The Butternut Tales, Part Two: The Future Mrs. Butternut Squash
January 26, 2009
Our future together looks bright (bright orange, that is!)
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First things first: A lot of y’all asked how I got the squash to look so “fry-like.” It’s thanks to this cool gadget, called a “fry cutter,” that looks something like this:
Katie’s “Butter(nut) Me Up” Squash Fries
Ingredients:
- 1 Butternut Squash (or, if you’re as squash-obsessed as me, you can opt to make more than one squash-worth of fries at a time!)
- salt
- cinnamon! (the special ingredient I was talking about)
Procedure:
- Cut the squash into fry shapes (use a fry cutter or a knife)
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F
- Put the fries into a big Ziploc-type bag
- Sprinkle on your salt and cinnamon
- Close the bag and mix all the ingredients together by squishing the bag around in your hands
- Line a baking sheet with tin foil, then spray with a tiny bit of Pam (and wipe it with a paper towel so it’s even on the tin foil)
- Spread your fries on the baking sheet and shove ‘em in the oven
- Bake for 30-40 minutes, depending on how crispy you like your fries, and depending on how many fries you put on the baking sheet (I fill my baking sheet up completely with fries, and I like the fries to be on the softer side, so I usually bake them for about 30-35 minutes).
Chocolate-Covered Song of the Day
Cry Cry Cry (Johnny Cash)
Squash-fry Style: You’re gonna fry, fry, fry and you’ll fry alone. When everyone’s forgotten and you’re left on your own. You’re gonna fry, fry, fry.
Anyone else a fan of the movie Walk the Line? Oh come on; you know you love Joaquin Phoenix. And he’s a vegan. Could it get any better??
Chocolate-Covered Meal of the Day
Those little fry guys, Lightlife chick’n strips, raw walnuts (gotta get those Omega threes), creamy blended wheatberry pilaf, and almost an entire package of broccoli and cauliflower, roasted. Somehow it all fit into my happy tummy. Wouldn’t your tummy be happy too, if it was treated to such yummy foods?
Tomorrow I’ll post the third (and final) installment of The Butternut Files, with more meal and snack photos. See you then!
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haha, i can eat a whole head of cauliflower by myself
i loooove packin away the veggies.
My tummy certainly would be happy if you were my personal chef! Thanks for the fries recipe. The ones I make just uses oil, salt+pepper and are lacking the kick cinnamon would give. Nom nom. Hope you had a great Sunday!
Yum! I haven’t tried Lightlife chicken strips…I’m still stuck on Morning Star Farms
They do sound yummy–and what a cool gadget! I like Joaquin as well–great actor, vegan, but now that he’s retired from acting and is “singing,” he’s just a bit too “out there” for me, I think!
Katie-
I tried those fries yesterday and they were amazing! I had some creamy cheeze whiz dip (from the ultimate uncheese cookbook) leftover and used that for dipping… they’re like canday sweet! (But take FOREVER to chop and peel !:( ) I’ve enver seen that contraption but since BNSFs will definalty be a lagre part of my fav. foods in the near future, I’ll be on the lookout! And that meal looks fabulous… I need to try wheatberriers and ween myself off the traditional oats! =)
I think I definitely need to start making those fries–amazing!
you eat the most well rounded meals
Where did you get that fry cutter?
yummmm your bnut fries look so good!! Actually that whole meal looked delish, I really want to try wheatberries! I just haven’t found them yet!
Cool! Those fries look awesome!
SQUASH! The name alone makes me laugh. In a good way…I love my seasonal veggies!
Mmm, I’ve yet to try cinnamon on top but yum! Katie, you always have the best ideas.
My tummy would be happy with just the veggies, I swear if I could only live on veggies I would!
Love the fry cutter! I definitely need to get one. I also need to have some butternut fries soon!
I just love your blog Katie. I really want one of those fry-cutters. I use my mandolin. It’s great, but the fry-cutter looks easier to use. I love putting cinnamon on my fries! YUM. Don’t even get me started on the broccoli…it’s my favorite green veggie. Our house always stinks.
Have a good week.
yes. Joaquin Phoenix rocks my world. yum!
and so do those fries! yum!
Not sure what’s going on with Joaquin Phoenix right now. He’s rapping?
Anyway, I must get me one of those easy fry-cutters. And next time we go to the grocery store, we’re buying a Mr. Butternut Squash!
Fry-cutter eh? Can’t say I’ve ever seen one of those before. Looks interesting.
And your meal does look tasty! But I don’t think I could eat that much in one sitting.
your chocolate covered meal of the day is making my stomach growl.
i lovve butternut squash fries! i can eat the whole squash myself, but i usually try to make sure i’m sharing them with someone haah
that cutter is so cool though! im sure it saves SO much time!!
what a cool kitchen gadget, i need to find one of those
That’s my secret ingredient too
I also put oregano. You should try it!
you seriously are a card-carrying member of the clean plate club!
Yum, cinnamon!
I always wanted to try squash fries, but the idea of cutting up those very hard squashes (especially the butternuts) makes me have visions of Things Ending Badly And Me With A Knife Stuck In My Eye. Seriously. This is what I think about.
So I’m liking the idea of the fry cutter.
… at least until I get it Stuck In My Eye.
I’m SO thrilled about these fries! they look so awesome!
Lately I’ve been eating apples cut in wedges with cinnamon and they make me think of you!
Yay! The fries recipe. Yum! And I’m so glad I’m not the only person who can eat almost an entire bag of veggies alone *blush*
LOVE LOVE LOVE JOAQUIN!!!
I tease hubby all the time that he is on my list of famous people (you know like the Friends episode) haha!! Anyway, butternut squash fries are so awesome! I need to make some soon! And that fry cutter, what a great invention!
I love the bunnernut files! haha Looks like we both had chopstick days yesterday?! Good call I think.
Oh I need me a fry cutter!!!! And yeah, I can pack away the veg, too!
i’ve never seen a fry-cutter … what a convenient gadget!!
looooooooooove walk the line! joaquin is def steamy
OMG, I want a fry cutter!
I didn’t know he was vegan! Cool.
I love your gadget. I’ve got an acorn squash in the cupboard but I’m thinking that it probably can’t be cut into fries- what do you reckon?
I think you should smother your veggies with mole sauce, so it’s a truly Chocolate-Covered meal
neato gadget! I love potatoes, squash, sweet potatoes–pretty much any kind of fry
a fry cutter!? oh i need one asap
you are one talented chica
no wonder your fries are so beautiful!
ccv, is there anything you can’t do? seriously
I’ve loved the butternut series! I’m so into the perfect looking fries! Beautiful!
Love the fry gadget. I don’t think I would eat anything else if I had one of those. Just think of all the fry possibilities…
so that’s the secret to your fry uniformity! i gotta get me one of those things.
a fry cutter?? how kewl!!
I’ve not seen ‘Walk The Line’ but I do love a bit of Johnny Cash – those squash fries look ACE!
I want a fry cutter!!! Oh well, until then, I slave over my cutting board. Butternut squash is such a bitch to cut. But so good!
Oh boy, those babies are legit!
Thanks for letting us in
hahaha, we USED to have one of those! About two weeka go I washed teh cobwebs off of it and started using it on a fat potato.. bad idea! I completely broke the whole nifty gadget!
I love Joaquin and find him so inspiration to stay vegan. Not that it’s difficult but such a plus to say, “hey a hottie who’s muy talented is vegan!”
Wow the meal looks awesome. Ya lucky bunny!
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and I appreciate all your comments =)
Umm k so there is this butternut squash thing sitting on my counter right now just waiting to be CCV fryified. Tomorrow!
Woah! Fry cutter! I love it.
What a cool contraption!! Another thing to add to my kitchen tools. I went to WF yesterday and they were out of butternut squash!!
those fries are too adorable. i bet they are delicious!
i had no idea about joaquin!! that makes him sexier than he already was.
I LOVED Walk the Line. Although now, I don’t think I can ever hear Cry, cry, cry and not think about fries again…
build me up butternut–love it! butternut never goes out of style
J is my own personal fry cutter but if I found something like that I might have to make him unemployed (perhaps he could just take over the role of chef instead?)!
the butternut files, too funny. where’s scully?
you always have such cute pics of your meals. and they are so healthy and yummy looking.
WHat a cool fry cutting tool! I need one.
You’ve reminded me that I need to try blending my grains again soon!
Do you have a trick for peeling the squash? I made one recipe that called for a cut up squash and even though I’ve been dying to make these fries, I can’t stand the idea of having to peel a squash again. It took me forever.
Hey El,
Ugh, peeling squashes is not fun!! I just peel them with a carrot-peeler. I wish there was an easier way! Maybe try a knife?
Don’t you wish there were such a thing as a Personal Squash-Fry-Maker? Then we could hire him/her to make squash fries for us all day
)
Someday…
Well, I think I am going to have to give in and peel a squash. I get the feeling that it will be worth it, as every vegan/vegetarian blog I look at gushes about these.