Cara: Butternut Squash

I love taking pictures & I love food!!

Last week we made this Butternut Squash recipe. I decided to take pictures along the way so that I could attempt to do a recipe blog and share the delicious recipe with you.

Ingredients:

butternut squash

1/2 of an onion

spinach

goat cheese

cayenne pepper

italian seasoning

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

Cut butternut squash in half and remove the seeds.

(I'm dangerous with knives, so I microwaved the squash for a few minutes to soften it up before cutting it in half.)

Place the butternut squash onto a cookie sheet and bake until soft.

We baked it for about 25 minutes and it was not done. We attempted to scoop it out anyways because I was STARVING...but it didn't work. So I would recommend baking it for about 45 minutes. (???) I guess you just have to try out what works for you. It still tastes delicious if it isn't soft...but it's better if it is cooked a little longer.

While the squash is cooking and almost ready... you can start getting the other ingredients together.

Cut the onion in half. I saved one half of the onion in the fridge for another recipe.

Put the onion in a pan and start cooking. Add cayenne pepper and italian seasoning. I didn't measure them, I just eyed up what I thought would taste good. I don't like things too spicy...but the cayenne gives the recipe a nice little kick.

Once the onion is starting to cook, throw in a few handfuls of spinach.

Remove the butternut squash from the oven. Allow it to cool a little bit. Scoop the squash out of the skin and into a bowl. Add the spinach and onion mixture to the squash. Top with goat cheese. (I LOVEEE goat cheese!!)