Butternut Squash with Cranberry Relish

Ingredients:
Medium sized Butternut or Acorn squash--cut in half
Orange juice (optional)
Kosher or Sea salt

Deli cranberry relish
Pecan or walnut halfs
Gorgonzola (or other blue cheese/optional)

Maple syrup or honey
Butter
Brown sugar

Cut squash in half and remove seeds.
Brush with orange juice
Sprinkle with salt
Bake cut side down on a foil-lined pan on middle rack at 400 degrees F. for about 30 mins., depending on size of squash. Squash should have some give when pressed. Turn and bake another 15 mins cut side up.

Meanwhile, toast the nuts in a small pan with a little of butter. Watch carefully so they don't burn. Only takes a minute or less. Crumble and put into a bowl. Add cranberry relish and some blue cheese. Stir together.

When squash are amost done, remove and fill the cavities with the relish mixture and bake another 15 mins. or until both sides are tender.

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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• butternut
• squash
• with
• cranberry
• relish
• vegetarian
• cooking
• bleu
• cheese

[GIZCHOPS]

Great to see you back, Marc, and another fabulous recipe from your extensive repertoire. I shall definitely be trying this one out! :)

[Perroquet51]

@GIZCHOPS Hi Gary :-) I'm not really back. I just wanted to make one more video before I moved. Good to see you, too.

[hallbe]

Wow!! That looks yummy!!!

[Perroquet51]

@hallbe I've been eating more and more vegetarian meals and this is an unusually easy one to fix.

[BryanAndBaileysZoo]

yum and what a beautiful dish :O) !

[Perroquet51]

@BryanAndBaileysZoo lol, Hugs to you Bryan ;-)

[papercuts777]

"...a friend of mine told me to take a small pot from the cupboard...so I did" hahaha

That looked real nice! Thanks for putting up the cooking times. Now some squash is coming home next trip to the grocery store.

[MrRandomWritings]

I must remember to have a Valentine Squash. Glad your pan collection is coming along nicely

[wstoner]

@Perroquet51 Fort Wayne, Indiana Last time I was at the store they didn't have many vegetables. I suppose I could try another store.

[fehquig]

I stand accused of not reading the title this time...

[Perroquet51]

@TheFatAussieBarstard FAB! 

[Perroquet51]

@bowhunter2439 OK, you didn't "order", you just strongly suggested :-) I found one that that I liked had little nooks on the bristles but it was about 4 feet long. I'm still looking for a shorter one like that.