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Honestly, it's just way too much work to bother with for me. I spent a bunch of time peeling and canning cut up butternut squash a few winters ago, and it just wasn't worth it. To me, it's only really any good with butter, and as a vegan I don't eat butter.
I just vastly prefer any kind of summer squash instead, where I can just slice it up and eat the skin and all. And as long as we still have NAFTA, I can get summer squash most of the year.
The winter squashes are just too much work and just aren't as versatile. If I had no other options, I'm sure I'd figure out how to use them and enjoy them, but i don't have to, so why go through the work for something that just isn't really all that good unless it's smothered in fat? Just my two cents worth.
Unlike y'all, I can't stand adding anything sweet to squash. I find most squash, and butternut in particular, sickeningly sweet to begin with. It seems wrong to add brown sugar or maple syrup to it.
I'm always looking for recipes to disguise the sweetness of squash, like with salt, spices or lime juice, but have not found the perfect recipe yet...
We make butternut squash filled ravioli with brown butter and sage. I just got done making a butternut squash spiced cake roll. Haven't tasted the finished product yet, but the cake and the cream cheese, buttercream icing both taste fantastic separately.
We are going to try an acorn squash, italian sausage crostada for dinner next week. The sausage could be substituted with crimini or portabello mushrooms for a vegetarian version. It also uses ricotta cheese.
I've got a really good recipe for a stuffed vegetarian, could be made vegan, spaghetti squash recipe if you are interested.
I made a version of this, earlier this week, & I think it would also be good with any winter squash. Or just make the black beans with cumin & use that as the stuffing, ( in an acorn squash).
As mentioned upthread, if you stab the squash, then microwave it, it is then very easy to work with. You can slice or cube it any way you like.
I bought a spaghetti squash the other day and made half of it last night with a jarred tikki masala sauce and chickpeas. I was trying to approximate a dish I'd had in a restaurant.
This sauce contained cream, though, and the one in the restaurant was vegan. It was pretty good either way.
Unlike y'all, I can't stand adding anything sweet to squash. I find most squash, and butternut in particular, sickeningly sweet to begin with. It seems wrong to add brown sugar or maple syrup to it.
I'm always looking for recipes to disguise the sweetness of squash, like with salt, spices or lime juice, but have not found the perfect recipe yet...
I don't find it "sickeningly" sweet, but sweet enough that I don't want to add other sugars to it. I make it with sauteed onions and some black pepper.
My daughter made butternut squash with Brussels sprouts and quinoa. Pretty good.
With the Butternut ,wife makes a Creamy Soup that is out of this World !!!!!, we may be in Miami, but in the house it's always cold, and we enjoy the delicious "Winter" delicacy to no end.
A friend told me she made this the other night and it was amazing. I might try to veganize it, though I hate vegan cheese so I'd probably leave it out.
Unlike y'all, I can't stand adding anything sweet to squash. I find most squash, and butternut in particular, sickeningly sweet to begin with. It seems wrong to add brown sugar or maple syrup to it.
I'm always looking for recipes to disguise the sweetness of squash, like with salt, spices or lime juice, but have not found the perfect recipe yet...
The more plant-based my diet has become, the less tolerance I have for sweets added onto something already naturally sweet. Years ago, I used to roast butternut squash tossed in a dressing of lime juice, orange juice, Cayenne pepper, and some other things. Garlic and cumin, maybe. It was amazing. I'd share it, but unfortunately never wrote the recipe down, and I forgot the other ingredients/ratios. Every time I've tried to replicate it, something is missing and it just doesn't have that wow factor.
But you're definitely into something with the spices, salt, and lime juice.
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