Delicata Squash Me - Difficulty Level: Paleo
November 1, 2013 7:38 AM Subscribe
I just discovered delicata squash and I'm in love. I roasted some halves that I had planned to cube and put into a salad but it came out too soft and now I have about 2 cups of mashed squash. What are your favorite winter squash recipes - sweet or savory - that use mashed squash as a base? Bonus points if they can be eaten out of hand. Double bonus points (any points, really) if they don't include gluten or grains.
These enchiladas are really really good. I add a can of black beans.
posted by something something at 7:44 AM on November 1, 2013
posted by something something at 7:44 AM on November 1, 2013
Sheppard's pie - with the squash in place of potatoes.
posted by 101cats at 7:57 AM on November 1, 2013
posted by 101cats at 7:57 AM on November 1, 2013
Fritters of some sort. Use the mash to bind a whole bunch of other interesting paleo friendly things together (salmon, veggies whatever you fancy) add an egg if it doesn't seem like it's going to stick together and fry it in some sort of oil. I make a butternut pumpkin (you guys think it's a squash) fritters a similar way, they are nice dipped in sweet chilli sauce you can get in the asian section of most supermarkets, I don't know if chilli sauce is paleo though but it is delicious.
posted by wwax at 8:05 AM on November 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by wwax at 8:05 AM on November 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
Best answer: You can make a yummy pasta sauce with squash by whizzing it with cream or some lower fat equivalent. This would also work on non pasta things like cauliflower or meat or whatever.
Alternatively whiz it with fried onion and spices and a little stock, add meat or veg and make curry.
Whiz it with stock and some chilli and coconut and fish sauce for a more Thai influenced sauce.
If you like the curry option then you could do something similar but not add the stock, call it pate, and put it on a hardboiled egg or whatever is a paleo appropriate edible pate shovel.
posted by emilyw at 8:46 AM on November 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Alternatively whiz it with fried onion and spices and a little stock, add meat or veg and make curry.
Whiz it with stock and some chilli and coconut and fish sauce for a more Thai influenced sauce.
If you like the curry option then you could do something similar but not add the stock, call it pate, and put it on a hardboiled egg or whatever is a paleo appropriate edible pate shovel.
posted by emilyw at 8:46 AM on November 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
I like to top winter squash with goat cheese, bacon and candied or spiced nuts.
posted by joan_holloway at 8:54 AM on November 1, 2013
posted by joan_holloway at 8:54 AM on November 1, 2013
Pumpkin pie?
posted by Bruce H. at 8:59 AM on November 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Bruce H. at 8:59 AM on November 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Oooh, you've got my creative juices flowing. I have some spaghetti squash in the refrigerator. Maybe I'll come up with some kind of carbonara dish with a sauce from the delicata squash, coconut milk, and bacon. Or the Thai sauce idea. Squash on Squash. If anyone can point me to a recipe or has tried something like this, let me know. I have some chicken stock looking for a purpose so thanks for the ideas for incorporating that.
phunniemee, you're right about the soup, "Doesn't really work for your eating it out of your hands part" but it works for BREAKFAST right now - I'll be lucky if that squash lasts to try any of these other ideas.
posted by ms_rasclark at 9:23 AM on November 1, 2013
phunniemee, you're right about the soup, "Doesn't really work for your eating it out of your hands part" but it works for BREAKFAST right now - I'll be lucky if that squash lasts to try any of these other ideas.
posted by ms_rasclark at 9:23 AM on November 1, 2013
Best answer: Last night my husband did a mash of squash, parsnips, and carrots. It was exquisite; the earthiness of the parsnips counteracted the sweetness of the squash and carrots and it created a new vegetable flavor - which was as delicious as mashed potatoes, which we don't have anymore because we're kind of paleo as well.
posted by matildaben at 10:15 AM on November 1, 2013
posted by matildaben at 10:15 AM on November 1, 2013
I just happened to hop over to 101cookbooks just after reading your question, and lo, what is she featuring but delicata squash recipes?
posted by aka burlap at 12:35 PM on November 2, 2013
posted by aka burlap at 12:35 PM on November 2, 2013
Best answer: Transform these sweet potato souffle muffins into squash souffle muffins? Recipe
I left out the flaxseed and shredded coconut, made 12 muffins. They were good warm and cold and easy to eat out of hand. I find sweet potato and squash to be pretty interchangeable. You'll have to play around with the amount of squash to equal a large sweet potato - guessing 1 1/2 cups? The recipe is pretty flexible though as long as you are flexible on texture. used 1/2 cup of walnuts for the nuts and mixed the entire recipe in my Vitamix although a food processor would also work well. I made 12 muffins in foil liners with no sticking issues.
posted by RoadScholar at 5:36 PM on November 2, 2013
I left out the flaxseed and shredded coconut, made 12 muffins. They were good warm and cold and easy to eat out of hand. I find sweet potato and squash to be pretty interchangeable. You'll have to play around with the amount of squash to equal a large sweet potato - guessing 1 1/2 cups? The recipe is pretty flexible though as long as you are flexible on texture. used 1/2 cup of walnuts for the nuts and mixed the entire recipe in my Vitamix although a food processor would also work well. I made 12 muffins in foil liners with no sticking issues.
posted by RoadScholar at 5:36 PM on November 2, 2013
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posted by phunniemee at 7:42 AM on November 1, 2013 [7 favorites]