Monday Madness!!

The title is courtesy of Kathleen...Thank You! What is Monday Madness? Well I have decided that every Monday I will make, I mean give my family the opportunity to try something we don't normally eat. Last week it was Mango, it got mixed reviews. Rebecca said no thank you, Reagan thought it was great...at first and then had her fill, Ryan wouldn't touch it and since he's two...well, oh well, Ron thought it wasn't too bad and I wasn't super crazy about it either. Now I have had it in a jar as strange as that sounds and that was pretty good, so maybe I just didn't get a good one. i don't know. Anyway, tonight's mission: Make Butternut Squash taste good. Of course I went straight to allrecipes.com my favorite recipe site and typed in squash...OK, confession, I didn't know what kind it was. I went to the store saw "winter squash" and thought...we've never had that!! So after a little research, thank you wikipedia and you tube (had to learn how to cut it) I went back to the recipes. So I put butter in the pan, always a crowd pleaser, and threw in some onion...no I did not throw up in my mouth at the thought of that, and let it cook. While that was assaulting my senses, I cut up my squash and then peeled it and then cubed it. The onion is definitely soft now so in goes the squash. Reagan wants to try it raw and I said no. I know you should let them try it, but I know my daughter and I know it's nasty raw and if she tastes it nasty there will be gaging and crying to taste it when it's "good" later. So I'm moving it around, salt, pepper, Cinnamon, nutmeg (yay I finally get to use my pinch of nutmeg from the bottomless jar)and let it work. Oh did I say I was toasting pecans too? So cook until soft...no problem, soft they are, at least most of them, and at the end toss in a tablespoon of brown sugar! That cannot be bad. Oh yeah and the toasted pecans. I give Rebecca a taste and out flare the nostrils and her hand goes over her mouth as she shakes her head, No! Reagan takes a bite and instantly starts negotiating how many bites she will have to eat at dinner time. I go to give her another bite, she politely refuses. Ryan, well I am starting to think that if it's orange, he's not interested, but I am going to try to get him to take a bite. I think it's pretty good. Will I shout HOORAY and make it once a week? No, but I could be a seasonal treat! Ron has not tasted it yet so I will have to come back and edit his response later!! I'll let you know how it goes, oh and in case you are wondering, Reagan only has to eat 5 small pieces...like the size of peanut M&M's. Hopefully she'll live.

Edit: Ron actually thought it was pretty good and ate his portion. When I asked what he thought and he said, "not bad." I figured I'd ask the million dollar question, "Would you eat it again?" When he said yes I fell off my chair. Ryan did not want the mysterious orange food Rebecca was gaging over. Imagine that.