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Butternut squash?????

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I love butternut squash but apart from roasting it or making soup I don't do much else with it.

What do you do with yours?
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  • halloweenqueen_2
    halloweenqueen_2 Posts: 3,312 Forumite
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    Try https://www.recipezaar.com They have very good recipes.
  • Queenie
    Queenie Posts: 8,793 Forumite
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    Roasted; served mashed as a side veggie; added to soups and casseroles. Chargrilled with peppers!

    Scrummy!!!

    (Hope you are growing your own instead of paying those ghastly supermarket prices!!! :o )
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  • halloweenqueen_2
    halloweenqueen_2 Posts: 3,312 Forumite
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    Do you have tips on growing them Queenie?
  • elona
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    I mash it with carrots or potoes as it saves calories and increases vitamin count.
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  • elona
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    Sorry I meant potatoes. Did a Dan Quayle for a moment. ;D ;D
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  • LilacLillie
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    I love this veg and use loads of it, for some years now. I always peel it, yet on Jamie Olivers shool dinners, I saw him just chop it and throw it in the roasting tin.
    My question is can you eat it without peeling it then???
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  • Curry_Queen
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    I've seen other tv chefs using it without peeling too, so I'd say yes. I've got a couple in my fridge at the moment to make roast pumpkin & tomato soup (which is yummy!) so I'm gonna try it without peeling this time.
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  • Nasnowt
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    No, I understand the skin is inedible as it is so tough (well for me anyway and butternut squash is my favorite, so I have tried!) The flesh scrapes away nicely if squash is roasted with the skin on though.

    Sometimes if I want a low fat version of roasted squash for myself but the usual stuff for the rest of the family I leave the skin on my bit, spray the flesh with 1/2 olive oil 1/2 water, add the herbd and put it in the roasting tin skin side down.. Seem to get good tasty roast flesh with a lower fat content, or maybe I'm just kidding myself
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  • andham2000
    andham2000 Posts: 10 Forumite
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    Save the seeds from butternut squash to grow a plant and get loads of squashes back for free. If you plant a few seeds in pots now they should be of sufficient size to plant out when the chance of frost has gone.

    http://www.selfsufficientish.com/marrow.htm - this page should help for growing advice.
  • greenlogo
    greenlogo Posts: 231 Forumite
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    I wonder if they'd grow ok (one or two anyway :D ) in a large window box at a sunny(ish... I'm in scotland after all :D ) window in my new flat. I've a HUGE windowsill in the kitchen and it'd be nice to grow more than just herbs and I love butternut squash - are there any gardeners who could make an educated guess?
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