This an extremely easy recipe, and is also a great introduction to cooking with squash for those that have not cooked with it before. Squash, when raw, is incredibly hard so you need to make sure your knife is sharp (but watch those fingers, m’kay?). However, when you cook it, it becomes soft and sweet. It’s natural…
History What are Squash? Common Varieties How to peel a squash How to clean squash seeds Recipes History Pumpkins and squash are believed to have originated in the ancient Americas. Archeologists have determined that variations of squash and pumpkins were cultivated along river and creek banks along with sunflowers and beans. This took place long before…
Other than the ubiquitous Butternut Squash, and the odd culinary pumpkin around Halloween, squash is notoriously hard to find in great variety in British supermarkets. I am not entirely sure why they are not stocked more widely, but one of the main reasons is that I think most people don’t realise how versatile they are. In an…
Squash is one of the most under rated vegetables. If you are looking for something tasty, nutritious and low fat, then you can’t go wrong with squash. We grow a fair amount here in the UK, yet it seems our supermarkets only seem to stock butternut squash, or the odd pumpkin around Halloween. Farmers markets…
This recipe has been modified from Nigel Slater’s. It is a slightly healthier spin on the classic Shepherd’s Pie, but instead of lamb mince you use a leaner turkey mince. If you can get the thigh mince, then do. It is very slightly fattier, but has much more flavour. Butternut squash replaces the mash potato…
Janet MacDonald describes herself as a writer who cooks rather than a cook who writes. Like me, she has a passion for pumpkin and squashes. They are delicious, versatile and oh so good for you. I am terribly saddened by how difficult it is to get hold of anything other than Butternut in the UK….
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