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Roasted Winter Squash, Chevre, Arugala, Roasted Onions

I'm usually not one for celebrity crushes.  I always figure that the actual person is probably nothing like what Hollywood PR machines want us to believe anyway.  But the tumblr "Feminist Ryan Gosling" has totally won me over.  I know I know, Ryan Gosling didn't actually say any of those things, but it's nice remembering that there actually are dudes out there who are down with the feminist cause.  Feminist men, while rare, are not mythological.  I think I know almost 10 of them! So this sandwich is dedicated to all of the awesome feminist dudes out there who know that gender stereotypes hurt everyone!

I had two small winter squash from the Urban Farm Collective, and roasted them with garlic, fresh rosemary and some cayenne pepper.  This sandwich is sweet and spicy just like The Baby Goose!  You might be thinking, "Squash AND bread? Think of the Carbs!!!" And I say there are way more important things to worry about, like meth and karma.

Makes 4 sandwiches

1 medium onion
3 tablespoons of olive oil
1/4 teaspoon of salt

2 small or 1 medium/large winter squash like butternut, etc...
2 or 3 tablespoons of olive oil
pinch of salt
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
2 sprigs of fresh rosemary, chopped finely
dash of cayenne pepper

1 loaf of whole wheat French bread
Dijon mustard
veganaise
arugala
chevre

On Sunday Night:

Preheat your oven at 375 degrees

For the onions, peel your onion and cut in half, then slice thinly.  Put into a casserole dish and toss with 3 tablespoons of olive oil and 1/4 teaspoon of salt.

For the squash, peel and slice your squash in half.  Scoop out the seeds and cut it into cubes.  Put into a separate casserole dish and toss with 2 or 3 tablespoons of olive oil, a pinch of salt, two cloves of crushed garlic, and two sprigs of chopped fresh rosemary. Sprinkle some cayenne pepper on top, just to add a little heat. (I also put some beets in yet another casserole dish and roasted those to go with some sauerkraut as a side for dinner.  And while it was all in the oven, I cooked up some holuski [a Czech staple of noodles and cabbage] for dinner.)

Put the squash and the onion into the oven and roast the onions for 30 minutes (tossing once or twice in the middle), and the squash for about 40 minutes or more, depending on the type of squash, until tender maybe even kind of soft, but not full on mushy. I ended up with something that was almost like squash homefries; they were a little crispy around the edges. They were so tasty, it was a real effort not to just eat them all up right out of the oven.

Once everything was done roasting, I let them cool slightly and packed them up to go in the fridge for the next day.

On Monday Morning:

This week I'm using whole wheat French bread.  I cut off a large chunk and sliced that in half and toasted it under the broiler for a few minutes.  Then I spread some Dijon mustard on one side, veganaise on the other, and spooned some of the squash onto one side, then layered onions, chevre, and arugala on top.

This went pretty well with a tart granny smith apple, but would've gone better with some Baby Goose.

Image from Feminist Ryan Gosling