I can’t resist sharing this recipe from Epicurious, easiest way ever to deal with a butternut squash. Chop up that rounded base and other trimmings and turn it into soup but use the big beefy neck to an easy dinner. I love that this is skillet cooked, not roasted. Easier for someone like me, who likes to multi-task in the kitchen, to keep an eye on its progress.
Butternut Squash
(2020) Spiced Lentil Salad with Butternut Squash
from “My Pinewood Kitchen” by Mee McCormick
(2020) Roasted Butternut Squash with Tomato-Ginger Gravy
I’m making mine with the slicer tomatoes, and that will work just fine.
(2019) Butternut Squash, Sausage and Pasta
In case you can’t find anything you want to make from those dozens of butternut recipes, here’s one more to consider. Makes your kitchen smell wonderful.
(2019) Butternut and Apple Stew
Brookhaven Farmers Market offered a variation of this stew in their e-newsletter and I realized I had never made butternut squash stew with apples. It’s an inspired combination.
(2019) Butternut Enchilada Casserole
Last week I turned all those turnip greens and the big head of bok choy into Creamed Greens. It was so simple and that large slow cooker full of greens cooked down with no attention from me, taking about two hours to go from shredded greens to luscious. It was a hit during the dinner party I gave Friday and then leftovers topped baked potatoes the following day for an easy dinner. It put me in the mood for other slow cooker dishes – and I’m sharing this enchilada casserole recipe. It’s got canned enchilada sauce and, yes, boxed corn muffin mix. Don’t judge. But feel free to substitute your own favorite recipe for corn bread as the topping. It’s been a big hit every time I’ve served it.
(2019) Sweet Potato Salad
I’m thinking butternut squash pizza, a recipe from seriouseats.com.
(2018) Autumn Vegetable Potage
I’ve shared this recipe before but it’s worth repeating. Save it for when next week’s box when there will surely be a bundle of greens of some sort.
Demonstrated by Virginia Willis at the Peachtree Road Farmers Market. As she says, feel free to substitute with what’s in season and in your box. And she recommends the two pots specified here to keep the greens crisp..
2018) Butternut Squash Au Gratin
(another Mark Bittman recipe from “How to Cook Everything Fast”)
(2018) Pasta with Winter Squash and Tomatoes
Bittman writes: “If we’re being truthful, this sweater weather recipe should really be called ‘winter squash and tomatoes with pasta,’ as the 2 pounds of squash far outweigh the 1/2 pound of penne it calls for. I think that’s a good thing. Every single piece of pasta gets a generous coating of sauce, and there’s even some left behind after the pasta is long gone. That’s what bread is for.”