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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?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    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...

    (Just use the same weight frozen. I freeze lots of squash purée each autumn expressly for lunch soups.)

  • kswck2
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    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.

    Source(s): Professional Chef
  • BBG
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    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.

  • 5 years ago

    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...

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  • 5 years ago

    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

  • 5 years ago

    I love that squash ! I just add butter and pepper and eat as soup.

  • 5 years ago

    If you thaw it, run it through a salad spinner, and blot on paper towels, you can make a squash casserole.

  • 5 years ago

    Make baby food? But seriously, look for an autumn soup recipe. Throw in a tablespoon of Italian seasoning and it will be exotic.

  • 5 years ago

    Did you follow the direction on the package exactly? Really exactly? Sorry, I got a real bad vibe about this. Maybe a pressure cooker or micro wave instead of an oven.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    warm it up and eat it

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