I was also excited to see the delicata squash because I had this recipe from Alexandra Cooks and wanted to try it. It calls for collards but I think that large head of lettuce will do just fine. I could have done it with butternut, but delicata is so easy. No peeling! (I am such a lazy cook.)
Recipes
(2020) Butternut Squash Steaks with Brown Butter-Sage Sauce
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.
(2020) Candied Sweet Potatoes
Here’s my favorite sweet recipe, courtesy of a PeachDish recipe adapted from April McGreger’s Savor the South. Though PeachDish, the prepared meal service, is gone, I’m grateful to have their simple recipe cards still in hand!
(2020) Eggplant Moussaka
Needing eggplant inspiration from the beatnik 70’s? Try this moussaka recipe from my mother’s ex-boyfriend Paul. The resulting casserole might be short on authenticity, but is long on yum.
(2020) Slow-Roasted Tomato Confit
From Bon Appetit Y’all, by Virginia Willis. This remains one of my all-time favorite cookbooks. Chef Willis suggests taking a cue from French kitchens and folding the confit into scrambled eggs, tossing with salad greens or pasta, or topping grilled bread crisps with chopped herbs.
(2020) Spiced Lentil Salad with Butternut Squash
from “My Pinewood Kitchen” by Mee McCormick
(2020) Lentil and Roasted Pepper Salad
if you’re up for a project, I’ve got a suggestion. It’s a lentil salad with roasted peppers and tomatoes. I have no idea where the recipe came from, but it called for tuna. Sometimes I use that. Sometimes I just leave it out. I often forget how much I love lentils, then when I’m reminded, I eat them for several weeks in a row. I’ve got a lentil-butternut squash salad waiting in the wings for when butternut squash returns to our box.
(2020) Grilled Chicken Vegetable Kabobs
How about this recipe from Southern Living back in the day? I’ve got some pepper jelly that needs eating up. I’m going to make this over the weekend. And hope for okra again next week so I can do my cornmeal-okra thing then.
(2020) Kashke Bademijan (Eggplant Dip)
This is a recipe that’s easy to scale up if you have more guests to feed.
The kashk is available at persianbasket.com but Lotfi says you could substitute strained fat-free Greek yogurt if you prefer.
(2020) Roasted Butternut Squash with Tomato-Ginger Gravy
I’m making mine with the slicer tomatoes, and that will work just fine.