I know I have written in the past about my love / hate relationship with spaghetti squash. When I was following the foodie crowds, cutting it in half length-wise and roasting it, I veered more to the hate side. Now that I know better (figured it out my ownself), cut it into rings width-wise and cook it in the Instant Pot (instructions here) it’s going closer to the love side. … Continue reading →
When I first started growing, and therefore, cooking, spaghetti squash I went with the conventional wisdom and cut the squash in half, lengthwise. Spaghetti squash are hard and challenging to cut, especially as my cleaver is not long enough to cut the big ones in one stroke. It occurred to me that cutting them in rings would be much easier. I had a careful look at the cut, cooked squash … Continue reading →
This is the last one, I promise. Mon mari has made me promise to pull the summer squash plants up. I’ve been planning on doing it for a few weeks, now, but every time I go out to the potager to rip them out I see new squashes growing. I think – just one more…. It looks like such a nice one (the same as all the rest, but I’m … Continue reading →
For the better part of 3 weeks I was closing windows and shutters to keep the heat out. For the last 2 days I’ve been closing them to keep the cold out. Maybe later in the week we’ll have a few days when the temperature is ‘just right’. After refusing to turn the oven on or do much cooking inside I am now actively looking for ways to add heat … Continue reading →
This is a new squash for me this year – Ronde de Nice, aka Gourmet Globe. They are perfect for hollowing out and stuffing. If one remembers to check them daily and pick when a reasonable size, they are also a perfect individual serving size. If they are a little bigger, like the one I used for this, cut in in half for two servings. If it hid for more … Continue reading →
This is the time of year that people with vegetable gardens start to get creative. Perhaps desperate is a better word. After months of delighting in green squash and yellow squash and fresh, sun-ripened tomatoes and green beans and, and, and…. one almost starts to hope for winter and a butternut squash. What one does start doing is combining vegetables, like Stir-Fried Chard and Zucchini Or Baked Tomatoes Stuffed with … Continue reading →
One hears a lot of discussion now about diet….. Not about the actual plan of gaining or losing weight, but about what people will and will not eat. I use the word ‘will’ rather than ‘can’ because part of the, occasionally strident, discussions are about people claiming to have a food allergy and / or food intolerance when in reality it is merely a preferences, not a life-threatening medical issue. … Continue reading →
