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Stuffed Squash & Experimenting

December 22, 2010 by christine

Woohoo, this long short week is almost over! Work is still so busy and we had more yucky weather today with lots of clouds and rain. For the last few days I’ve been feeling really tired and having to find more drive to workout and bang out tasks on my task list. Along with the energy sags, my insides have not been that happy. Either I have some bug, am fighting off some bug and/or the holiday stress is getting to me. Every year, I’m prone to going a little nuts in November and December, a little weather change/holiday stress madness I think. I tend to get more scatterbrained and feel more stressed and cranky which I call the holiday crazies. Do you ever suffer from holiday crazies?

I had lunch with my mom today and she made this beautiful stuffed butternut squash dish from a recipe she’s been meaning to try. Only she veganized my half omitting the non-vegan cornbread.

It was too huge to eat, so I had half for lunch and the other half is sitting in my fridge for lunch tomorrow maybe.

This was a wonderful creation stuffed with onions, celery, pecans, raisins and seasonings that reminded me of the walnut cranberry recipe from Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen but with better presentation. Nuts, butternut squash and  cranberries go so well together creating a sweet and savory blend.

My mom’s serving that included the corn bread and was much more filling with it because she couldn’t get through it all.

When I got home from work, I was starving and snacked on some a lot of pistachios.

So I wasn’t craving a huge dinner and decided to experiment with a new creamy salad dressing in the Vita-Mix.

It’s supposed to be a cheesy zucchini-based dressing with a little nacho kick and lower in calories not being nut-based. But it still needs some work. :-) Soon I hope to post it, until then I need to walk an anxious dog and crash for another busy day.

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Comments

  1. Meghan Telpner says

    December 23, 2010 at 7:33 am

    That squash really does look like a work of art! It screams “holidays” for sure!

    • christine says

      December 23, 2010 at 6:50 pm

      Thanks, it was great for dinner again tonight. :-)

  2. Jen R. says

    December 23, 2010 at 7:35 am

    Aw don’t stress too much…it’s not worth it. Just have fun :) (Easier said than done right?). Wow that squash looks to die for!

    • christine says

      December 23, 2010 at 6:51 pm

      True, defo trying not to stress and thankfully it’s almost time to relax. :-)

  3. Averie (LoveVeggiesandYoga) says

    December 23, 2010 at 7:51 am

    another new salad dressing, you’re good. Very good :)

    Your mom and making that stuffed b-nut for you..wow. Awesome! it does remind me of that Ani recipe which ive never made but have seen made.

    And your week. Well, it’s almost over:)

    Stay dry. Sounds like it’s been raining buckets in CA…hope our house isnt flooded or anything when we get back!

    • christine says

      December 23, 2010 at 6:52 pm

      Woohoo, thankfully the week is over now! :-) The dressing is getting there, needs more tweaking before posting, but I love using veggies as a dressing base.

      It was actually sunny today, I was shocked I actually needed sunglasses! A welcome change before the rain starts up again Saturday.

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  1. Holiday Preparations » The Raw Project says:
    December 23, 2010 at 9:19 pm

    […] down to about half this after the holidays. After such a long day week, it was nice to reheat the leftover stuffed squash from yesterday for a quick dinner before hitting the gym, then the […]

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