New dishes to play with

I went to an estate sale this past weekend and picked up some new kitchen items, including this fab little dish...

I was so excited to use my new stoneware, we got all cozy in the kitchen last night and cooked up something warm and fall-ish. 

With all of this cold rain we have been having, this is just the thing you need... for dinner OR breakfast! (I had it for breakfast this morning - warm + yummy)

Early September Harvest Bake (for a small dish - serves 2, maybe 3)

1 small delicata squash

1tbl butter

1 small onion

2 small apples

1/2 bunch kale (~ 10 leaves)

1/4 cu cream

1 1/2 cu cooked rice

1 tbl maple syrup

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cinnamon + sprinkle

I cooked the rice earlier in the day and let it sit... a little extra water in the rice helps, you want 'wet' rice for this. 

heat oven to 350

slice and seed squash

place squash on bottom of buttered stoneware dish

slice butter over squash

bake squash for 20 minutes

meanwhile...

stem and chop kale

chop apples and onions into same bowl

wisk egg and cream

scoop into mixing bowl

pour egg+cream over rice

add onions+apples

add maple syrup + salt + cinnamon

mix until creamy

pull baked squash from oven

chop squash, still in pan, into bite-size chunks

mix creamy rice mixture into squash

sprinkle kale on top of mixture

cover stoneware, back into oven

bake 30 more minutes

remove and cool

serve with a sprinkle of cinnamon