The Spaghetti Squash Troubles.......

[The empressof all]

My Squash has gone crazy. Of course you'd expect far too many zucchini's but my spaghetti squash plants look like someone has slipped in at night and given them steroids. I already have one squash that is the size of a medium watermelon and not ripe enough to pick yet. There are probably at least 50 more in various stages of growth on the three plants. Obviously friends, family and food bank will be getting their fair share...

So I've spent the better part of the morning thinking about what I'm going to do with it. I've already learned that it freezes well which is a big help. I've found quite a few lovely savory recipes and even a recipe for Spaghetti Squash Bread. I'm thinking Spaghetti squash pie loaded with nuts and sweetened with Agave. I'm already planning Spaghetti Squash Pizza and Spaghetti Squash lasagna...But what about Squash Ice Cream?

[hippywife]

1. LOL!

Sounds like out cukes. Pickles for a lifetime! :rofl:

I don't know about the ice cream, tho. The only way I've ever used it was as, well...spaghetti. Good luck finding homes and uses for them all.

:hi:

[csziggy]

2. When we were getting pounds of summer squash from our CSA

I dug up a bunch of recipes for zucchini from Allrecipes.com. All started with a base of onion and garlic, sauteed in butter or olive oil (I mostly used the oil), then added chopped or sliced squash/zucchini, seasonings and at the end coarsely chopped tomatoes. One added fresh green beans but the beans don't cook as fast as the other ingredients and I don't like the crisp beans with the squash and tomatoes getting squishy.

We've got bags and bags of the various combos in the freezer now - squash all winter!

I bet they would work well with spaghetti squash, too!

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Gingered-Squash-Saute/Detail.aspx
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Spicy-Pakistani-Zucchini/Detail.aspx
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Greeked-Zucchini/Detail.aspx
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Squash-and-Bean-Saute/Detail.aspx
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Squash-Medley/Detail.aspx (I left out the bacon.)
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Rice-with-Summer-Squash/Detail.aspx (I made this one with the left overs from the other recipes and used some left over brown rice - it was surprisingly good - I chopped the carrots and squash in small 1/4" dice so they mixed nicely with the rice.

The smells of the different seasonings really changed the impact as we cooked each recipe. We have not actually eaten all of them, but all we have eaten have been good. And if they taste half as good as they smelled, they have to be good!

[The empressof all]

3. The Spicy Pakistani Zucchini

That sounds like something right up my ally. I'll be trying that one for sure. I have been picking zucchini already for a few weeks. I found a huge one yesterday hiding in plain site. Brought it in and sauteed it up with onions, peppers and lots of garlic. I gave it a good hit of Greek seasoning. I'm going to eat it cold on a salad for lunch.

[csziggy]

4. That one and the Greek one both smell fantastic and the little tastes I took were good

I forgot to add - although not all the recipes called from garlic AND onion, I used both in all of them. And I varied how I cut the onion, depending on the recipe. Since I was going to freeze the dishes, I cooked them until the squash was just barely tender, then after they cooled, added the chopped tomatoes.

My plan is when I am fixing an entree that matches the theme of the squash, I'll pull out the squash and finish cooking in the microwave. About 4 minutes, stir, then 4 more minutes is about right.