My point was that people destroy their health with the excuse that the junk food tastes good. I love to eat and I love my food. But when something that tastes good will destroy my health, then it's not worth it. There is plenty of food that tastes good and is good for you.
In the summer, I like to pick it from my garden (assuming I still do one going forward), cut it half, and grill it. Toss on a little vinagrette and good to go. Other options I like are mixing with garlic and onion, neither chopped very fine but in nice large chunks. Do a little bit of EVOO, salt, pepper and all set. I used to take butternut squash and cube it, sautee in EVOO with onions, mushrooms, garlic, and whatever seasonings I grabbed from the cupboard. Then I'd store it and eat it with 2 eggs every morning for breakfast. I've slacked on doing that since last winter and gone with toast instead. I agree with you, Daniel, that healthy food can taste good too. Unfortunately for me, being a bachelor and working until 7pm, usually I eat left overs and not too healthy. I try to have at least an apple or some baby carrots every day though.
Judging by the amount of sugar and salt in processed foods, it would seem our taste buds are over-stimulated. Back to squash...has anyone tried roasting the seeds? I just did a batch of pumpkin seeds, saved from last night's carvings, and they were pretty tasty. A few spoons full is probably a week's roughage quota.
I used to do it all the time. But they're small and a lot of work to eat. They're good, and healthful in moderation. I got lazy and quit. I think the seeds of spaghetti squash (which I used to prefer) are bigger than the seeds of the "regular" kinds of squash I eat now. Hardly seems worth it any more. Nice treat, though, if you've got the initiative to do it.
Cooking's like that. Along with many other things, you kinda have to be in the mood for it. The results can be wonderful when the interest is there, but sometimes you end up having a bowl of cereal for supper.
That is so true. Usually when the weather first warms up, I get into the grilling mood. Every weekend from like April to June, I grilled something. Then I slacked off and have rarely done it since. Usually in winter I will go through spurts of cooking, too. Last nights dinner for me was an apple. I put a lot of thought and hard work slaving over that produce drawer in the fridge to pull it together
Only myself and one of the twins will eat squash in my house... I almost never get to cook a whole squash (except for little ones)... I have tried all of the recipes mentioned thusfar... but I am partial to olive oil and spiced pepper seasonings for most of mine that isn't steamed.
