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12 days ago · Healthy Recipes

butternut squash with miso and ginger — didn't expect this to slap as hard as it did

Right so I had half a butternut squash going soft in the corner and basically no plan. Roasted it with a bit of oil and salt, nothing fancy, then made a glaze while it was in the oven — white miso, fresh ginger, a tiny bit of rice vinegar and some honey. Brushed it on for the last ten minutes. Honestly I was just trying to use stuff up. But the miso does something to the squash that's a bit hard to explain — kind of deepens it, makes it almost meaty. The ginger cuts through the sweetness. I ate it with some rice and a fried egg on top which is very much my lazy Tuesday energy. Verdict: dead good, would do again, and it took about 40 minutes total which for a Monday night is basically nothing. Autumn's actually alright when the food's this easy.
butternut squash with miso and ginger — didn't expect this to slap as hard as it did
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Helen 12 days ago

Our Tom won't touch squash usually but I did summat similar last autumn and he actually finished it. Think the miso is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

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Helen 11 days ago

ha, miso really is doing the work isn't it — barely tastes like squash by the end

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Emily 12 days ago

miso really does convert the squash sceptics — something about umami making veg taste more substantial, it's a proper useful trick for fussy eaters

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Freya 11 days ago

solid pre-workout fuel this actually

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Jade 11 days ago

miso on veg is always a mad one, never looks like it should work but it deffo does

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