Squash Dressing – How to Add Delicious to a Holiday Meal

I love squash, any way you cook it.  If it isn’t smothered, then a Squash Dressing definitely runs a close second!

Growing up, we ate many holiday and family gathering meals at Aunts Dot and Emily’s.  The table had so many wonderful dishes on it, I am surprised it didn’t sag from the weight!

One of the squash dishes Dot made was Squash Dressing.  Now, I understand why it was a frequent dish – it is so easy to make, uses few ingredients, and she rarely had any leftovers.

All that was left was to wash and store the dish.  Now THAT is the sign of a favorite recipe!

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Squash Dressing

Ingredients:

• 1 package Mexican Cornbread mix
• 1 small onion, diced and sautéed in 1 stick of butter
• 3 to 4 cups sliced and cooked Squash, drained
• 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
• 2 Eggs, slightly beaten
• Dash of Pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon Garlic Powder (optional, but Dot always added it!)

Directions:

Cook the cornbread mix according to the package directions.  Cool enough to be able to crumble it with your hands.

Crumble cornbread and in a mixing bowl, add to squash, soup and spices.  Add eggs, and blend until well mixed.

Pour into an 8” x 8” casserole dish.  Bake for 20 to 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

A Few Notes:

You don’t really need to grease the casserole dish, as the butter serves the same purpose – to keep the food from sticking. 

You can easily double this recipe.  If you do, I suggest you increase the amount of squash to 9 to 10 cups of squash, as opposed to 6 to 8 cups.  For some odd reason, it just works better this way.

Most packaged cornbread mixes makes a very small amount. If you want a bit more ‘breading’ to the recipe, you can simply mix up two packages of the Mexican Cornbread mix, without doubling the other ingredients. 

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