{"id":183,"date":"2021-03-14T18:34:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T18:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emeraldcoastorganicfoodcoop.org\/?post_type=cp_recipe&#038;p=183"},"modified":"2026-04-21T04:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:20:35","slug":"better-than-butternut-roasted-delicata-squash","status":"publish","type":"cp_recipe","link":"https:\/\/emeraldcoastorganicfoodcoop.org\/index.php\/recipes\/better-than-butternut-roasted-delicata-squash\/","title":{"rendered":"Better than Butternut &#8211; Roasted Delicata Squash"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Better than Butternut &#8211; Roasted Delicata Squash<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<div class=\"cooked-recipe-ingredients\">\n<div class=\"cooked-single-ingredient cooked-ingredient cooked-ing-no-checkbox\"><span class=\"cooked-ing-amount\" data-decimal=\"24\">24<\/span> <span class=\"cooked-ing-measurement\"><\/span> <span class=\"cooked-ing-name\">delicata squash, depending on size (1 1\/2 pounds)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cooked-single-ingredient cooked-ingredient cooked-ing-no-checkbox\"><span class=\"cooked-ing-amount\" data-decimal=\"2\">2<\/span> <span class=\"cooked-ing-measurement\">tbsp<\/span> <span class=\"cooked-ing-name\">olive oil<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cooked-single-ingredient cooked-ingredient cooked-ing-no-checkbox\"><span class=\"cooked-ing-name\">salt to taste<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Directions<\/h3>\n<div class=\"cooked-recipe-directions\">\n<div class=\"cooked-single-direction cooked-direction\" data-step=\"Step 1\">\n<div class=\"cooked-dir-content\">\n<p>Preheat oven to 425 degrees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cooked-single-direction cooked-heading\">Prepare the Squash<\/div>\n<div class=\"cooked-single-direction cooked-direction\" data-step=\"Step 2\">\n<div class=\"cooked-dir-content\">\n<p>Clean the delicata squash by running under warm water and scrubbing away dirt with your hands. If there are any hard spots on the squash, you can scrape them off with a butter knife.<\/p>\n<p>With a sharp knife, cut delicata in half lengthwise. This should be easy and not require any crazy hacking. With a spoon scoop out the seeds and discard (you can save these and prepare them like pumpkin seeds if you wish). Cut each delicata half into 1\/2 inch segments, creating moon-shaped pieces that have slight bumps around the curve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cooked-single-direction cooked-heading\">Roast the Squash<\/div>\n<div class=\"cooked-single-direction cooked-direction\" data-step=\"Step 3\">\n<div class=\"cooked-dir-content\">\n<p>Arrange the pieces in a single layer in a metal baking pan and coat in 2 tbsp olive oil. Too much oil can make the squash soggy. Salt gently. It<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emeraldcoastorganicfoodcoop.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cooked_recipe\/183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emeraldcoastorganicfoodcoop.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cooked_recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emeraldcoastorganicfoodcoop.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cp_recipe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emeraldcoastorganicfoodcoop.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emeraldcoastorganicfoodcoop.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emeraldcoastorganicfoodcoop.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emeraldcoastorganicfoodcoop.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}