Try making one of these delicious and easy squash recipes, like the Healthy Squash Casserole or the Pumpkin Pie Latte.
Here are four easy squash recipes for different cucurbits:
Healthy Squash Casserole Recipe
Yields 12 servings.
Ingredients:
Topping
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds
Directions:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Combine squash, eggs, salt, margarine and sugar; place in ungreased 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
- Combine topping ingredients and crumble on top.
- Bake uncovered 45 minutes, or until knife comes out clean.
Easy Zucchini Quiche Recipe

Yields 6 servings.Â
Ingredients:
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup margarine
- 4 cups thinly sliced zucchini
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley or 2 tablespoons parsley flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon basil
- 1/4 teaspoon oregano leaves
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded mozzarella or Muenster cheese
- 1 can (8 ounces) refrigerated quick crescent dinner rolls
- 2 teaspoons mustard
Directions:
- Heat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In margarine, cook and stir zucchini and onion for 10 minutes.
- Stir in parsley, salt, pepper, garlic powder, basil and oregano leaves.
- Combine eggs and cheese and stir into zucchini mixture.
- Separate dinner rolls into 8 triangles. Place in ungreased 10-inch pie pan; press over bottom and up sides to form crust.
- Spread crust with mustard.
- Pour vegetable mixture into crust.
- Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until center is set.
- Cover crust with foil during last 10 minutes.
- Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Sweet Cucumber Pickles Recipe

Ingredients:
- cucumbers
- 2 teaspoons whole cloves
- 2 teaspoons stick cinnamon
- 4-1/2 cups sugar
- 1 pint vinegar
- alum
- water
Directions:
- Peel, cut cucumbers in half lengthwise, scoop out seeds, cover with 2 teaspoons alum to each quart of water.
- Heat gradually to boiling point.
- Remove from heat and let stand on back of stove for 2 hours.
- Remove from alum water and chill in iced water.
- Loosely tie cloves and stick cinnamon in piece of muslin.
- Make syrup by boiling sugar, vinegar, cloves and cinnamon for 5 minutes.
- Add cucumbers and cook 10 minutes.
- Remove cucumbers and syrup to stone jar.
- For three successive mornings, remove syrup and scald, then return to cucumbers.
- On last day, reheat cucumbers and syrup and seal in jars.
- This amount of syrup will cover 2 or more quarts of cucumbers in jars.
Pumpkin Pie Latte Recipe

Yields 1 serving.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin puree
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup strong coffee
Directions:
- In a saucepan, heat milk, pumpkin and sugar until steaming.
- Stir in vanilla and cinnamon.
- Put mixture in blender, or use wire whisk, and blend 15 to 20 seconds until thick and foamy.
- Pour into tall mug, then add coffee.
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