So much to blog about, so little time....I have been extraordinarily busy lately and can't seem to catch up with myself. Leaves me with very little blogging time, but here's a quick one.We recently harvested all the squash and pumpkins from the garden, before allowing the sheep to go grazing in there. I adore squash - it's such a wonderful comfort food for me. I can eat just squash for supper, and I slather it with butter and cinnamon, feeling that the butter is OK because it's just squash. Sometimes I put a touch of maple syrup on it.
The garden was a bit of a disaster this year - not enough time to tend it, coupled with a fairly cool Iowa summer, led to a lack of growth and thriving! However, I didn't realize the squash had done quite as well as they did. Many were covered up underneath weeds and other plants and I didn't realize they were there.
The small yellow balls are actually vegetable spaghetti, which is a squash that can be separated into long, spaghetti-like strands when cooked. It's a great pasta substitute. There are acorn squash (the green ribbed ones), butternut squash (the long beige ones) and delicata (the cream and green striped ones). There are also a few pumpkins, some still green, and a few other squash whose labels faded and whose names I forget. In any event, one thing I can tell you for sure - I'll be eating squash a lot in the coming months! Kelly doesn't like squash, so these are alllll mine! Yay!!
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I, too, love winter squash - the sweeter (naturally) the better! I only got a few small ones this year, so feel free to roll some of those over to Oregon!
Yum! I love to make a good squash bread as well. They all look so pretty and interesting.
I have been loving all the yarn you have been spinning so wonderful!
I know life is crazy busy right now but, do try to take care of yourself too (at least a deep breath every couple of hours).
I am anxiously awaiting our first egg but, the girls are not cooperating.
Oh, and I opened my etsy store finally!
Wow - what a colorful harvest!!! I'm glad they're all yours - I have yet to join the squash fan club. However, I do love those little yellow crook-necked squash, especially in a casserole or steamed with onions, potatoes and broccoli. I've never really known what to do with butternut, so didn't even try it. I know, I should look up some recipes!!!
Nancy
The different colours of the squash (is there a plural call squashes!!??) are amazing. We just call them pumpkins and i wonder if there is a difference. We get only a few varieties here and i have grown my own (Japanese variety) but not up to your standards. Mine grows on the fence.
I'll have to show Miss Chef your collection; she might start drooling! She's got a thing for butternut squash. I'm with Kelly; not a big fan. Except in pie form, lol!
Lovely-looking squash and what variety!
We love squash but only had room to grow buttercup, my favorite. It's sweet and I often use it instead of pumpkin in a pie. Will your husband eat squash if it is disguised in quick breads and rolls? Otherwise all the more for you to enjoy.
We eat a lot of cubed squash in tofu, with curry sauce. Yum. Just had squash soup with homemade bread the other nite. Double yum.
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