{"id":363,"date":"2009-06-18T16:43:02","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T21:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2012-02-07T18:30:17","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T23:30:17","slug":"summer-squash-casserole-its-that-time-of-year-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/?p=363","title":{"rendered":"Summer Squash Casserole &#8230; it&#8217;s that time of year again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Summer Squash Casserole<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Ingredients<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4 to 5 Medium to Large Summer Squash (washed and sliced)<br \/>\n1 jalapeno pepper (washed, seeded and finely sliced or chopped)<br \/>\n1 Medium onion (Vidalia or other) cut into this rings and separated<br \/>\n1 tsp salt<br \/>\n\u00bc tsp fresh ground pepper<br \/>\n1 C Sour Cream<br \/>\n1 C bread crumbs, cracker crumbs-whatever you have on hand (divided in half)<br \/>\n\u00bd stick butter (melted)<br \/>\n1 C shredded cheese \u2013 cheddar, or your choice (divided in half)<br \/>\n1 medium baking dish<br \/>\n1 large sauce pan with lid<\/p>\n<p><em>Directions<\/em><br \/>\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Place the first three ingredients in the sauce pan.  Add water to a two-inch depth and cover.  Bring to a boil at medium to medium-high heat.  Reduce heat but maintain boil until squash is fork tender but not mushy.  Make sure water remains in the pan so that the squash does not burn or stick.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drain in a colander.  Smash in colander, in sink, with a potato masher or large wooden spoon.  Stir to encourage draining.  Let sit 2-3 minutes to eliminate add\u2019l water.  Return mixture to the pan.  Add salt, pepper, sour cream, \u00bd C cracker crumbs, and \u00bd C cheese to the mixture.  Thoroughly combine.  Rub the baking dish with oil or butter, or spray with non-stick cooking spray.  This helps make clean up easy.  Place mixture in baking dish.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Combine melted butter with remaining cheese and cracker crumbs.  Spread evenly across the top of the casserole.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bake uncovered at 350 for 30 \u2013 45 minutes, depending on your desired level of \u201ccrispy crust\u201d.  Remove from the oven, serve and enjoy!!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/chloepoppins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc_0329.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chloepoppins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc_0329.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Summer squash\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-364\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chloepoppins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc_0329.jpg 1504w, http:\/\/chloepoppins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc_0329-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1504px) 100vw, 1504px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer Squash Casserole Ingredients 4 to 5 Medium to Large Summer Squash (washed and sliced) 1 jalapeno pepper (washed, seeded and finely sliced or chopped) 1 Medium onion (Vidalia or other) cut into this rings and separated 1 tsp salt &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/?p=363\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-on-the-farm","category-recipe-challenge","tag-summer-squash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1116,"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}