread that includes greens and orange.

Could there possibly be a more perfect breakfast item than a bagel? Wooster’s own Wootown Bagels offers delightful, chewy, hand-rolled and boiled bagels. Or try simit from Turkish bakery Tulip Cafe. It’s a Turkish bagel that has a crunchy sesame or poppy seed exterior and soft bread on the inside.

And there’s more breakfast options! Try a healthy Green Grapefruit smoothie from Native Cold Pressed. And check out the multiple granola options from Scoop O’ Granola and La Dolce ‘Nola!

For a super healthy breakfast the Versatile Vegan suggests getting spinach from 9N Farm or Franklinton Farms and preparing these easy Savory Oats. Or get apples from Gillogly and make these Vegan Apple Pancakes!

Producers have the following available this week. In some cases, items may sell out before the Market ends.

Apples, Arugula, Beets , Cider, Carrots, Cilantro, Claytonia, Herbs - various, Kale, Leeks, Lettuce, Microgreens & shoots, Mushrooms – multiple varieties, Parsley, Pears, Radishes – multiple varieties, Spinach, Squash -multiple varieties , Sweet Potatoes, Turnips, Yakina Savoy

Made From the Market

Welcome to "Made From the Market" featuring recipes, photos, tips and techniques from customers, vendors, staff and volunteers highlighting the use of seasonal market products and the producers who grow and make them.

We want to hear from you about what you're cooking and the market products you're using to make healthy and wholesome AND decadent and indulgent dishes for your friends and family!

Send us a recipe (your own or link to a published one)
Include a photo or two of the finished dish
Be sure to identify the market products you used (photos welcome!)
No recipe? No problem. A brief description of the overall process is just fine.
Include your contact info (email or text preferred)
Send to wfmassistantmarketmanager@gmail.com
Deadline: By Noon on Wednesdays
Publication: Up to 3 submissions each week

This week's contribution comes from John Vizcarrondo, a faithful WFM customer for many years. Every Saturday he takes home loads of fresh veggies and creates many delicious dishes -- like this Puerto Rican-inspired Bean-Stuffed Delicata Squash. We think you'll enjoy the dish and the story behind it . . .

"About 5 years ago, Gene Woods of 9N Farm waxed poetic about delicata squash and convinced me to take one home. Prior to that, I would see them at the grocery store and the farmers market, wondered what they were, mused how different they looked, and moved on. But I had the good fortune of asking Gene, what do you do with those? Well, he gave me the standard “slice and bake” formula, which is very good. Weeks later I came back to encourage him to stuff the squash and make a main dish out of it, rather than a side. I later learned that what I thought was creative had been done by thousands of people, as evidenced by the results if you search for “stuffed delicata” online.

That’s OK with me because no one (I claim) has stuffed a delicata with the beans prepared as in this recipe. These beans have a little story of their own: My mother used to make the most delicious beans ever. Full stop. When I left home, I tried many times over the phone to get the recipe. But she was an intuitive cook and any question of how much to use of a particular ingredient, would be met with unhelpful comments like, “just a little”, or “not too much”. The breakthrough came while visiting my sister (at least 12 years ago, I think). I was able to watch her cook beans and they were delicious. Then I cooked a pot under her supervision and the rest is history, as they say. Are they up to my mother’s level? Nope, but they are darned good!"

Market Note: You can also source garlic, dried beans (soak and cook before proceeding with John's recipe), and cheese from the winter market. In the summer, look for onions, peppers, and fresh herbs.

So, who's up next? We'd love to hear from you!

Producer News

Foraged & Sown

It feels like spring out there and we are busy getting our greenhouses filled with seedlings for your garden beds!

If you’re itching to get your hands in the soil, know that warm days are coming, the sun is staying up later each day, and you can Pre-order your seedlings now!

Grab a cup of tea and check out our offerings on our website, www.foragedandsown.com