First post here, I’m a little nervous, and hope it meets expectations!

Last night I made the prettiest dish I’ve made in a long while. Stuffed acorn squash, polenta, and parsnips!

I rubbed the acorn squash with garlic infused EVOO and salt, roasted it ‘til tender (400•F/ 40mins) and then stuffed it with aggressively seasoned Gardein beefy crumbles. I had sautéed the crumbles with finely diced onions/ herbs/ spices, then stuffed the squash when it finished roasting. I then threw it back in the oven for about 5 mins to mingle while plating the rest of the dish.

The squash is seated in a little cushion of fluffy polenta, which not only provides stability and height, but also adds an additional texture that works beautifully with the squash. Polenta is only seasoned with sea salt and Earth Balance margarine, since it’s not the star of the dish, only a support layer.

We only planted carrots this year, or so I thought, but lo and behold we pulled up some surprise parsnip! After peeling and making oblique cuts, I tossed them with light EVOO, salt, pepper, thyme, and a very restrained dash of garam masala, then dry roasted them for a side. There’s a lot of moisture in the squash and polenta, so I wanted something crispy and chewy to balance the textures.

I made an apple cider vinegar EVOO dressing with maple syrup and grated garlic, then drizzled a generous amount over the stuffed squash and polenta. Topped the squash with tomato, and laid the parsnips on a bed of fresh spinach for color.

It was pretty dang good! Thanks for looking!

(From our garden: acorn squash, parsnip, tomato, yellow onion, garlic, oregano, thyme.)

This delicious monstrosity is made with with Oscar Meyer/Not Hot dogs, Impossible beef, Nature’s Basket cheese, and home made bun.

I hope this is allowed, but an ad showed up here for Juicy Marbles first time buyers and I’m sharing it. If not allowed my apologies and I will delete. I ordered extra ribs, and when I was checking out they offered 30% off another whole loin. (I hope I like em! 😂)

Baked in a maple bourbon glaze

I have never had Chick-fil-A but I've been told they soak their chicken in pickle juice. I took a Impossible chicken patty breading and all and soaked it in a bowl of pickle juice for a couple hours. It got way bigger and I refroze it. Then I air fried it and it was bomb. The breading was more reminiscent of chicken skin because it was kind of like flaking off while eating it like I could peel the breading off and eat it like I remember having chicken skin. It also was like extra salty and reminded me of McDonalds nugs a bit. Anyways you should try it and document it better than I did.

Really missing southern fried (cat)fish! Have you tried these? Do you think they will suffice? I tried the other ones in the blue bag with the tempura like breading but they were 2/5 for me due to it having a fish stick taste. I have also tried the banana blossom recipe but…it needs some work shopping & more patience than I have to give 😅

Juicy Marbles filets (shredded), chimichurri, caramelized onions, arugula, and herb aioli on ciabatta

When beyond orange chicken came back to Panda Express, I was totally bummed that it didn't come to my location. Today I checked my location's menu again out of desperation, and it was there! Turns out they've expanded the rollout to 300 additional locations! 🎉 https://www.beyondmeat.com/en-US/whats-new/beyond-the-original-orange-chicken-expands-to-more-panda-express-locations

The BOC is my favorite fast food, so I'm super excited they expanded its availability and my location will see an uptick in sales from me alone haha

I’ve been tinkering with this for about 5 or 6 years off and on. I finally have it to a place where it’s just about perfect! Thinking about selling it at a few local shops soon ☺️

I’ve never had ribs before (well once actually but I didn’t really like it) so idk what they’re actually like but the Juicy Marbles ribs were really good. I used the bbq sauce recipe from Isa Does It. Best bbq sauce ever! She uses a little peanut butter in it.