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This Week’s Bag Featuring Butternut Squash! 4/20-4/21

April 18, 2016 by Justine Espiritu Leave a Comment

This week’s bag features butternut squash! Are you intimidated by this hearty gourd? (Butternut) squash those self doubts and try something new! Although a fruit, butternut squash is used as a vegetable that can be roasted, toasted, puréed for soups, or mashed and used in casseroles, breads, and muffins. The seeds are also edible, either raw or roasted. Just one cup of butternut squash has 160 percent of your recommended amount of vitamin A, which is important to keep your immune system, skin and eyes in good shape and helps the body assimilate nutrients. What else is in this week’s bag?

Mixed Lettuce – Mari’s Garden

Japanese Cucumbers– Pacific Gateway Center

Butternut Squash– Ho Farm

Rosemary- Kamaaina Land

Collard Greens– Kahumana

Slicing Tomatoes– Green Growers

Try these recipes!

Butternut Squash Casserole

Collard Roll Ups

Cucumber Salad

 

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