I had a winter squash plant growing in my compost pile. I think they were from the Kabocha squash, they were the right shape, but they never changed from green. Some aged and wilted before ever turning orange, so I rescued the biggest, healthiest looking one and figured I would see what would happen when…
Category: Butternut Squash
Butternut Squash Stew with Couscous
A butternut squash grown in the garden is as different from one you get in the store as a homegrown heirloom tomato is from one bought at the supermarket. This is a fact that I was quite surprised to discover. So, I celebrate my butternut squash by making dishes where the squash is the star….
Black Bean & Butternut Squash Chili
If you are reading this right after I post it, I will have just run my half-marathon in Amsterdam. So, while I am otherwise occupied, I thought I would share a dish I made shortly before I left. This chili used a whole variety of produce from my garden – butternut squash, garlic, poblano peppers,…
Butternut Squash Stuffed Shells with Lemon Sage Browned Butter Sauce
It is that time of year when I am using the “lasts” of my garden. Today it was the last of my butternut squash. Normally, my butternut squash harvest is so large that they last til spring. But the combination of my having fewer butternut squash plants this year (I planted a variety of winter…
Butternut Squash Bread
As with the rest of my late harvest, many of the butternut squash were attacked by bugs while I was in California in August. But I still ended up with a few squash to play with. Today it is the Squash Bread recipe from Mollie Katzen’s Enchanted Broccoli Forest cookbook. This is one of my go-to fun…
Food Challenge – Jerusalem Artichokes Pan-Roasted with Winter Squash
Farmer Kim brought me my latest food challenge from his farm – Jerusalem Artichokes. He sent about 5 pounds home with Arielle. So we will be eating a few Jerusalem artichoke dishes over the next couple of weeks. The first time I had Jerusalem artichokes was last year when Farmer Kim sent some over for…
Butternut Squash and Tahini Spread
My oldest daughter (my zucchini bread baker) surprised me with Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi’s new cookbook, Jerusalem, for Hanukkah. I am very excited to have access to so many of their wonderful recipes. Today’s is a kind of cross between hummus and baba ghanoush – Butternut Squash and Tahini Spread. Although I shop it here in…
Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese
Who doesn’t love butternut squash? But I have to say that the squash that comes out of my garden is so much more flavorful that what you get in the store, there really is no comparison. If you can’t grow your own, try to get it from a farm market or farmer’s market, it will…
Butternut Squash Lasagna
Shout out to Kristin and her blog Iowa Girl Eats for this recipe! It is fabulous! I made it when Arielle & Emily were home (for the hurricane) and the word “delicious” was heard several times during dinner. I make a several different vegetarian lasagnas, but had never made one with butternut squash before. The flavor…
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