Comments on: Chocolate + winter squash = awesome.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:58:31 +0000

Once I saw the word mole I knew I had to make this. I got a butternut squash and kale in my CSA, so instead of delicata I roasted the butternut and mixed it in. Also, I am not the biggest fan of jalapenos, so switched it out with 3 chipotles chillies… that may have been too many. It came out pretty spicy, but extremely tasty.
Sweta – I love drumsticks in sambar… another thing to know is that you only eat the insides of the drumstick, not the husky outer layer. Just take a piece from your sambar and scrap the inside against your teeth to get the yummy sambar soaked inside flesh!

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:44:09 +0000

It’s taken me this long to accept chocolate, beans and squash. I think I’m ready now.

By: Sweta

Sweta — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:12:43 +0000

I’ve never tried winter squash, and this combo with chocolate sounds interesting. I’ve heard about the chicken dish with chocolate-but never tried that either
Michelle-one of the reasons that our festive spread is healthier than what people make out here, may be because of the fact that we cook only vegetarian stuff on these days.
Also,you may be surprised to know that in India “Drumstick” is not chicken but a vegetable!! I tried getting it from the Indian store(they have frozen ones),but they were out of stock. Try searching for “Drumstick sambar”-the most popular South Indian dish with drumsticks and you’ll see what I mean.

By: Juliana

Juliana — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:15:29 +0000

Very interesting recipe…chocolate and winter squash, have to try it

By: vered | blogger for hire

vered | blogger for hire — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:10:14 +0000

“we’re less in touch with the seasons than ever before.” True, and a little sad! I try to buy locally, but sometimes I go into Whole Foods and I just can’t resist the imported stuff.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:14:45 +0000

I’m learning to love squash! With a CSA box every week, I have no choice. We found a butternut squash pizza recipe we love, and a beef and vegetable spaghetti squash recipe. I got a LOT of Delicata a week ago, and made squash sticks… cut them in wedges, brushed with olive oil, and sprinkled a bit of cinnamon and natural sugar, then baked. So good!

You’re recipe looks awesome, and I still have 2 acorn, 2 butternut, and 3 delicata left.

By: Daily Diner

Daily Diner — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:24:59 +0000

That looks amazing. Admittedly its easy to eat seasonally in California. We can grow year round. I run our community/school garden and we are about to rip out the summer produce and plant all sorts of fun winter crops.

By: Hanlie

Hanlie — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:25:31 +0000

I agree with the seasonal eating advice. I do miss avocados over the summer months – the only ones you can get them are very expensive imported ones, but they’re usually not very nice.

By: Experimental Kitchen Love « Summer of the CSAs

Experimental Kitchen Love « Summer of the CSAs — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:09:23 +0000

[...] and maybe some potatoes. When I came home and opened my google reader, however, I found a recipe for vegetarian molé from Michelle at Find Your Balance. It could be adapted to fit nearly everything we were thinking [...]

By: sophia

sophia — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:47:01 +0000

This is PERFECT!!! Oh wow, never thought to add chocolate to winter squash…I’ll bet this will work with kabocha too oh you genius, you! I wanna HUG you!