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Roasted Butternut Squash and Bacon Pasta and Sweet Little Boy Blue

12/4/2011

 
Oh I've been busy all week.

With work of course.

ALWAYS, always lots of car work.

But also with Sweet


Little Boy Blue...
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Hi Gramps, what's with all that facial hair?



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Little Boy Blue had front row seat in the kitchen several nights this past week.

Wait, that's an empty seat. Where is Little Boy Blue?




He better not be under the haystack fast asleep again.




PictureBut I like laying here and getting all excited over that Christmas bulb Grandma taped up there.



Little Boy Blue!!! What are you doing hanging with Cookie Monster?

Come into the kitchen and help me cook, I promise you'll get lots of attention and lovin' on in the kitchen too.


PictureSomebody loves Little Guy.






See,

told

ya!!!

Lots of kisses for Little Boy Blue.

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The kitchen is a good place to hang out,

cuz everyone who walks by wants to give Boy Baby hugs and kisses.

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Little Boy Blue,
is 5 weeks too young to ask for your help in cleaning up the kitchen? 

I'll bet you'll pull that whole "Well I'm not even old enough to eat solids, why should I have to help clean up" excuse thing.

Little Boy Blue, you sound like your mother.
In fact, let's get started on cooking this Roasted Butternut Squash and Bacon Pasta recipe for your Mama and Daddy.


So this Squash and Bacon casserole, as I would call it, is so exceptionally tasty; it's the perfect combination of sweetness with the sweet potatoes and savory with the spices and salty yumminess of the bacon.
I'm fairly certain I won't be winning any literary culinary-language awards with that last sentence, but bear with me please. 
You will not believe how tasty this dish is.
Warning, you'll want to make a batch and a half or double the recipe if there is more than four people in your family, it's that good.

(If you can not see the recipe below, please use Mozilla instead of Internet Explorer.)
To see this Cooking Light Roasted Butternut Squash and Bacon Pasta recipe, 
CLICK HERE!!
PictureI heart bacon.
And these are the fixins you will need to begin this fantastic dish.


See that bacon over there?


In the words of KC And The Sunshine Band..
That's the way aha, aha
I like it aha, aha
That's the way aha, aha
I like it aha, aha


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So anyhoo, preheat oven to  425 degrees.
Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.

Also spray an 11x17 inch baking pan.

That's an exciting photo, a sprayed cookie sheet, isn't it?



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In a small bowl, combine salt, rosemary and pepper.

Place squash cubes on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with the spice mixture.







Bake 45 minutes until squash is tender and slightly browned.

Increase oven temp to 450 degrees.

HEY! Get your hands off the cooked squash, save some for the actual dish please.

Cook pasta according to directions; drain and return to pan to keep warm.

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In a large non-stick pan, cook the bacon slices...I used that expensive thick cut Applewood Smoked bacon, verrrry expensive but verrrry goooood!

Like how I used all those extra letters?
No?
Annoying?
Yes?

Moving on,

cook bacon until crisp, remove from pan and reserve 1 1/2 teaspoons bacon drippings in pan.

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Increase heat to medium high.
Add the shallots or onions (I used a mild yellow onion, shallots were too expensive for as much as this recipe calls for) and saute for approximately 8 minutes or until tender.

Mmmmm, you can smell that sweetness caramelizing.

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Remove onions from heat and add squash mixture,
crumbled bacon and shallots or onions;

set aside.

In a large pan or pot, mix up the flour and salt.
Gradually add the milk, stirring constantly with a whisk, bring to a boil and cook until slightly thick, approximately 1 minute.
Remove from heat and add the Parmesan.
Spoon pasta into prepared dish.
Top with the squash mixture.
Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan.
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Bake for 10 minutes or until cheese melts and just turns brown.

Remove from oven and serve.



Weeelll, if you INSIST!

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This dish is seriously good eats! Little Boy Blue's mother ate four helpings of this.
She said she couldn't stop eating it because it was so sweet with the cooked squash and caramelized onions. She said it was very filling.

I imagine it was filling after FOUR servings!


I hope you try out this recipe! You won't be disappointed.
I'm certain I've steered you wrong on a couple things but I am 1000% positive you will love this dish :)



By the way, when I asked Sweet Little Boy Blue to help me clean up the kitchen afterwards,

he pulled this number on me...











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Somebody is dreaming about Grandma and Grandpa and how much he loves them because they are so cool and young and hip and they'll make sure I have a cool car when I turn sixteen and Grandma will cook anything I want and Grandpa will ride go-carts and minibikes with me and they are way more funner and laid back than they were with my Mama and Auntie. Yeah, I think my Gram and Gramps are keepers.


That's okay, he was tuckered out.
Guess all that love and attention and kisses can tire a wee one out!

Have a good Sunday!
Will probably have another post up tomorrow too:)
After all, Christmastime is here!!! HoHoHo!
Mom
12/4/2011 09:21:10 am

What darling pictures!!!! And your food looked sooooo good!! I will make it this week.

JR
12/4/2011 11:13:10 am

I love the pictures. I tryed to print them off to no avail. I did copy off the roasted butternut squash. The baby has grown so much in a week or so and really filling out. You must have enjoyed your time with the little baby Guy. Nice blog.

Jo
12/4/2011 11:50:36 pm

OMG! Little Boy Blue is just the cutest!!!! Great pictures and I always your narrative!

Kimberly K.
12/5/2011 02:40:01 am

Wow, doesn't Guy look totally different. So pink and wow has he grown in a week! Just darling. The recipe looks really good as well. Have fun decorating!

Marlene
12/12/2011 04:35:21 pm

Tim and Angie,now I know what you guys do in your spare time!! I haven't laughed this hard in a long time!! Wanna sell me another car? How about throwing in the cats then I will have to move to the country myself!! That would only make for 3 dogs and 3 cats in a extra large condo!! Enjoy this holiday season and remember the reason for the season. Give your new grandbaby a hug for me!! Love ya, Marlene


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