For the past two weeks, I’ve received these types of winter squash in my CSA.

Kabocha Squash

Kabocha Squash

Black Futsu Squash

Black Futsu Squash

I didn’t really know what to do with them since I’ve never prepared squash like this before, but I started playing around last night and here’s what I came up with.

These are Winter Squash and Soy Chorizo (the vegan kind!) enchiladas. When I started preparing the squash last night, I was intending to come up with something more akin to burritos or even a “bowl” of some type. I thought I would cube and roast the squash and the add in some beans and the soy chorizo. Well, preparing the squash took WAY longer than I anticipated, so I ended up finishing cooking it by peeling the squash and boiling it. At this point, I couldn’t do much with it but mash it up. So, I put both types of squash in a bowl with the soy chorizo, some earth balance, some almond milk, and a variety of spices (garlic powder, chili powder, cinnamon, a little curry, some cumin, and some salt) and got to mashing. This created a really nice enchilada filling. I topped the enchiladas with a simple enchilada sauce: 2T EB, 3T flour ( I used chickpea), 2T chili powder, 1T garlic powder, one 8 oz can of tomato sauce, one cup of water and some salt (melt the EB, add in the flour, whisk in the rest of the ingredients, reach a boil and then simmer for 15 minutes).

The final product was not bad – not great – but not bad. It was nicely spiced, but it lacked depth to it’s flavor. As my husband said, “They’re all treble and no bass” (he’s a music geek). This was a situation where I really longed for some cheese, like a nice sharp cheddar, because that was exactly the taste I felt was missing. If I would have had time, I would have made a cheezy sauce and I think this would have helped. greatly. Overall, though, they were pretty good; I gave this dinner a C (it would have been an A+ with some cheezy sauce) and my husband gave them a B+. Next time I prepare squash, though, I’ll make sure I do it on a weekend when I have more time to play around in the kitchen. :-)