Patty Pan Squash

A vegetable that my mom introduced to me a year ago was Patty Pan Squash.  Since then, I've noticed that not many (younger) people have heard of them.  Probably because they are pretty expensive.

Patty pan squash is delicious! Tim and I are not big squash people, but we love these.  The best place to get them around here are at any market. We get ours at central market.  Though the picture below shows yellow ones, we always go for the green.  And the smaller, the better.

Health benefits?  Squash is not a well researched and studied vegetable as others have been.  But there are some things that they know for sure.  Squash is becoming more and more known as an antioxidant, surprisingly.  Helps maintain blood sugar, so a wonderful vegetable for diabetics.  Prostate benefits, contains Omega-3, contains anti-cancer properties.  So that's good.

But really, all I care about is finding a vegetable that I look forward to eating. And that Tim looks forward to eating and requests frequently during the summer months.

How to cook them?  Just boil them for a few minutes and then salt and pepper them.  Healthy goodness.