Today, I slept in. It was glorious. Not too often do I have the luxury of getting to sleep in, but when I do I take FULL advantage of it. I know you do it too, I don't judge!
I'm going to keep this post nice and short tonight because I want to watch SNL in 25 minutes I don't have too much for you other than this tasty acorn squash recipe!
Here's what I ate:
Crispy Acorn Squash
what you'll need:
- 1 acorn squash
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- 1 cup cold almond milk
- 1 tsp rice vinegar
- 1 cup panko
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- cooking spray
what you'll do:
- Cut the top and bottom of the acorn squash off. After this step, I peeled my squash, but it is optional. Standing the acorn up, cut down the center. Similar to how you would a pumpkin, remove the insides and seeds.
- Slice the squash into strips no wider than an inch (I prefer them to be about 1/2 wide).
- In a wide bowl, add flour and cornstarch. Pour half the almond milk in to help dissolve by lightly whisking with a fork. Add the remaining milk and rice vinegar; mix.
- In another bowl add panko, salt, and olive oil. Toss with fingers to incorporate oil.
- Preheat oven to 425º F.
- Prepare a baking sheet with foil. Place a cooling wire rack on top of foil and spray with cooking spray.
- In order have acorn, flour/milk mixture, panko, pan. Assembly line like, place acorn in flour mixture coating both sides. Place in panko and with your other hand coat squash and move to rack.
- Once all are on, spray squash with cooking spray and bake for 10 minutes.
- Flip squash, spray again with cooking spray, and bake for another 10 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
I ate my squash with some fried wild rice. I also enjoy this with some good 'ol Sweet Baby Rays. A few nights ago I ate this same thing, I ate the whole squash by the end of the night because I just kept it out on the stove top and I liked it cold just as much as I did hot! It was like my dinner and dessert. Vegetables for dessert... who am I?
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| weirdly bland looking meal... |
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| Sweet Baby Rays! |
Go enjoy some squash and SNL!
