In this installment of our Show Me How video series, chef and food stylist Betsy Nelson shows Experience Life senior editor Courtney Lewis Opdahl a helpful trick for cutting squash, and gives us pointers on easy roasting methods. Find more recipes for winter squash at ELmag.com/wintersquash.
Show Me How: Cutting Winter Squash (Video)
Hard-shelled winter squash can be intimidating to cut, but not with these tips from chef and food stylist Betsy Nelson.
I grew up in Vermont in an old farmhouse with concrete/stone back steps off the porch. My parents grew Hubbard squash in the vegetable garden. Hubbard grows to enormous sizes but was perfect for our large family. To use the squash, my parents would push the Hubbard off the porch, allowing it to split naturally as it crashed down the steps! Dad would pick up the big chunks of squash and Mom would take out the seeds to plant next year and then put the chunks into the oven to bake.