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Sweet and spicy roasted kabocha
I am so ready for sweater weather. Around this time of the year, here in the south we are teased with bursts of cool weather then it gets warm again until finally it stays cool. It was 80 today so it's not feeling like fall at all. Last week when it actually felt like the season, I roasted a pumpkin and it was heavenly! The recipe calls for kabocha which is a Japanese pumpkin that tastes like a combination of pumpkin and sweet potatoes. According to Wikipedia, it's rich in beta carotene, with iron, vitamin C, potassium, and smaller traces of calcium, folic acid, and minute amounts of B vitamins. In other words, good stuff! I have had it fried, stewed, and steamed but not roasted (I don't think I have) until I tried 
Just Hungry's recipe for sweet and spicy roasted kabocha. I LOVE this recipe and since I first tried it last month, I have made it three times! I have another kabocha on my counter that I plan to roast this weekend. I use gluten free soy sauce so it's wheat free. Boo likes spicy food so has no problem eating this but if you have kids who aren't too keen on spicy, I'd reduce the amount of cayenne the recipe calls for. Just add a little then taste the sauce and add more if you like. I like my food spicy so I create two batches - the recipe version and mine with extra cayenne. I grew up in the New Orleans area so I'm all about spicy food!
I am so ready for sweater weather. Around this time of the year, here in the south we are teased with bursts of cool weather then it gets warm again until finally it stays cool. It was 80 today so it's not feeling like fall at all. Last week when it actually felt like the season, I roasted a pumpkin and it was heavenly! The recipe calls for kabocha which is a Japanese pumpkin that tastes like a combination of pumpkin and sweet potatoes. According to Wikipedia, it's rich in beta carotene, with iron, vitamin C, potassium, and smaller traces of calcium, folic acid, and minute amounts of B vitamins. In other words, good stuff! I have had it fried, stewed, and steamed but not roasted (I don't think I have) until I tried 
Just Hungry's recipe for sweet and spicy roasted kabocha. I LOVE this recipe and since I first tried it last month, I have made it three times! I have another kabocha on my counter that I plan to roast this weekend. I use gluten free soy sauce so it's wheat free. Boo likes spicy food so has no problem eating this but if you have kids who aren't too keen on spicy, I'd reduce the amount of cayenne the recipe calls for. Just add a little then taste the sauce and add more if you like. I like my food spicy so I create two batches - the recipe version and mine with extra cayenne. I grew up in the New Orleans area so I'm all about spicy food!
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