How can I make squash edible?
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Planted way too much squash it seems. How can I make eating it enjoyable?
I’ve currently got 11 squash plants. Anyone have a way of making it delicious?
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What kind of squash?
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Yellow crookneck.
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Cajun Veggie Bake:
Dice a large yellow squash, a large russet potato, a red pepper, and a zucchini. Mix with 1 clove of minced garlic in a bowl. Spread the mix out on greased foil on a cookie sheet (with raised edges). Cut 2 links Cajun sausage lengthwise into quarter strips, then slice and distribute evenly on the veggies. Take a can of diced tomatoes and distribute over the top. Now either drizzle one to two TBSP of olive oil on top of the whole thing or (my preference) spray it with Pam. Add pepper and salt as you like. Bake at 375, turning it over as much as possible after about 30 mins. Bake another 30 mins or until the tops get crispy, not charred.
The recipe also says 1/2 onion, diced. But we sometimes use onion flakes–fresh onion can overcome the veggies. We also usually double the recipe and get 3 meals out of the 2 pans.
You can do it with squash only if you want, but the zucchini and potato add different texture and additional flavor.
We also usually brown the sausage after cutting them.
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@mayjay nice! I like the sound of “tops get crispy”. So far, most of my squash attempts have leaned heavily towards “squishy”.
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Just don’t use too much oil. Be sparing!
Alternate spices can be chilli powder or cayenne pepper if you want more burn.
Will check on temp…
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@approxinfinity Okay, the real recipe calls for russet potatoes, not sweet potatoes, and adds a diced red pepper and 1/2 an onion.
The temp is supposed to be 375, baking for an hour. I would do 30 mins, then stir.
I have edited the recipe post to fix my mistakes!
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sweet. thanks! I’ll let you know how it goes.
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You can stuff them. Some recipes call for boil but I prefer to cut in have first and then roast them.
Then pull it out and scoop the squash and add it to a mixture. Could be something as simple as bacon cheese breadcrumbs salt and pepper.
Bake again for a bit.
Another things, don’t forget you can deep fry just about anything and it taste good
Go get a vegetable spiralizer and you can make “noodles” out of them too. I really like doing this which zucchini but yellow squash could work too. Eat with a shrimp and lemon-garlic sauce and it is delicious.
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@Kcmatt7 nice! I’ll try this. May try with ground beef.
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After much deliberation and internal politicking, we went with something close to @Kcmatt7 's suggestion this go around (and no potatoes available).
Broiled squash halves for 9 min while simmering tomato paste, garlic, ground beef, oregano, then scooped guts, threw them into the sauce mix, stuffed them, mixed some stovetop stuffing in half of them, put parmesan on some and mexican shredded cheese on others, and baked at 400 3 min more.
The results were excellent. However, sadly, a failure because my children found reasons to complain.
I will gladly eat this again, while they eat cold pizza. Thanks!
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@approxinfinity I’d eat that. Probably about as good as you can do it for kids!
We mostly just slice in thick chunks and marinate in basalmic vinegar for a couple hours then throw it on the grill (on skewers or in a basket) OR broil/roast it in the oven with parmesan. If you do thin round slices you can actually cook it down a little first then add the cheese, broil, and get it kind of crispy brown in the oven) and it’s not as mushy.
If your kids like Thai food, you can dice it and throw it in a curry sauce with chicken or shrimp.
We are still perfecting using it instead of noodles in lasagna. Have to slice, salt, and let it dry out to get rid of the moisture… really too much hassle and there are a lot of better Italian squash casserole/bake type recipes out there with a much lower margin of error.
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@DanR nice! I am honestly stoked about exploring the possibilities of squash now with these great ideas from all.
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Looks fantastic! @approxinfinity
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We should definitely start a little foodie thread. We like to cook in my house.
Crabs and spaghetti tonight. Leftovers tomorrow. Tacos Tuesday. BLTS Wednesday. Stuffed chicken Thursday. Doing a shrimp boil Friday. Steak on Saturday.
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@Kcmatt7 What is your address? Social distancing be damned! We’ll bring our own mattress and I can throw in some booze!
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@mayjay said in How can I make squash edible?:
@Kcmatt7 What is your address? Social distancing be damned! We’ll bring our own mattress and I can throw in some booze!
Haha like I said… we like to cook.
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@Kcmatt7 I’m moving in!
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@approxinfinity said in How can I make squash edible?:
Planted way too much squash it seems. How can I make eating it enjoyable?
I’ve currently got 11 squash plants. Anyone have a way of making it delicious?
Deep fried or sauted.
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The best way is to wash it, dice into 1/4" cubes, then toss it down the garbage disposal.
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@nuleafjhawk You must have been misquoted…
