Delicious Stuffed Delicatas (V)

Cooking skills focus: Roasting, sautéing, balancing flavors

Ingredients:

5 delicata squash, cut into quarters & seeds removed

1 T olive oil

Salt & pepper TT

Stems of 1 bu red chard, sliced ¼” thick

½ head garlic, cloves peeled & minced

1 T cooking oil

Salt & pepper TT

3 cans garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed well

¼ can Joya tahini

2 lemons, juiced

1 bu parsley, minced

Salt & pepper TT

2 T sumac

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

2. Coat the squash in the olive oil and season with salt and pepper, and roast in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until browned and tender.

3. Heat the large sauté pan over high heat, then add the 1 T cooking oil. Add the chard stems and cook for 3-4 minutes, then reduce the heat to medium, add the garlic and cook 4-5 minutes more. Put in a large bowl.

4. Add the rest of the ingredients, combine and season with salt and pepper. Stuff in the squash quarters, top with the sumac and serve.

French Fall Vegetable Salad (V)

Cooking skills focus: Knife skills, sautéing/caramelizing, roasting, balancing flavors

Ingredients:

1 ½ # tomatoes, diced large (I know they aren’t seasonal, but they were cheap and available when I went shopping)

2/3 C red wine vinegar

Salt & pepper TT

2 T cooking oil

1 # yellow potatoes, diced large (3/4” on a side)

1 t Melange Classique spice blend (from World Spice Merchants)

salt & pepper TT

1 t cooking oil

2 acorn squash, sliced 1” thick and seeds/insides removed

salt & pepper TT

2 T cooking oil

1 ¾” Brussels Sprouts, sliced ¼” thick

1 T cooking oil

2 bags braising greens mix

3 T olive oil

2 cara cara oranges, juiced

1 lemon, juiced

4 t Melange Classique spice blend

salt & pepper TT

2 avocados, medium-diced

Instructions:

1. Toss the tomatoes with the red wine vinegar, salt and pepper, and set aside until the end.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

2. Toss the potatoes with the first 2 T cooking oil, salt & pepper. Roast in the oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Set aside when done.

3. Meanwhile, coat the acorn rings in the next 1 t cooking oil and sprinkle with salt & pepper. Roast in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned and soft. When done, remove the peel and cut into large cubes, then set aside.

4. Heat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and add the next 2 T cooking oil. Add the Brussels sprouts and begin to caramelize for 10-12 minutes, or until browned and tender.

5. Heat the sauté pan again over medium-high heat, Add the last of the cooking oil, then add the braising mix and briefly brown for 5-6 minutes.

6. Combine all ingredients (remove the tomatoes from their marinade) except the avocados, then add the avocados at the end so they don’t get too mashed up.

Uber Thanksgiving Veggies (V)

Ingredients:
2 acorn squash, cut into 1" thick rings and insides cleaned out
1 t olive oil
salt & pepper to taste

4 carrots, cut uniform & bite-sized
1 t olive oil
salt & pepper to taste

2 T cooking oil
1 yellow onion, thinly sliced
1 bu kale, ribs removed & cut bite-sized
salt & pepper to taste
1/2 C water

1/2 C pumpkin seeds
1 lemon, juiced

Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
2. Rub the acorn squash with the first 1 t olive oil and season with salt & pepper. Roast in the oven for 15 minutes or until well-browned and tender. Set aside.
3. Toss the carrots with the last of the olive oil, salt and pepper and roast for 10 minutes. Set aside in a large bowl.
4. Reduce the oven to 325 degrees.
5. Remove the peel from the squash and cut into large chunks. Add to the carrots in the bowl.
6. Heat a large saute pan over medium-high heat and add the 2 T cooking oil. Heat up the oil, then add the onion and cook 2-3 minutes. Then add the kale & season with salt & pepper. Cook another 7-8 minutes, add the 1/2 C water and cook the water down.
7. Roast the pumpkin seeds in the oven for 5-7 minutes or until browned.
8. Add the lemon juice, combine with everything and serve.

Scallops and Veggies in Acorn Squash "Nests"

(conforms to the elimination diet)
Serves 2

Ingredients:
1 acorn squash
olive oil
salt and pepper
1 t olive oil
2 stalks celery
1 bell pepper
6 cloves garlic
1/3 lb scallops
1 T olive oil
1 T grape juice (the nicer quality the better)
½ t salt
black pepper to taste
¼ C cashews

Method:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Slice acorn squash into 1 inch rings, getting at least 2 good rings.
Lightly coat rings with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and roast in oven for 16-18 minutes or until tender when pierced with a fork.
Set aside when done. Keep warm or prepare to reheat.
Peel celery (use a vegetable peeler on the outside of the ribs) and slice ½ inch thick.
Slice bell pepper into thin strips, slice garlic.
Prepare scallops by blotting them dry.
Heat large sauté pan over high heat until very hot, add olive oil.
Sear scallops for 1 minute on each side, add celery and cook for 1 minute more. Reduce heat to medium-high.
Add bell pepper and garlic, cook for 1 minute more, then add olive oil, grape juice, salt and pepper, and cook for one more minute.
Serve the scallop mixture in the squash rings topped with cashews.

This entrée and the Sautéed Duck Breast can be matched to either of the Brussels sprouts or Sautéed Asparagus side dishes, for four possible meal combinations.