7 easy pumpkin squash Recipes

a fair sized squash or pumpkin (the size depends on how many servings), eggs, heavy cream, gruyere , or grated cheese (will taste good with mozzarella or swiss if no ), salt , pepper, and nutmeg

pie shells (see my pat-in-the-pan crust, a good and easy pie crust recipe), eggs (use 2 for a firm custard with pronounced pumpkin flavor, or 3 for a softer, more custardy), freshly cooked pumpkin or 2 cups canned pumpkin or 2 cups squash puree, light cream (or 3/4 cup milk and 3/4 heavy cream) or 1 1/2 cups evaporated milk (or 3/4 cup milk and 3/4 heavy cream), sugar, dark brown sugar, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, freshly grated nutmeg, ground cloves or 1/4 tsp allspice, salt

onion, sliced, butter, light brown sugar, butternut squash (for easy roasted check pureed squash butternut, acorn any hard winter squash!), chicken broth or 1 cup vegetable broth, pears in light syrup, curry powder, low-fat milk or 2 cups nonfat milk, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, crystallized ginger, diced, salt, sherry wine, roasted butternut squash seeds, roasted pumpkin seeds (spicy roasted butternut seeds / pumpkin seeds )

canned cooked pumpkin or squash- plain, your own precooked and pureed pumpkin or butternut or acorn sqaush, chicken broth or vegetable broth for vegetarians, maple syrup, curry powder or more to taste, cinnamon, nutmeg , salt and ginger, cream, garnish: toasted pumpkin seeds or a dollop of sour cream

chopped onions, garlic cloves, minced, grated fresh gingerroot, turmeric, ground coriander, dried thyme, ground allspice, water or 5 cups vegetable stock, diced sweet potatoes or 2 cups pumpkin (about 1 large potato) or 2 cups other winter squash, chopped greens (ideally , callaloo or sub stemmed kale, turnip greens, or 3 cups chopped stemmed spinach), okra, sliced (either fresh or frozen, easy to slice if slightly frozen) or 1 cup use zucchini, diced tomato, salt, lime juice, freshly squeezed