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Baked Acorn Squash

By Helaine Ohayon and Lauren Ohayon

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While I was growing up, my mother was very good about cooking food she knew I liked (I was such a picky eater). That's why I found it inexplicable that she kept making baked acorn squash, which I considered, at best, repulsive. Once she wouldn't let me leave the table until it was all gone. No surprisingly, we sat there all night!

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 2

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. Cut 1 acorn squash in half. Scoop out seeds. Put 1 teaspoon of butter in the center of each half, then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, ginger, and nutmeg. Place both squash halves in a pan with 1/4 inch water and bake at 350°F for one hour.

My Mother Made Me Eat It
TagsAcorn SquashSquashVegetableCinnamonHerbs & SpicesGingerNutmegSideDinnerVegetarianOven BakeCookbooks
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