Re: Butternut Squash and Avocados?

[Guest guest]

hi joan,

avocado and butternut are two of our mainstays. here's the way we do

it. we're still in stage 1 or 2 foods.

avocado & chicken salad: pick one that is soft. cut open and dice.

peel off the skin. mix with chunks of roasted or boiled chicken.

sprinkle with lemon juice. my daughter also loves to just eat avocado

plain, straight with a spoon.

butternut squash fries: preheat oven to 425F. slice squash in half

lengthwise. peel one half and save the other half for another day.

scoop seeds and pulp out with an ice cream scooper and discard. with

cut side down, slice squash into half moons, about 1/4 inch thick.

toss with oil and place on parchment paper on a baking sheet. bake

for 20 minutes, then flip each one over. bake an additional 20

minutes. serve with homemade ketchup. they don't come out crispy like

french fries, but they down brown nicely and taste great.

silvia

SCD 7 weeks

daughter with eczema & food intolerances

> These are two items that I've never used in my cooking before.

>

> Can anyone tell me how to prepare a butternut squash - and how to cook

> it?

>

> Can someone share the recipe for squash buttons?

>

> What do I do with an avocado? (Any information, from picking out a

> ripe one to cooking with it would be appreciated.)

>

> Thanks!

> Joan (Family of 6 on SCD, 1 month - mainly for leaky gut issues).

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

There are various methods to cook squash. I hate trying to cut them

in half, so I bake them whole. I found this on the internet somewhere:

to avoid having to cut the squash and to concentrate the sweet taste,

bake whole squash on a dry baking sheet at 400 or 450 degrees until

completely soft when pierced with a small knife, about an hour. Peel, seed

I make this recipe without raisins for breakfast:

http://www.scdrecipe.com/recipes/r_056_00281.php

I know what you mean about avocados--strange things I didn't grow up

with. ;-)

Buy avocados when they are not soft. Keep feeling them at home and

when they give just a little on the stem end they are ready. If you

let them get softer, they will probably be stringy and brown inside.

I find pureed avocados make a good mayo sub for chicken salad and egg

salad.

, mom to

>

> These are two items that I've never used in my cooking before.

>

> Can anyone tell me how to prepare a butternut squash - and how to cook

> it?

>

> Can someone share the recipe for squash buttons?

>

> What do I do with an avocado? (Any information, from picking out a

> ripe one to cooking with it would be appreciated.)

>

> Thanks!

> Joan (Family of 6 on SCD, 1 month - mainly for leaky gut issues).

>

[Guest guest]

Before you bake the whole squash, do you poke it with a fork first, like a

potato? Can you bake all kinds of squashes whole? or just butternut??

>

> There are various methods to cook squash. I hate trying to cut them

> in half, so I bake them whole. I found this on the internet somewhere:

> to avoid having to cut the squash and to concentrate the sweet taste,

> bake whole squash on a dry baking sheet at 400 or 450 degrees until

> completely soft when pierced with a small knife, about an hour. Peel, seed

>

> I make this recipe without raisins for breakfast:

> http://www.scdrecipe.com/recipes/r_056_00281.php

>

> I know what you mean about avocados--strange things I didn't grow up

> with. ;-)

> Buy avocados when they are not soft. Keep feeling them at home and

> when they give just a little on the stem end they are ready. If you

> let them get softer, they will probably be stringy and brown inside.

> I find pureed avocados make a good mayo sub for chicken salad and egg

> salad.

>

> , mom to

>

>

> >

> > These are two items that I've never used in my cooking before.

> >

> > Can anyone tell me how to prepare a butternut squash - and how to cook

> > it?

> >

> > Can someone share the recipe for squash buttons?

> >

> > What do I do with an avocado? (Any information, from picking out a

> > ripe one to cooking with it would be appreciated.)

> >

> > Thanks!

> > Joan (Family of 6 on SCD, 1 month - mainly for leaky gut issues).

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Amber,

You cut the squash in half length wise and scoop out the seeds (like a pumpkin)

and then bake in a 375 degree oven upside down until you can put a knife through

the skin.

BTVC has a recipe on how to make acorn squash.

Charlene

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Charlene Flikkema

Choir Director

Harvest Bible Chapel Oakville

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Before you bake the whole squash, do you poke it with a fork first, like a

potato? Can you bake all kinds of squashes whole? or just butternut??

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