raw squash benefits

[Hero]

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eat your zucchini raw

[veggymeggy]

We have two monstrous ones in the kitchen, get busy

 

Though I still think we should make bread....I'm looking into that one. They're too big for eating on their own, they taste much better when they're little.

ANYWAY.

[Honey]

eat your zucchini raw

 

After eating squashes and zucchini raw, I no longer like them cooked... in fact, after going raw in general, there is no turning back =)

[SeaSiren]

I love them. I eat them sliced like cucumbers or spiralize them like spaghetti noodles!

 

Now if I can just figure out what to do with the mountain of other types of squash I keep getting from my CSA pick-up.

[Kathryn]

Summer squashes, like zucchini and Patty Pan, are easy to eat raw, but I just don't see the appeal in eating raw winter squashes. They seem like such dense foods that they would be hard to digest. And their flavor doesn't come out until they are cooked (pretty bland otherwise, I would imagine).

[Honey]

I love them. I eat them sliced like cucumbers or spiralize them like spaghetti noodles!

Me tooooooooo ~ yum yum!

 

Now if I can just figure out what to do with the mountain of other types of squash I keep getting from my CSA pick-up.

How about shredding/grating them to make a main salad, as toppings or fillings for raw rolls? Sometimes I slice other squashes and eat them like chips with (raw) dip or on its own =)

 

Kathryn, I've eaten the winter squashes (butternut, buttercup and acorn) raw and found them sweet. I never had a problem of digesting them ~ I just make sure to chew well =)

[SeaSiren]

Yeah, I am talking about the hard squashes, acorn, spaghetti, butternut. I'm not going to spend hours in the kitchen grating them, as I just don't have the time. Could I use a food processor for this?

[Honey]

LOL ~ I hear you about the time factor! After the initial peeling of the skin you could certainly put it in a food processor. It will shred the squash using the pulse button; or you can use a processor that has a "grating" plate attachment.

[bighead]

at this vegan thai restaurant i eat at a lot, the waitress gave my friend and me a special non menu desert last month. it was just warm coconut sweetened with palm suger (basically, coconut sugar) and kombocha squash. the weird thing was, the squash still had the peeling on it. but she cooked it so it was soft. she said she eats it that way all the time, but i happened to know she's on a raw diet. so i inquired. she said she uses the food processor to grat the squash (keeping the seeds separate) and then she makes salad out of it. she leaves the peeling on!! for texture, fiber, vitamins, etc.!!!!

 

so i guess you can do that. it will be a little bitter so you have to balance it out. some squash peels are harder than other, so just experiment with it.