Gigantic Squash

Cooking for my friends and family is one of my favorite things. Knowing that I can have these people that I care about over for good food and drink makes my day. Sometimes I cook the entire meal and other times I do the main dish and have people bring sides and desserts.

Getting the CSA every week makes me want to have people over more and more. Sometimes the roommates and I cannot eat all the produce within the week. This past week was a larger share than normal; with a large fall squash.

 

I figured I could cut the squash in half, roast it and stuff it with sausage - that’s exactly what I did. While I was roasting the squash in the oven, 400* for an hour and a half, I made the sausage stuffing. I kinda just winged it with how to cook the sausage, not too worried cause sausage by itself is damn good. Sautéd the onions, celery, carrots, garlic, added cumin, S&P, paprika, bay leaf and finished off with panko bread crumbs and fresh parsley. Once the squash was tender I took it out, stuffed with the sausage mixture, topping with freshly grated parmesan cheese, and put back into the oven for a few minutes for the cheese to brown.

 

I would say that it turned out pretty good, the squash was tender and the sausage was flavorful. Friends brought over salad, biscuits and mac-n-cheese. Sitting around watching Thursday night football; eating, drinking and having a real good time, that’s my idea of a good night.