We are hardly whom you can call as TV watchers. There are only very few channels/programs I watch among which the one prominent channel is Food Network ( no surprises there!). It was instrumental in me learning many aspects and technicalities of cooking even though I am a vegetarian and use those to adopt to my vegetarian kitchen. Though I appreciate the chef's for their adept skill and creativity, I sadly don't agree with certain things which few cooks repeatedly mention in their shows. In my humble opinion, I do not agree with their view about how "adding ladles of butter" to a vegetarian dish/vegetables will make it tasty enough to make the kids eat. What? Aren't you experienced and knowledgeable enough to know that this such a wrong advocate for eating one of the nutritious foods? What is the point in eating vegetables if you are going to douse its taste with unhealthy fat and that too gallons of it? For this reason, I tend to see Ellie Krieger's shows more. Her methods, explanation make complete sense and logic to me and yes I am yet to hear her saying that you have to add tons of butter to make vegetables tasty. I have tried so many of her dishes and tips - they work every time and most importantly make total sense. Being a vegetarian it pains every time I hear that such food is bland and tasteless - again and again...and again. Sorry its not - Your recipe is the one that's doing it! I recently proved this point to one of my friends here who said - it is impossible to make her son eat vegetables. It was a challenge and it came down to it that if I make her son even take a second spoonful of whatever I made, she would consider her defeat pronto.

I made this v simple Stuffed Acorn Squash with mixed rice pilaf. I chose this for multiple reasons. We all (why kids alone?) eat with our eyes first, aroma next (or may be vice versa) and taste last. The beautiful the dish, more palatable it gets. I used mixed rice blend to give that change (when kids say - "what- same old rice? boring!"). Toasted Nuts and lots of herbs add not only taste and vibrant color to the dish but make it tasting fresh and nutritious. It is very simple to make and yes there was no need for me to add butter. In fact it has only 1/4 tsp of healthy canola oil! Lets go to the recipe