Mashed kalabasa (squash)

September 1, 2004 
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Mashed kalabasa (squash)No, I didn’t “invent” this one. My 12-year-old daughter’s idea. She figured what we could do with potatoes, we could do with kalabasa (squash). And that’s because kalabasa tops her list of favorite yellow vegetables. She’s been asking me to buy kalabasa for over a week but the weather wouldn’t cooperate. Unless her father could pass by the supermarket, there was no way I’d risk going to the public market to buy the vegetables. We had to make do with whatever was available in the neighborhood vegetable stalls. What neighborhood vegetable stalls? Oh, these are makeshift stalls along the roads where residents sell produce from their own backyards. This is the suburb, remember, and residents do plant fruits and vegetables. But mostly, it’s just kangkong (water spinach), repolyo (native cabbage) and gabi (taro). The more enterprising ones buy vegetables from the public market early in the morning and re-sell them at their stalls. With the cost of fuel/public transport to go to the public merket, most times, it had been more practical to buy the day’s vegetables from these vendors. They would have carrots, onions, kalabasa, chayote… But when the continuous rains began more than a week ago (and it is still raining), even these entrepinoys stopped their daily trips to the market.

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4 Comments on "Mashed kalabasa (squash)"

  1. Louie on Thu, 13th Jul 2006 8:40 am 

    i love this recipe! i’ve been searching for something like this for months. you see, i’ve been forbfidden to include potatoes in my diet… alam mo naman, mas hinahanap natin yung bawal har har har!

    i’ve been hankering for mashed potatoes, a personal favorite especially for BBQs and the like. now i can enjoy eating again!

    thank you, connie! oh, and please extend my gratitude to your daughter too! ;)

  2. Connie on Thu, 13th Jul 2006 3:48 pm 

    Hi Louie. Yah, kalabasa is a good alternative. And I’ll relay your message to my daughter. She’ll be happy to know. :)

  3. Cherry on Fri, 11th Aug 2006 6:58 pm 

    Hi Ms. Connie,

    Ive been thinking of what to do with the squash i bought. I have a 1 year old baby and i wanted him to eat vegetables. Too bad i really cant cook because i dont know how to cook. And your blog answered my prayer.. so tomorrow he will be having mashed squash for lunch. Thank you!:smile:

  4. Connie on Fri, 11th Aug 2006 7:33 pm 

    Your baby will thank you for it when he grows up. :)




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