Tag: butternut squash

Monsters under your bed? No, just some friendly winter squash.

When the seasons turn in New England, it happens all at once, and we’ve definitely got winter knocking on our door right now! While I’m still looking at green grass, most of the leaves have fallen, and today they are calling for sleet. Shivers. I just lit the fireplace, and the dogs might not get…

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Calamari Imposter Pasta? It’s a delightful bowl of winter comfort!

We awoke this Sunday morning to a frost so heavy it looked like snow on the fields! The full moon was also hanging large and low in the sky amidst a pink daybreak, beautiful to behold. As the sun rose, everything glistened like diamonds, quite a site, but one very hard to catch with the…

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After the frost, the menu changes for the season, let’s start with cabbage and squash.

Roasted Cabbage with Pears & Curried Roasted Butternut Squash Mash We had our first frost last night, or rather a freeze. The cherry tomatoes have finally stopped producing, and only the hardier herbs, fennel, and Swiss chard remain in the kitchen garden unscathed. It was time. The irony is that the weather is turning again,…

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Rigatoni with Butternut Squash and Roasted Garlic

Autumn flavors combine with pasta for comfort food delight! The weather finally turned this weekend to crisp and cooler, and then rainy and dank. Lulled by a long, warm early Autumn, we’re all scrambling now to finish those yard chores before snow. Although the thermometer dipped and hovered close to freezing, and the chilly rains…

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Butternut Squash and Purple Cabbage Stir-Fry

Two of the prettiest Autumn vegetables taste and look great together!             This is definitely the season for both squash and cabbage, and the combination of beautiful orange butternut squash and vibrant purple cabbage are a match made in heaven.  Weekly routine             We have a stir-fry at least once a week at our house, often twice!…

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