This one pot rice dish is a staple for fall cooking in my home. Sauté onions and garlic, add in the other ingredients, cover, and let sit for 45 minutes. After that, all that’s left is to eat! The original version of this dish is based on this paella recipe but I’ve morphed it into a…
Butternut Squash
Butternut Squash Toast with Fried Eggs
I’ve found that cooking for one can be an art form. It’s easy to make a big meal and have leftovers for a few days. Sometimes though, I just want one meal. For me, these meals happen at lunch or when I’m hungry before M gets home. I’ve learned a great deal about cooking for…
Butternut Squash Galette with Balsamic Onions and Ricotta
A delicious fall savory galette
Stove Top Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese
I am not a meticulous person. I’m moving too fast, have too much on my mind, or just too many ideas swirling around. My attention to detail is mediocre at best and I’m okay with stopping at things that are good enough. With recipes, I know many could be even better if I took a…
Tahini Butternut Squash Noodle Bowl with Spinach
For whatever reason, I nearly always cube my butternut squash before cooking (whether it be roasting, steaming, or pan frying). It’s rare that I cook the squash whole. I think it’s because in my mind, the whole squash takes longer to cook but in the end, it’s less preparation and really, not much more time….
Black Bean Tostadas with Chipotle Butternut Squash
Recipe originally published on September 28th, 2012. Last updated on September 20th, 2015. I am always fascinated by my changing taste. There are so many foods I love now but as a child, I wouldn’t have touched with a ten foot pole. Looking back, I was an extremely picky eater. Then again, I was also…
White Bean and Butternut Squash Salad
In the past month or so, I’ve had a pretty major realization: being busy sucks. I’m not talking about the busy, but good. I’m referring to the ‘so busy you can’t keep up and you’re juggling 10 different projects at once’ type of busy. It’s a busy that I used to take great pride in…
Sweet Potato Crostini and Butternut Squash Soup
It’s a two recipe post day (I guess I’m trying to catch up for a slight slow down in recipes as of late.) This post is all about appetizers because besides being fall, we’re also entering party season (at least for me!) There is nothing better then getting together with a group of friends around…
Roasted Butternut Squash, Quinoa, and Arugula Salad
It’s meals like this that become comfort food for me. A slightly warm arugula salad with a mix of flavors that feels these like salad and more like a hearty meal. The feta softens and the pecans add a bit of crunch (without adding the traditional crouton). This is my perfect salad.
Ginger Butternut Squash Soup
Don’t be fooled, it is so far from soup weather in Sacramento. In the past couple of weeks, we’ve had temperatures around 100˚ for a few days and all I want right now is to have the windows open, with a nice cool breeze flowing through (which isn’t looking like it’s going to happen for…
Butternut Squash Pizza with Blue Cheese
Pureed squash and sweet potatoes are some of the handiest ingredients to have around your kitchen in the fall and winter months. The puree is great in mac and cheese, like this butternut squash version or this sweet potato version. Purees squash can serve as a great filling for enchiladas or even use as an…
Roasted Butternut Squash and Udon Noodles with Cilantro-Tahini Sauce
Today is the last recipe I’ll be sharing this year. Looking back over the past 12 months, I have to say this year has been the best example of what can come if you work hard and are open to anything that comes your way. I’d be lying if I said this year didn’t come…
Butternut Squash Pasta Bake
In a little over a week, M and I will be traveling to Illinois and Texas for a whirlwind holiday adventure. Given the last time we saw everyone was for the wedding, I’m excited to spend time relaxing and just enjoying the time spent with good company. I’ve felt a bit out of sorts recently…
Butternut Squash and Blue Cheese Ravioli
I remember the first time I made pasta. I followed the recipe to the letter, using a fork to carefully whisk the egg and flour together. It seemed like such a foreign concept to me- that something I thought would be so tough to make because it was sold at mass in stores was…