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Delicata Squash Meal 2: Squash with Mushrooms and Quinoa

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We made another squash dish — it was ugly, but it was good — and paired it with pork tenderloin.  Brandon created a unique and kind of spicy (I’m a spice wuss) rub for the pork tenderloin and I was in charge of the squash dish.

I took a recipe that looked good and then substituted ingredients that we had around the house:

  • Quinoa
  • White mushrooms
  • Dried thyme
  • Minced onion
  • Delicata squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into small cubes
  • Chicken broth

Pork tenderloin and quinoa with mushrooms and delicata squash

Delicata Squash Meal 1: Roasted Squash

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For our first delicata squash meal, I cut and roasted the squash and added it on a super-sized salad.  All-in-all, pretty tasty!

Roasted squash

Preheat oven to 400F.  Wash and trim the ends, cut the squash in half and clean out the seeds.  Slice the squash in 1/2″ strips and coat with olive oil and salt and pepper. Roast for about 20 minutes and VOILA! squash strips. 

Our super salads with squash

Parsnips it is!

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Thank you all for your suggestions!  Our first week’s special ingredient is PARSNIPS!

From Wikipedia:

Parsnip

Week 1: Parsnip

The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable related to the carrot. Parsnips resemble carrots, but are paler than most carrots and have a sweeter taste, especially when cooked. The buttery, slightly spicy, sweet flavor of cooked mature (often picked after the first frost) parsnips is reminiscent of butterscotch, honey, and subtle cardamom.

I’ve found many great recipes that I’m looking forward to trying out and sharing with you.

This is going to be fun!!