How to Cook Winter Squash

Easy to cook, this wonderful vegetable is a sure sign of the season around my home. Though squash are plentiful through the summer there is just something about winter squash when the weather turns cold.

Squash are versatile, you can fry them, microwave, or bake them. My preferred method is to bake them. I wash them, pierce the side with a fork in a few places, place them on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for nearly 1 hour.

Once cooked and softened I halve them and remove the seeds.

And serve with a little melted butter.

Common winter squashes are: acorn squash, spaghetti squash, butternut, delicanta, carnival, autumn cup, buttercup, golden nugget. All have a slightly different taste, some are sweater (butternut), some are savory (delicata), some are stringy enough to use as a substitute for pasta (spaghetti squash), and some taste like pumpkin pie (bonbon)!

Here is my recipe for: Stuffed Squash


Here is a whole site dedicated to squash: http://www.squashrecipes.net

And you can find tons of recipes here: Allrecipes.com-squash