I sauteed the squash JUST until it starts to become tender added cheddar cheese and some other ingredients and Viola! Cheesy Squash Casserole. It was cooked to mush – like baby food with squash seeds. The one thing I hated about my moms squash was the texture. Everytime I walked past that squash I thought “What the heck am I going to do with you?” I was determined to make something edible with this dreaded vegetable. I brought it home and added it to my other fresh vegetables on the counter. I wanted to buy this bright yellow gorgeous vegetable, but I hated squash. Until one summer day I was at the farmers market and saw these gorgeous squash & zucchini a farmer had just picked that morning, they were so beautiful. Long story short, I got a spanking and didn’t eat squash for 15 YEARS after that. ![]() Any mouthful I managed to swallow came right back up. I tried everything, holding my nose, making it into to some sort of sandwich. My father was tired of my attitude and served me up a nice portion and said “Do NOT get up from this table until you have eaten this.” I sat there for 4 hours. The texture was mush, the smell literally made me want to vomit and I was a hard headed teenager that didn’t want to eat it. I was 13yrs old, my mother made squash for dinner, I refused to eat it. Let me give you a little background on my personal experience with squash. You will have to choose between The TaylorMade Comfort Food recipe or the healthier version. One is MUCH healthier and almost guilt free, the other…not so much. But Not all!! I mean, how can you make Vanilla Croissant Bread Pudding healthy? I did however give you 2 variations for this dish. ![]() MOST of the dishes I created at TaylorMade Market were healthy. I know I will probably receive some hate mail after some of you read the ingredients in this recipe. I had customers that would call just to see if it was available and ask to hold a side for them. Let rest for 10 minutes before serving.Out of ALL the TaylorMade Market Daily Special dishes we made in the cafe, Baked Cheesy Squash Casserole was always the first to go.
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