Squish Squash

Today another teacher hosted an American Thanksgiving at her house, complete with turkey and all! It was delicious. This time I decided to bring a squash dish. I know my mom makes great spaghetti squash, so I asked her for the recipe.

After some confusion on how to actually cook the squash in order to be able to follow the recipe, I was off and running. I decided to boil the squash (really it is what passes for pumpkin in these parts, but it is squat, and green and looks nothing like a "pumpkin") whole in a big pot, wait for it to cool down, and then cut it up and scrape it out, which seemed to work fine.

Then I sauteed a clove of garlic and half a medium onion in olive oil until the onions were semi-transparent, added a half a teaspoon of cinnamon, one teaspoon of mixed seasoning (it has basil, rosmary, tyme, and some other stuff in it) and some salt and pepper. While that was doing its thing, I diced a large tomato and sliced some canned black olives and added them to the mix just long enough to heat the tomatoes and olives, but not cook them. Then I made a "gravy pit" in the squash like you do with mashed potatoes, poured the mixture into it and: Ta-daa!!!

I must say, the end result was rather colourful and tasty! Thanks mom!!!