I need to stop eating squashes. It’s getting out of control. I think I bought every kind of squash possible the other day. Pretty sure some of them are just decorative squashes. Some look like they have weird moles. But I don’t care. I’m going to cook them anyways.
So this weekend was a pretty damn good weekend. Mostly because I did anything and everything I wanted to. I watched my friend Tommy compete in a CrossFit competition, I hung out with Sarah which included eating a Chipotle bowl with sweet potato chips then finished it off with my new favorite chocolate bar (which I pretty much spent my entire paycheck on…so worth it), then I went out to my favorite bar and was lucky enough to see my friend Justin who moved to San Fransisco recently. Can you say run on sentence?
Anywho, it was a good weekend. But probably the best part of the weekend was Sunday night. When I was invited to CrossFit Rootsin Boulder to be a judge for their Crocktoberfest. It.Was.Awesome. I got to try 17 crockpot recipes and rate them based on their originality, taste, and presentation. Awesome idea huh?
The champion was a seven layer beef dish. I don’t even remember all the ingredients, but I remember it was awesome. And there were mashed plantains and almond flour tortillas alongside. Say wha?? Yeah, it was fabulous. And seeing everyone’s crockpot really made me want a new one. The lid is kind of broken on mine, so I have to pry it off with a knife, which usually means I take on some uncomfortable steam burns. I should start putting my face over it, burn off acne scars. Those b*tches.
Thank you to everyone at CrossFit Roots for having me. Especially Nicole, Stephanie and Shane. You three are not only extremely good looking, but super cool. Can’t wait to come back again soon!
Speaking of crockpots, I got a new tool recently. A pressure cooker. And I want to use it real bad. But I’m intimdated by it. It’s so scary. The directions are crap and they don’t use pictures. I’m totally a pictures type of person, because my brain works like a child’s brain. I’m going to have to look up some pressure cooker youtube tutorials in order to get over my fear of dying via pressure cooker.
Apple and Butternut Squash Hash
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Ingredients
- 1 small butternut squash, skin removed, shredded
- 1 apple, shredded
- 1lb US Wellness Meats Natural Breakfast Sausage
- 4 strips bacon, diced
- 1/2 yellow onion, diced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Place a large skillet over medium heat and add your diced bacon to the pan. Once the bacon is flipped a couple times and crispy, add to a separate plate to cool, keeping the bacon fat in the pan.
- In the bacon fat pan, add your minced garlic and diced onion. Mix around to coat.
- While the onions are cooking down, shred your apple and butternut squash. I just put mine through my food processor with the shredding attachment. Don’t have one? Use a grater. Don’t have one? Dice the apple and butternut squash instead.
- When your onions become translucent, add your breakfast sausage to the pan and break up with a wooden spoon.
- Brown the meat until it is half way cooked, then add your apple and butternut squash to the pan. Mix around.
- Add your basil and salt and pepper and mix around thoroughly.
- Cover for around 6-8 minutes, mixing around randomly to keep from burning, and to help cook the butternut squash down
- When your meat has cooked through and your butternut squash is tender, add back in the bacon and mix well.
- Add a bit more salt and pepper if needed.
- Eat up buttercup!
Recipe looks delicious, as usual! Holy crap just checked out the Righteously Raw website. Did you see the coconut macaroons and Rawcholatl!?!?! So heading to the nearest Whole Foods after work. Finally a hot chocolate mix that you don’t have to feel bad about drinking, its not loaded with partially hydrogenated oils and a ton of sugar. Can’t wait for cold winter weather to snuggle up with a blanket and a cup of hot cocoa.
You posted this picture at lunchtime and it looked SO good, I had to make it! Made a variation with chicken and threw in a couple of scrabled eggs. OMG!! The best lunch I’ve had in a long time. Thank you!!
I think there is some info about pressure cookers on nomnom paleo. I am still afraid to use one but she makes it look so easy.
Please do yourself a favor and use that Badass Crossfit Beast Attitude and use that pressure cooker. Hubby got me one for our anniversary this year and just like you I was terrified by it as my grandmother use to tell me horror stories… I digress. Anywho I just decided I was going to attack it like a WOD and watch out it’s much easier and safer than I could have imagined. So I say to all you scaredy cats just do it!
Don’t be afraid of the pressure cooker! it’s like a crockpot for impatient and very hungry people (like me) who like to live on the wild side, well maybe not that wild, but… you know… slightly more wild than the crockpot side.
Good Luck!
Guess what I’m about to do now… Make some hash! That is after I clean out the palemayo from the food processor. Wouldn’t happen to know the block content off the top of your head would you?
no clue chris
This looks good…but the pic looks like saffron rice…darn you, now I am craving saffron rice. I miss saffron rice. Sniff Sniff 🙁
I’m just gonna be shameless and say I love you. And your blog. Don’t feel bad about the squash thing…You couldn’t open my pantry without a squash rolling out at you…or my fridge for that matter. Seeing someone that actually knows what real food is such a relief. I honestly want to tear my hair out and beat the crap out of my computer when I see so many bloggers still eating their tofu and soymilk and “healthy” whole grains (thats a total oxymoron). Today my friend showed me her health and nutrition textbook and I almost cried at the absurdity of what they are teaching. Anyway, I’ve ranted long enough. Thanks Julie. Really.
I LOVE YOUR BLOG AND I LOVE SQUASH!!!!! That is all.
I 100% share your fear of my brand spanking new pressure cooker. E.C. has one and uses hers all the time, but she’s was lower maintenance than me! Help MEEEEE!!!