Prudent and Practical

October 2, 2009

3 Ways to Get Squashed!

Filed under: food — Tags: food, health, meal — K @ 5:44 AM

Raw Butternut Squash Cookies

(Wait! Before you say, “Ew, no thanks,” check out The Small Footprint Family’s beautiful photo of them.)

  • 4 cups peeled butternut squash, chopped into medium sized chunks
  • 1 cup raisins
  • Juice of 1 orange
  • 3 Tbsp. raw honey, date paste or maple syrup
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
  • dash of cardamom (optional)
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, soaked for 6 hours (optional)  I suppose you could use squash seeds too, but I used raw sunflower seeds.
  1. In a food processor, blend the chopped butternut squash and transfer to a bowl.
  2. pureeing squash 300x225 photo 3 Ways to Get Squashed!
  3. In a food processor, blend raisins and orange juice. Transfer to the butternut squash mixture.
  4. pureeing raisins 300x225 photo 3 Ways to Get Squashed!
  5. Add the sweetener, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom (optional) and seeds (optional) to the butternut squash mixture.
  6. Mix everything thoroughly.
  7. mixing squash and raisins 300x225 photo 3 Ways to Get Squashed!
  8. Place wax paper or a Teflex silicone sheet on your food dehydrator tray.
  9. Using a scoop or spoon, place balls of the cookie mixture onto the tray until it’s gone.
  10. Flatten each cookie to about 1/2 inch thick.  (I smooshed mine to much.  I think they were 1/4″)
  11. raw cookies in food dehydrator 300x225 photo 3 Ways to Get Squashed!
  12. Set the dehydrator to 105 degrees, and leave for 10-12 hours. (Mine’s just a plug and go model and it worked fine.)
  13. Enjoy with an ice cold glass of almond, hemp or raw cow’s milk!

My problems with this were that I made the cookies too thin and then forgot to get them in the morning when they were supposed to be done.  The result:  something along the lines of raw butternut squash fruit roll-up.

raw butternut squash cookies 300x225 photo 3 Ways to Get Squashed!

The first bite was weird.  It just doesn’t make sense for squash to be a cookie!  The second bite was a little better.  By the end of the first cookie, I thought I should try another one just for good measure.  Yes, they are good, but they’re different at first because we’re not used to something like that.

I hope I entertained you with this three-course meal and given you some good ideas to try with butternut squash.  Do you have a favorite butternut squash recipe?  If not, what’s you’re favorite fall food, recipe, or memory?

Maybe you have a lot of apples you need to get rid of?  If you’re interested in more recipes you can check out my food and recipes pages.

I’m also participating in the following food related carnivals today!

24 Comments »

  1. Greetings from a neighbor (Nebraska). Don’t the squash look wonderful. I’m headed to farmer’s market tomorrow to load up :)

    Great looking squash recipes!

    Blessings!

    Comment by Gail — October 2, 2009 @ 9:47 AM

  2. The roasted seeds sound awesome.

    Comment by Live.Love.Eat — October 2, 2009 @ 10:11 AM

  3. I’ve always enjoyed pumpkin seeds. Why not squash :-) . Thanks for sharing this recipe with us. Have a great day.

    Comment by MAry — October 2, 2009 @ 11:33 AM

  4. We discovered last fall that we love butternut squash. I found an excellent recipe for a pizza, of all things! My husband has been asking for it now that they’re in season again. Here’s the link to the recipe (I used a homemade crust, of course).

    http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Butternut-Squash-Pizzas-with-Rosemary/Detail.aspx

    I’m trying your bisque for sure!

    Comment by Jen — October 2, 2009 @ 11:57 AM

  5. Love your new look. I’ve never had butternut squash. Should try it sometime!

    Comment by Amy @ Finer Things — October 2, 2009 @ 3:36 PM

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  7. Mister Linky is up and ready for this week’s Crock Pot Wednesday. Thanks so much for participating last week. I hope to see you again this week. Thanks a bunch. Debbie.

    Comment by darnold23 — October 4, 2009 @ 9:33 PM

  8. Hm, sounds interesting! I wonder if I could do it in the oven like fruit leather (don’t have a dehydrator)?

    Comment by Abbie — October 6, 2009 @ 3:55 PM

  9. I LOVE butternut squash soup! This is one of my favorite recipes with squash. :) Glad you found it and like it!

    Comment by Abbie — October 6, 2009 @ 3:56 PM

  10. I do this whenever I made squash soup, or bake it or whatever! Such a yummy snack. Except I only use a little salt and no butter/oil. Maybe I’ll go make squash!

    Comment by Abbie — October 6, 2009 @ 3:57 PM

  11. What a fun and easy recipe. I have a butternut squash in the kitchen. Neat!

    Comment by Lisa@blessedwithgrace — October 6, 2009 @ 7:50 PM

  12. If you follow the link, someone asks about using the oven to dehydrate the cookies.

    Comment by K — October 7, 2009 @ 11:33 AM

  13. Thanks! Do you have any favorite squash recipes?

    Comment by K — October 7, 2009 @ 11:35 AM

  14. Yes, in hindsight, it could have been done with just salt. I think the butter was a little unnecessary.

    Comment by K — October 7, 2009 @ 11:35 AM

  15. Thanks for the link – I love trying new things :-)

    Comment by K — October 7, 2009 @ 11:36 AM

  16. Thanks – glad you stopped by!

    Comment by K — October 7, 2009 @ 11:37 AM

  17. We do this every year too! Then I save some for lunchboxes as a little treat. Hope to see you over at Momtrends.

    http://momtrends.blogspot.com/2009/10/friday-food-pork-and-apples.html

    Comment by Nicole Feliciano — October 7, 2009 @ 1:45 PM

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  19. What a great Fall treat! Thanks for joining in the fun at the Holiday Food Fest!
    ~Liz

    Comment by Liz@HoosierHomemade — November 5, 2009 @ 8:37 AM

  20. I don’t have a dehydrator but I love the idea of these cookies!

    Comment by Iris — November 5, 2009 @ 11:53 AM

  21. I’ve only ever had butternut squash in soup, but these all look like fantastic ways to enjoy it!

    Comment by Lauren — November 5, 2009 @ 6:36 PM

  22. Love all of these ideas! They are all naturally gluten free. How very cool! Thanks so much for joining in the Holiday Food Fest! :-)

    Shirley

    Comment by gfe--gluten free easily — November 6, 2009 @ 1:09 PM

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