Things I love: Septemeber Squash

If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you may have seen that I was making Martha Stewart's twice baked squash for dinner. It was a really fun dish to make and plate but the flavor wasn't my favorite. I followed Martha's recipe and found it a bit plain so I added some roasted garlic. I would like to play around with the flavors a it more but I think this could a really wonderful Thanksgiving side. The presentation would perfect for impressing family.

After baking the first time, I used a melon baller to scoop out the insides.

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It looked very impressive.

The consistency was almost like a savory pie.

Casey said it reminded him of the soup, he seemed to like it.

I am looking forward to having leftovers today and re-evaluating the flavors.

How do you eat them, with your hands?

I love ketchup! When I was little I thought I was going to market and sell bottles of "Mutchup" (I guess I wasn't the only one with that idea, Kramer has the same idea as well). Sometimes I use food solely as tool to eat more ketchup. Take french fries for example, I could eat a whole plate of them, but mainly because I want the ketchup served with them. Recently a blogger (I can't seem to remember who) blogged about butternut squash french fries. Being a fan of sweet potato fries and butternut squash , I decided to give them a try. They were amazing, so much better then sweet potato fries. Here is how I made mine:





Yup, I eat my fries with a fork, just like George eats his snickers with a fork.
"What do you eat the with, your hands?"
Clearly I like spicy things, these could also be made without the spicy aspect. And If you notice my ketchup is in a glass container. I try to avoid plastic as much as possible and disposable items as well. So I buy huge cans of ketchup from Costco and then put it in refillable containers. It is "greener" then buying plastic bottles every time we run out plus I think it looks charming.

And a picture of me many years ago when I ate an marshmallow dipped in ketchup, after Casey's brother dared me. I don't remember it being that bad lol!

Cold Weather, Warm Soup

Soup is one of my favorite things to cook during the fall and winter. When the cold weather began to creep in this weekend I used it as an excuse to cook a roasted vegetable soup. That way I could stand by the warm oven and stove. When the soup was done I held warm bowl of it in while I watched some bad Bay Area Football. The weather is supposed to get really crazy tonight so I am sure I will be holding a nice warm bowl of soup again tonight. Here is the soup I made yesterday.




1 butternut squash
1/2 yellow bell pepper
1/2 a medium yellow onion
1 clove of crushed garlic
1 tsp of EVOO for sauteing
1 box of Trader Joe's Organic Vegetable Stock
2 bay Leaves
salt and pepper to taste