There is a certain time of year (just before Thanksgiving) when people actually look at the mountain of winter/hard squashes in the grocery store and maybe even buy them to cook. After that squash-centered holiday the winter squashes get passed by pretty regularly as if maybe they aren't really food just ornamental. I sometimes find myself looking at them thinking "too much time and work". What a dumb thing to think. I cooked one up yesterday and it was the best no attention required sort of vegetable ever. Not to mention cheap because no one else wants to buy them! I used a butternut. Chopped it in half, did not take the seeds out and put it cut side down on a buttered tray at 400 for about an hour. I completely ignored it. After an hour I turned the oven off and still ignored it. When I wasn't busy I scooped the seeds out and then scooped all the soft flesh into a bowl, sprinkled in a little nutmeg and ginger and salt and mashed it up.
We had it with salmon cooked in paprika/thyme butter (melt butter, add Hungarian paprika and thyme) and mushrooms cooked in butter, rosemary, garlic and onions.
yeah.. i cut up a butternut squash last night, threw it in the oven and forgot about it.. for about 2.5 hrs! lol it was a little sad when i took it out but the flesh was still good so i'll probably eat it tomorrow
ReplyDelete:)Renee
uh...I just drooled on my keyboard...
ReplyDeleteGood idea- I'll try it!