Nutrition educators from the University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program in Fall River offered their sixth cooking demonstration at the Downtown Farmers' Market on August 25, 2011 with a grilled apple cheese sandwich made with locally-raised Ginger Gold apples. Nutrition educator Lindsey Magan went through the steps in making the sandwich, including grilling the apple slices and both sides of the bread to increase the crispiness. The entire demonstration was videotaped by Phil Sabatino for airing on Fall River Government Channel on cable television. Click here for the video of the demonstration. Click here for the recipe. Click here. here, here, here and here for photos 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 educator Lindsey Magan demonstrates how to grill the apple slices for videographers Phil Sabatino and Patrick Mulgrew. (Rows two and three) Nine-year-old Amy Nickerson and eight-year-old Hannah Pelletier watch as Lindsey grills the apples and the whole wheat bread on both sides and then adds the Swiss cheese. (Bottom row, left and center) Amy and Hannah enjoy the sandwich with their grandmother, Wilhelmina Pelletier. (Bottom row, right) Dorathea Yarbough from Tiverton samples one of the sandwiches as nutrition educator Allie Lawlor watches from behind.