Maple Roasted Root Vegetables and Squash

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Is it Thanksgiving yet?

Maple Roasted Veggies

Apparently I have told myself that I need to come up with dishes that would be appropriate for Thanksgiving. Ok, this dish could be made before Thanksgiving but for some reason it reminds me of Turkey Day. As a foodie it is probably a given that Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I think there are a fair amount of others who agree. I know the hubs looks forward to it every year and he especially craves my mom’s dressing. I mean I have dreams about that dressing so I don’t blame him. Gah, now I want that dressing!!!! (Mom this sounds like a great Sunday dinner dish)

Delicata Squash

I decided to put this delicious side together because I had two Delicata Squash sitting on my counter. We received these cute little squashes in our CSA. Of course, as I typically do with all gourd like things that come to me in a CSA I place them on my counter and stare at them for a month before deciding to turn them in to food.

Sliced Delicata Squash

I look at them and then visualize the challenge of cutting them and the potential loss of digits. I don’t know why I do this! I love butternut squash, I actually feel like a pro when it comes to dicing up a butternut squash. For some reason if you hand me any other gourd I start to doubt my abilities. It could be because one time I tried to handle a Spaghetti Squash and I felt like it was a battle for my life. I eventually won that battle and enjoyed a delicious serving of spaghetti-like squash. I hope I am not turning you off from wanting to cook with squash. I promise it’s not really that bad, I just tend to be very dramatic.

Yams

 

You should know that I am the pumpkin carving artist in the family. I have been known to come up with some pretty intricate designs. One year I did a wolf howling at a moon…the hubs didn’t know it was a wolf howling at the moon but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t amazing! Don’t fear the gourd!!

Roasting Veggies

Make this for Thanksgiving or make it tomorrow! Either way it will be yummy and you won’t be disappointed. Feel free to swap out the Delicata Squash for butternut if you like. You could probably throw in some Acorn Squash as well.

 

 

8 Comments

  1. This looks fantastic! I definitely plan to try it! 🙂

     
  2. Loving the idea of a maple syrup glaze over roast veggies – definitely something I need to try!

     
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  4. I tried this recipe, and it was delicious! Thanks for sharing!

     
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