Eating and living locally . . . mindfully . . . simply.
There was a gorgeous hubbard squash (a small-ish one) sitting on the counter for the past few weeks. I was waiting to decide what to do with it. When DH went hunting, I decided that I wanted to make something with squash. Nothing fussy, preferably something I could use as a main dish (for myself, and I don’t mind vegetarian). Rachel Ray to the rescue!
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Remember the squash that I cooked in the slow cooker the other day? This recipe used up about 3/4 C of it. Yes, it uses white sugar and white flour. So I’m not linking it up to any of the “real food” linky parties. But it is sooo good.
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I was looking for recipes that called for pumpkin puree and stumbled across this Oatmeal Pumpkin Bread recipe from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking Pin It
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I love winter squash, but I don’t always have time to roast it. So I searched the internet and discovered that you can cook it in the slow cooker! Here’s how:
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Despite many screw ups and experiments on my part, this recipe from The Food Matters Cookbook turned out great!
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Before last year, there was only one kind of squash worth eating: The acorn squash. Preferably poked with a fork, microwaved, cut in half, and sprinkled with butter and brown sugar. But the Simply in Season project forced me to try butternut, pumpkin, and other squash in ways I never anticipated. I now have much respect for the butternut squash. Here are some of the favorite recipes I’ve discovered:
I love homemade cheesecake, and what says autumn more than pumpkin? Chocolate too? I couldn’t wait to try this recipe!
Ever have one of those days when everything goes wrong? This morning I woke up to discover that I had a flat tire. Why not just put the spare on? Well, because the spare was in use because a different tire went flat over the weekend. And for some reason my car has odd tires and it takes a couple of days for the new ones to come in. So I took a vacation day while DH went to get {Read More}
Have you ever thought a recipe was one thing at first glance, and then when you read it a few times all of a sudden you realize it wasn’t what you thought it was? For some reason when I first glanced at this recipe, I thought it was for pumpkin PIE squares. But no, these are actually pumpkin squares, like a cake. This is another recipe where a Kitchen Aid comes in handy. Beat together 2 C winter squash or {Read More}
