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Roasted Butternut Squash Beef Chili
This Roasted Butternut Squash Beef Chili incorporates two things Midwesterners care about: it has meat and it’s comforting. It also checks the box for health conscious who haven’t quite yet surrendered to the holiday season treats and bitterly cold weather that is upon us. It is just October after all.
The key to an excellent butternut squash chili is to roast the butternut squash before putting it into the chili. Before we get into how much of a pain it is the cut, peel, and cube the butternut squash and then roast it in the oven, let me say this butternut squash beef chili is worth it.
Salted Chocolate Brown Butter Pecan Cookies
These brown butter pecan cookies are full of candied pecans, dark chocolate, and a touch of bourbon. They have a crispy exterior with a melt-in-your-mouth interior. No mixer or chill time required!
One Bowl Maple Cinnamon Banana Bread
This is not the type of banana bread that towers over the top in grand gesture. It is unassuming and appears like any other banana bread you’ve had. I assure you it’s not.
It is relatively simple to make banana bread. Though, I argue making exceptional banana bread is not as easy. Banana bread is often too moist, too dense, too greasy, or too dry. Edible? Of course. No one ever complains about banana bread. But when the banana bread is exceptional? That’s when the compliments start rolling in. That’s when it’s life-changing.
Roasted Delicata Squash with Goat Cheese and Honey
Delicata squash always seems to sneak under the radar in the Fall as all of the big, bold winter squashes dominate their presence. Often, it is the squash at the bottom of the barrel at the Farmers’ Market. I say this because I used to leave them there unapologetically.
This year, though, I sought a winter squash that slices through a knife so smoothly there is no excuse not to make it; Delicata squash for the win. While the Delicata squash is the star ingredient, this is one dish that needs supporting flavors to make the squash shine. The bed of goat cheese plays an essential role as it guarantees a generous scoop of goat cheese in every bite, while the pomegranate arils bring a much-needed tangy crunch. Don’t mess with it.