Rhapsodies

I’ve been meaning to do a better job getting some variety into my cuisine for a long time with mixed results.

In theory I’ve been trying to follow a relative’s advice of making a menu for the week and base by shopping around it but other than picking up cookbooks at the library every now and again I’ve mostly stuck to the dull fare of frozen chicken breasts, rice and a vegetable. But every now and then I’ll take a step in the right direction.

This week I was pretty much shopping for my staples when I picked up a butternut sqash on a whim. I’d pretty much intended to bake and mash it but little more than just that. About the same time I’d picked up a book on slow cooking by Heather Whinney  mainly because I’d wanted to do more than just oatmail with my crockpost, and while thumbing through it I found this recipe for Squash, sausage and pecorino cheese. This sounded a lot better than the bake squash with brown  sugar.

So anyway I think it came out pretty good without many complications the only emergency being when the time to add the wine came I couldn’t find my corkscrew. Otherwise two hours later all was good. The flavor is complex and dare I say it… nutty? (and here I thought butternut was named for the color) Based on how I usually cook it I had never really considered Butternut squash part of a savory meal. My only concern is I can’t really taste the sausage, but otherwise a r