Bacon & Butternut Squash Strudel; new toy

I’m down to 7 butternut squashes and 2 big pumpkins.

Guapa is helping now.

After her bout with an intestinal upset I didn’t feed her for 18 hours. I had intended it to be 24 but I couldn’t hold out against that pleading look any longer.

Then I gave her the recommended white rice.

Turns out she’d rather starve….

Upon further research I discovered that pumpkin was also good to give dogs when they weren’t 100%,

Pumpkin – butternut squash…. Same thing. I roasted some butternut squash for her, added that to the rice and we are all happy. I think she prefers the squash to meat.

She would have been very happy with this strudel had we been willing to share.

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Bacon & Butternut Squash Strudel

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This is an easy appetizer using purchased phyllo. It can easily be doubled or tripled for a party.

• Author: Katie Zeller
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 25 minutes
• Total Time: 35 minutes
• Yield: 2 servings 1x
• Category: First Course

Ingredients

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• 1/2 cup shallot, chopped
• 3oz (90gr) bacon, chopped
• 1 cup (4oz, 120gr) diced butternut squash
• 2 tbs Greek or plain yogurt
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 2 sheets of phyllo dough
• 2 tbs olive oil

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Instructions

• Fry the bacon, shallott and squash until squash is tender.
• Remove from heat and stir in yogurt.
• Remove 1 sheet of pastry and re-wrap or cover the rest. It’s important to keep phyllo covered at all times or it will dry out very quickly.
• Lay the sheet out flat and brush all over with olive oil.
• Lay the second sheet on top and brush with olive oil.
• Spread the squash mixture on the narrow end of the phyllo, about 2 inches from the end and 1 inch from the sides.
• Roll the narrow end (with 2 inch edge) over and continue rolling it up, like a jelly roll.
• Carefully lift or roll onto a lightly oiled baking sheet.
• Brush the top with the remaining olive oil and bake at 400F (200C) for 15 – 18 minutes, until the pastry is golden brown.
• When done, remove to a cutting board, cut in large slices and serve.

Notes

Use sour cream or plan yogurt in place of Greek yogurt. 
1/2 cup shallot is about 2 medium size shallots

Keywords: butternut squash, bacon, strudel

I’m jumping down a different rabbit hole tomorrow…. Setting up my new computer.

It’s been interesting and enlightening to do the research. When I first started working with computers it was with 1’s & 0’s. Things have changed a bit.

One thing that hasn’t changed is the attitude of the people coding. They are still a bit off the wall (as they should be) and unconventional.

I found a great, brief, step-by-step to getting a new computer working. One of the things recommended is to get rid of all the ‘bloatware’ that comes pre-installed on most computers.

Bloatware is all the unnecessary crap that one doesn’t want or need.

The free program to help one do this efficiently is called…. PC Decrapifier.

Succinct.