We all know and love pumpkin, but here are a few familiar and unfamiliar wonderful winter squash cousins -- and ways to prepare them.
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Winter Squash on the Grill
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| Photo: Erica George Dines Photography. |
And there are so many ingredients that complement winter squash -- from sage and thyme to sweeter flavors like orange, maple and bourbon. Even sausage and bacon are perfect matches for this fall favorite.
Grilled winter squash make a nice addition to everything from risotto to salads and can be a great side to serve with roasted meats or as a main vegetarian dish. Some of my favorite cheeses -- like goat, blue cheese and feta -- round out the smoky sweetness for melt-in-your-mouth flavor.
Winter squash and apples in salad - The Oregonian in 60 seconds
Need a little nudge in order to do something with your winter squash? Check out these recipes for inspiration: Southwestern Butternut Squash Soup, Brown-Sugar-Glazed Winter Squash, Baked Acorn Squash With Maple Syrup and Balsamic Vinegar and Roasted Delicata Squash Salad. - Katherine Miller's roosters Pat and Bubbles have found new homes and her mornings are now eerily quiet.
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- Make winter greens come alive with the addition of crisp, sweet fall apples.
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Country Commune Cooking
Awhile back I acquired a cookbook from my mom. It's one leftover from her hippie days and was appropriately titled, "Country Commune Cooking." It was written by a woman named Lucy Horton, who spent five months in 1971 hitchhiking around the country, visiting communes and collecting recipes. It's interesting as much for the stories she tells about the places she visited and the people she met as it is for the recipes she prints. One of the things I find interesting about this book is it's emphasis on organic foods. I tend to think of the organic movement as something fairly recent, but according to Lucy, there were quite a few people back in the early seventies who were committed to eating whole, organic foods.
The majority of the recipes in this book are a bit dated, but a few still jump out at me as worth trying. After the jump you'll find a recipe for Curried Squash and Chickpeas that seems, at least to me, to be the perfect dish for this time of year. I imagine that it would be particularly good over a scoop of warm brown rice.
Pumpkin, Butternut & Squash: 30 Sweet and Savory Recipes, Cookbook of the Day
I adore pumpkin and other winter squashes in both sweet and savory applications, from the simple pleasure of roasted butternut squash to the classic pumpkin pie. If you've only experienced pumpkin pie, however, I have to say that you're missing out and Pumpkin, Butternut & Squash: 30 Sweet and Savory Recipes is a book that can help get you back on the right track, the track to getting more use out of those delicious squashes. Author Elsa Petersen-Schepelern uses them in salads, soups, pasta dishes and desserts, all with photos so appealing that even someone who claims not to be a fan of pumpkin (or any squash, for that matter, as there are a few mentions of summer squashes, too), will at least agree to try some.
The short book gives a good overview of its topic. The recipes are excellent and quite innovative, including things like Pumpkin Samosas, Roasted Pumpkin Salad with Red Onions and Lentils, Stuffed Sugar Pumpkins with Pesto and Goat Cheese and Japanese Squash and Miso Soup. Other applications include Pumpkin Raisin Bread, Zucchini and Pecan Tea Bread and Pumpkin Biscuits.
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