dehydrated apple chips<\/a>.<\/p>\nRinse off the seeds in a strainer. Pull off any big chunks of pulp, but you don\u2019t need to be obsessive about it. Put them in a single layer on a small baking sheet (I like to make mine in the toaster). No oil! Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and anything else you\u2019d like (rosemary, cayenne, Cajun seasoning\u2026). Bake at approximately 350\u00b0F, flipping occasionally, until they are golden and begin to pop (15-20 minutes). They seem to be easier\/faster to cook in a toaster oven, but you can play around with a regular oven, too. These don\u2019t last long in our house, but if you find yourself with a surplus, they last for weeks to months in an air-tight container in the pantry.<\/p>\n
Fresh & Local Matters<\/h3>\n
Enjoy your winter squash now while they\u2019re fresh from the farm and at their prime! In my experience, kuri and kabocha really need to be purchased directly<\/em> at the farm stand because store-bought (if it\u2019s coming from non-local sources) totally lacks in flavor. Both kuri\/kabocha and delicata\/friends taste best in October and will get mealy and less flavorful by the end of November. Sure, delicata will look<\/em> great long into winter, but it doesn\u2019t taste anywhere near as good. Butternut\u2019s far more forgiving in storage, but they do typically taste far better from a local farm than who-knows-where at the grocery store.<\/p>\nEnjoy, and happy autumn!<\/p>\n
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Clinical herbalist Maria No\u00ebl Groves sees clients and teaches classes at Wintergreen Botanicals Herbal Clinic & Education Center in Allenstown, New Hampshire.<\/i><\/p>\n
The statements made on this blog have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, prescribe, recommend, or offer medical advice. Please see your health care practitioner for help regarding choices and to avoid herb-drug interactions. <\/i><\/p>\n
Variations on this blog originally appeared on the Concord Food Co-op site. It has been adapted and reprinted with permission.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As soon as I see them at the farm stand, I know my fall game is on: Winter Squash. And not just butternuts (which I do adore) and the acorns (over-rated IMHO), but the fresh harvest of lesser-known local favorites like kuri and delicata. Salads, I\u2019m done with you. It\u2019s time to turn up the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[148,333,34,35,122,332,36,109,189,330,331],"class_list":["post-1890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-and-recipes","tag-autumn","tag-fall","tag-food","tag-local-food","tag-localvore","tag-pumpkin","tag-recipe","tag-recipes","tag-seasonal","tag-squash","tag-winter-squash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wintergreenbotanicals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wintergreenbotanicals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wintergreenbotanicals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wintergreenbotanicals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wintergreenbotanicals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wintergreenbotanicals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4624,"href":"https:\/\/wintergreenbotanicals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890\/revisions\/4624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wintergreenbotanicals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wintergreenbotanicals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wintergreenbotanicals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wintergreenbotanicals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}