I Need Help with Winter Squash

[NoGMO!]

it's in season and on sale at my grocer's (it's organic too!) - acorn, butternut, pumpkin, hmmm that's all I can think of.

I want to make use of some this year -
but I don't know how to prep it up in general. (for vitamix or spirooli type recipes)

do you peel it? do you use the seeds?
thanks :p

[Angelina]

Hmm..just noticed no one responded to this one!! So far I've used butternut (my all time fave) and acorn. I only used them to make noodles, so I did peel them. Unfortunately I don't have a spirooli yet or any other gadget so I use a lemon zester (lots of work, but worth it) and just zest away until I hit the center where the seeds are. The acorn squash was a bit more difficult to get the noodles out of using the zester because of the shape, but the butternut came out delish. I think an alternate recipe, if you have a dehydrator can be to slice in thin slices, spice up with some pumpkin pie spice of just cinnamon and honey and dehydrate for a yummy treat...