butternut squash and sweet potatoes

fairy3

Some great ideas I can't wait to get one, sharpening the knife now.

My lot like sweet potato chips deep fried just like potato chips, they are good with chilli's or anything a bit spicy as the sweetness balances the two. It's only now and then so not too unhealthy.

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yorkie007_2

save the seeds from the squash, dry off in airing cupboard and plant in garden around may, they are very easy to grow, you get an enormous trailing plant and about 3 or 4 squash per plant, mine grew much fatter than ones in shops and where green (some did ripen in garage eventually) but tasted exactly the same

liewe_heksie

Hi everyone

I just happened to buy some butternut and sweetpotato covent garden soup the other day and it was gorgeous. According to the ingredient list it contained:

butternut
sweet potatoes
onions
parsnips
cream
butter
mascarpone cheese
salt
garlic
garam masala
cumin
coriander
paprika
white pepper
dried red chilli flakes and
tumeric!

HTH
LH x x x

carinska

Hi! This is nice (I think) - peel and chop the 2 as already described, sweat in a big pan with oil or butter for about 10-15 mins. Add chicken stock and some ground ginger, simmer away then whizz till smooth - yum! A real winter warmer.

Robothell

Butternut squash - deseed, cut lengthways and sprinkle with chilli flakes, paprika and a bit of cumin. Drizzle with some olive oil and roast in the oven

Sweet potatoes - brown some bacon in base of a large pot, add a knob of tutter and fire in the sweet potatoes peeled and cubed and a bunch of fresh rosemary (leaves only, to taste). Stir about for about 5 minutes and then top up with vegetable or chicken stock. Normally needs about 20 mins on a gentle boil to cook the potatoes through and then let it cool and blitz it with a blender. Lovely!

GeorgieW

TKP wrote:

I have a lovely recipe for chestnut and butternut soup - just say if you want it

I would like this recipe please as I love butternut squash & still have some chestnuts left over from Christmas! I hope it's nice, it sounds a bit odd though?! I'll try anything once.

Sorry if you've already posted this somewhere but I couldn't find it.

Thanks.

jcr16

sweet pots are gorgeous. i think i will venture to trying butternut squash next.

but the only way i have found i like them is chipped or roasted. for chips i peel them cut into chip shapes then spray with 1 cal oil and put on a baking tray. they are so sweet and yummy. i tried mashing them , but i found them very hard going. very fibreous.

morganb

Disdisbiff wrote:

would sweet potato and carrot be too sweet

Sweet potato and carrot is one of our favourite 'mashes' with a roast; mash down with butter and grated nutmeg ... delicious

dobs

I use sweet potatoes in veg soup sometimes instead of normal potatoes to thicken it up. If i don't have time to make own stock i just use veg stock granules. I usually chop up an onion, carrots or whatever veg i have, courgettes and frozen peas too, a tin of chopped tomatoes, dried herbs, and peeled sweet pot cubed. If i haven't much fresh veg i chuck in half a bag of frozen mixed veg it comes out just as tasty!I usually blend it til nice and smooth and thick - yum i know what i'm doing for lunch today now!