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Recipe: Butternut Squash Noodles

Ever see the ad campaign about “Will it blend?”, where they shove random stuff into a blender to prove it will blend?
I feel like that with my veggie noodle maker – “Will it noodle?”

Today’s “will it noodle” victim is a butternut squash! Butternut squash noodles sounded pretty cool. You can check out all the other vegetables I’ve noodled by clicking here (it will open another window).

Steps I used to prep the squash:
1. Cut off the ends
2. Peeled the butternut squash. Peel away until it is orange – you want to get rid of all the white rind, as it tastes bitter.
3. See image below – cut the squash right before the ‘bulb’ part

Butternut Squash Noodles

I cut the butternut squash right before the ‘bulb’ part (which has the seeds)

4. Scoop out the seeds from the bulb part with a spoon or your handy, dandy melon baller.Butternut Squash Noodles Scoop out the seeds with a spoon or your handy, dandy melon baller.[/caption]

5. Put the ‘straight’ part on the noodle maker and go to town!

Butternut Squash Noodles

And now… you noodle.

6. Have a big pot of boiling, salted water ready to put the noodles in. I cooked mine about 5 minutes, but I think that was way too long – try sample after 2-3 minutes to see if you like the texture.

Before - Lots of butternut squash noodles!

Before – Lots of butternut squash noodles!

After - about a 1/3 reduction in butternut squash noodle size

After – about a 1/3 reduction in butternut squash noodle size

7. After THOROUGHLY draining (press down on the noodles to get out extra moisture), serve up with butter, herbs, grated cheese (I shredded the rest of the Organic Valley Raw Milk Jack cheese I used in my Ham and Cheese gypsy pepper recipe from earlier in the week) and mix it up. Don’t forget to liberally salt. It’s hard to get a ‘sexy’ picture of this food, but check out below.

Butternut Squash Noodles - a bowl full of comfort food

Butternut Squash Noodles – a bowl full of comfort food

Butternut Squash Noodles

With cheese, tons of butter, oregano, salt and pepper

Final thoughts: I definitely overcooked them and they didn’t have as much flavor as I thought they would. I think I still prefer the texture of the turnip noodles over these, but would definitely try again. The color was lovely, and you can call them ‘pumpkin noodles’ to make a perfect fall addition for kids.

Butternut Squash Noodles

My cat giving me the ‘u no luv me or pet meee’ stare


Filed Under: Dietary, Dinner, Food, Gluten Free, Low Carb, Lunch, Paleo, Recipe, Vegetarian, Veggie Noodle maker Tagged With: butternut squash, noodles, paderno spiral vegetable

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