Squash

An acorn squash can be cooked whole, if pierced a few times, in the microwave in about 8 minutes. This was  a great way to make a quick complement to our meal tonight.  Also this morning we did our weekly, weekend (when available) juice squeezing to complement our weekend pancakes.  Juice squeezing, if you use the old fashioned glass juicer doubles as an opportunity for kids to help out, either juicing or pouring the juice through a filter.  I use the filter that comes on top of our measuring cup, it keeps out most of the seed and some of the flakes.