By focusing on eating a variety of local and seasonal foods, fall is pretty much all about squash around here. There are nine different varieties sitting on my kitchen counter right now and we’ve been eating it fast and furious. I really hope we can keep up.
When your diet is dictated by climate and geography it’s important to be able to make a variety of dishes with the same ingredients. If I served butternut squash soup every night, there would be mutiny and I have perfectly delicious squash that we need to eat.
That said, I was more than happy to come up with a new recipe for Gay Lea Foods. Gay Lea is a local co-operative of 1200 Ontario dairy farmers with five production facilities spanning Toronto, Madoc, Mississauga, Guelph, and Teeswater. So when their new brand new Cinnamon & Brown Sugar Spreadable Butter showed up on my kitchen counter I knew exactly what to make with it. Since we don’t eat much toast and cinnamon buns are out I decided it would be the perfect short cut in one of my favourite autumn side dishes; Acorn Squash with Cinnamon and brown sugar.
Preheat over to 350
Start by cutting 2 acorn squash in half or quarters. Then remove the seeds and peel your squash and chop it into strips or chunks.
Next chop up your onions, leaving the root end on. This will hold the slices together and keep your onion from vanishing when you cook it.
Place 1/2 a container (1/2 a cup) of Gaylee’s Cinnamon & Brown Sugar Spreadable Butter on a baking sheet, throw your onions and squash on top, and sprinkle with cumin, cumin seeds and salt.
Put it in the oven for 45 minutes, checking on it after 10 minutes and giving the tray a good shake to make sure the squash is fully covered.
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I love boiled dinner in the fall
I love baked beans
I really like chili and corn bread.
I enjoy butternut squash soup for a fall meal.
I love Borscht.
My favourite meal is Cabbage Rolls!
i love casseroles
Hey Laura and Ryan, squash is one of my favorite foods, and it really is best when it’s fresh in the fall. We can buy it here all year, but April’s old squash is so dry and hard. I’m not sure if we can get Gay Lea products in the US but I’ll look for it and I’ve passed your giveaway on to my Canadian niece.
If you have a minute, would you mind sharing a link to this recipe on Freedible.com in the recipes section? This one is free of almost everything and will really benefit alot of custom eaters. You don’t have to share the whole recipe, just the ingredients (so that it’s searchable) and a link back to your blog.
Oh, and also, I grew up hearing about sumach tea but I was always too afraid to try it. Looks like I’m going to have to head home to Canada next fall!
butternut squash soup
My favorite fall meal is ham, scalloped potatoes made with potatoes and onions from garden, carrots from the garden with lots of butter, and mashed turnip(again from the garden) with a little brown sugar and butter. Yummy!!
Acorn Squash with Cinnamon and Brown Sugar sounds absolutely delicious.
stew. thanks
Love butternut squash topped with brown sugar and cinnamon, for the main pork chops! Yum!
My favourite fall meal is Cheesy Spaghetti Squash casserole.
My fall favorite is lasagna…or any type of soup with fresh bread and butter
I’ve never tried putting onions to this recipe before. Acorn squash is so delicious!
Chili with fresh homemade bread would be a favourite fall meal. Love the sounds of the recipe you posted!
My favorite fall meal is homemade chicken noodle soup made with lots of vegies.
chicken pot pie and pumpkin pie
Nothing beats Homemade Chili!
love the sound of making this with cumin and onions — going to try it for sure.
One of my favourite fall dinners is roasted butternut squash turned into a coconut curry soup and served with artisan bread. Or what we had on Thursday: braised short ribs with parsnips — even non-parsnip lovers will love it when paired with short ribs.
I love homemade soups and homemade bread in the cooler months
homemade chicken noodle soup- I even make my own noodles
My favourite fall meal is any one that ends with pumpkin pie.