What can I do with frozen cooked squash?
I bought two of those block-shaped containers of cooked squash (they were on sale).
I cooked one, but the texture was like baby food, and my family wouldn t eat it.
What can I make with the other one?
I bought two of those block-shaped containers of cooked squash (they were on sale).
I cooked one, but the texture was like baby food, and my family wouldn t eat it.
What can I make with the other one?
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I like to add it to bolognese sauce along with the usual ingredients (ground beef, onions, crushed tomatoes) and make sure to add green peppers, zucchini and mushrooms to balance out the sweetness of the orange squash, onions and tomatoes. You can do the same with chili or any stew. I've you're doing lasagna you can stir some into the sauce too, or just spread a layer on top of each pasta layer as you go.
I also like to work a little bit into macaroni cheese. It lightens the texture of the dish a little, which I like. Don't go overboard with it.
There are lots of recipes for squash soups online. This is a good one:
http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015484-coconut-butternut-squash-soup
(Just use the same weight frozen. I freeze lots of squash purée each autumn expressly for lunch soups.)
kswck2
You are probably speaking of frozen summer squash. Summer squash frozen, defrosts into mush. Use fresh instead.
For the package you have left, use it in a soup.
BBG
Squash soup is delicious.
If you want to get fancier, you could make some sort of squash stuffed ravioli but that's a helluva lot of work and probably won't use up that much squash.
Lorraine
You could try making a casserole with it. I had the same problem - I bought some frozen squash that just did not taste good. It's worth it to me to buy it fresh.
http://www.food.com/recipe/summer-squash-casserole-13481
The Unknown Chef
My Mother use to buy them when I was boy in the 1960's, your right it has an unusual texture, as said it makes a nice soup, using potatoes or sweet potatoes/yams, defrosting it and mixing with ricotta cheese, a few breadcrumbs and some parmesan, makes a nice pasta filling for ravioli or manacotti, just stuff it in the pasta, cover with a light cream sauce and bake