HUBBARD SQUASH CASSEROLE
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 large Hubbard squash, peeled and cubed (used one gallon zip lock bag of
cubed squash)
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup chopped red onion
1/4 cup red bell pepper, chopped
1/4 cup green bell pepper, chopped
2 cups shredded NY Sharp Cheddar Cheese
1 can ( 10 3/4 oz.) cream of mushroom
soup
1 cup Ritz crackers, crushed (about 22 crackers)
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon
butter
1 teaspoon
Morton table salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black peppercorns
(Tellicherry)
1/2 teaspoon Wild
Bill's Meat Rub
OPTIONAL TOPPING
1/2 cup bread crumbs
3 tablespoons melted butter
Mix bread crumbs with melted butter and evenly spread on top of casserole
prior to baking.
Placed peeled and cubed squash in a 6 quart heavy stockpot, cover with water
and boil on high heat for 10 minutes uncovered until squash is tender.
Drain squash in colander and allow to cool. In a small skillet over
medium heat, add butter
and olive oil and sauté onion and bell peppers until tender, about 5 to 7 minutes. Preheat over to 350 degrees F.
Add drained squash to a large mixing bowl and mash until smooth. Add
eggs, onion and bell pepper mixture, crushed Ritz crackers, cream of
mushroom soup, Cheddar Cheese, salt, pepper, Wild Bill's Meat Rub and mix
thoroughly. Add mixture to a well greased oven proof 2.5 quart casserole
dish and place in a 350 degree F. oven for 45 minutes until top is golden
brown. Allow to rest 10 minutes and serve while hot with your favorite
main dish.
YIELD: 8 servings.
Above Hubbard squash casserole prepared on 11-19-14 and was outstanding.
David and Tammy Stewart
of Ellerbe, NC supplied me with one of their home grown Hubbard squash
and I took a pix of him with the squash but I must have deleted the file.
This is a fairly generic recipe from the net with my own twist to the
recipe.
Click on below sequence thumbnail pixs for a larger screen view:
This is a fun and easy recipe to do. The
Hubbard squash is a right
homely and ugly looking squash resembling a pumpkin in shape and texture but they do
have wonderful flavor to them. Below David Stewart with the Hubbard
squash:
Web published by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 11-19-14 with updated pix
added on 03-31-15.
LEAVING ON A
SPIRITUAL NOTE
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this moment to accept him by Faith into your Life, whereby Salvation
will be attained.
Ephesians 2:8 - 2:9 8 For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.”
Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God.”
Open this
link about faith in the King James
Bible.
Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Open this
link of Bible Verses About Salvation,
King James Version Bible (KJV).
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory
of God;”
Micah 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what
doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and
to walk humbly with thy God?”
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me."
