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My husband and I were at a farmer’s market and he told me that he was outside and a woman came up to him.  He said she pointed to the butternut squash and asked if you can eat it.  He said yes, but not the skin.  She asked him if you peel it and he said yes.  I was inside or else I would have given a few more instructions, like maybe cooking would be a good idea since raw winter squash isn’t that tasty.

My basic way to deal with squash – quick and easy.  Cut squash down the middle, scoop out seeds.  Place in a buttered dish or with olive oil in a glass pan and bake at 425 until soft.  Peel off skin, or scoop out insides, put back into buttered pan with a little more butter, nutmeg, salt and pepper and bake just a tad bit longer.  Delicious. You can cut them into smaller pieces to make them cook faster also.

Another way is to cut off the very top and bottom, slice in half and using a very sharp peeler, or paring knife, peel the skin off, which isn’t easy.  Then scoop out seeds, dice and cook in a buttered dish with a little butter and nutmeg.

Winter squash is very tasty and nutritious.  If you haven’t tried it, make it one new thing to try before the end of the year. 

Here are some recipes for different types of squash.

This Monkey See Video shows how easy it is to prepare and make Baked Apples in an Acorn Squash. 

Cooking with Mary is a really good food website.  She gives great directions for making spaghetti squash – into Squashetti.

Foodie Obsessed – This recipe is a little more involved, but worth a try – Pumpkin Stuffed with Vegetable Stew - 

Home of the lazy Dog  has a Creamy  Pumpkin Soup recipe -

A Cooking Dad  has two recipes – Roasted Butternut Squash soup  & Butternut Squash Risotto.  This dad is really good with a camera too.

Here’s my very own Spaghetti Squash Medley on Cookerati –